The document provides an overview of Twitter and how to use it effectively. It covers setting up a profile, privacy and security settings, following others and building followers, searching and curating tweets, using hashtags, participating in Twitter chats, scheduling tweets, and analyzing analytics. Suggestions are made for Twitter apps and how teachers can use Twitter for immediate learning in the classroom.

1. Twitter 101
An Eduwebinar Presentation
Anne Mirtschin (@murcha)

2. “Twitter in one word”

3. Microblogging or sharing conversations in 140
characters or less!

5. http://www.twitter.com
•Register
•Username/password
•Sign in

6. Profile

8. Profile should include….
• Avatar
• Website – blog etc
• What you do!
• Interests
• Why are you worth following?
……..and ????

9. Privacy and Security

13. Search engine

14. Live! Immediate!
People’s feelings, emotions, experiences
Organic knowledge
Sharing

15. Advanced search

19. What do world events look like, feel like?

21. 140 characters!

22. Interpreting a tweet - hashtags

23. Twitter Abbreviations

24. Looking at a tweet

26. Follows
•How to find people to follow!

27. Followers….

28. Twitter client
Track stats with….
Link shorteners

29. Link shorteners
Bitly can customize it to suit the name and add .qrcode to it
and create a qr code
http://twitter.about.com/od/Twitter-Basics/fl/Tiny-Twitter-Whatrsquos-the-Best-URL-Shortener-for-Twitter.htm

30. Curate tweets
•Favourites
•Lists
•Storify

31. Twitter lists
•Private
•Public
•Create list
•Subscribe to lists

35. Images
• Use landscape-oriented images
• approximately a 2:1 dimension for the
best appearance on the Twitter feed.
• Use images to gain prominence in a
twitter feed

36. Link to slideshare in tweet and the
result!

37. # Hashtags #
#edchat
#aussieed
#ozseries
#vicpln
#edtech etc
Resources – see cybraryman
http://www.cybraryman.com/edha
shtags.html
http://cybraryman.com/twitter.htm
l for tips on twitter

39. Twitter chats
• Cybraryman - http://cybraryman.com/chats.html
• List of twitter chats
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiftIdjCeWSXdDRLRzN
sVktUUGJpRWJhdUlWLS1Genc#gid=0

40. Archives
• #globalclassroom

41. Tips for twitter chats
• http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/06/teachers-visual-
guide-to-twitter-chats.html
• http://janetfouts.com/how-to-participate-in-a-tweet-chat/
• http://www.mackcollier.com/10-steps-to-creating-a-successful-
twitter-chat/
• http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevecooper/2013/09/30/the-ultimate-
guide-to-hosting-a-tweet-chat/

42. Twitter apps
Native twitter app

44. Block User
This means they cannot:-
• follow you
• add you to a list

45. Twitter mute user
• Their tweets and retweets become invisible to you.
• SMS or push notifications from their activity.
• The muted user can still interact with your tweets though–they can
favourite, reply, or retweet your stuff, but those actions won’t appear
in your Twitter timeline.

46. Mute

47. To unmute….
Go to their profile>tap the red unmute icon (a speaker
with a slash through it).

48. Tweetdeck and Tweetbot able to
mute users, hashtags, or keywords.
Use to mute a phrase or hashtag
rather than muting half a dozen
users on Twitter’s web or mobile
apps.

49. Twitter analytics
•analytics.twitter.com (open to all)
•Favstar.fm
•Twubs

50. Twitter Analytics

51. Schedule Tweets
• Tweetdeck
• hootsuite or
• HubSpot's Social Inbox
• Buffer
to schedule tweets for the week.

52. Languages
• Can tweet in more than 35 languages
• Use translator

53. Classroom Uses

54. Twitter for immediate learning!

57. Phishing
Links