Lecture notes for presentation--Region 1 ESC Technology Conferenc 2015

1. TWITTER FOR BEGINNERS
Jessica Hedrick
@themshedrick
Del Castillo Elementary
Brownsville ISD

2. SESSION GOALS
1. Understand what Twitter is and how to use it.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of key vocabulary.
3. Differentiate between personal and professional social media pages.
4. Discuss professional development opportunities in Twitter.
5. Create a Twitter handle.
6. Locate an appropriate picture for Twitter.
7. Follow at least 10 people and 5 organizations.
8. Demonstrate ability to do basic functions in Twitter (Retweet, Favorite)
9. Imbed article from web using URL Shortener
10. Live Tweet

3. WHAT IS TWITTER
Twitter is an online social networking service that enables users to
send and read short 140-character messages called "tweets".
Registered users can read and post tweets, but unregistered users
can only read them .Wikipedia

4. TWITTER VOCABULARY
Glossary
Tweet
Follow (unfollow)
Retweet
#
@
Home

5. PERSONAL V. PROFESSIONAL
SOCIAL MEDIA
Personal Page for family and friends
Professional Page for work only
Why keep separate?

6. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Articles
Talks (#)
Q & A

7. TWITTER HANDLE
Professional
Unique
Email Rules

8. PICTURE TIME
Look through Phone
Take one
No Eggheads

9. MAKE FRIENDS
Top Librarians
Tech People
Educators
Publishers
News Journals
Friends of friends

10. RETWEET, FAVORITE, REPLY
Find one awesome thought and retweet it
Find in inspiring thought and favorite it
Mention a friend in a tweet (@themshedrick)
Add a # to a tweet

11. WHAT IS A URL SHORTENER
A URL shortener is a service that
translates long URLs into
abbreviated alternatives. URL
shortening services are based
on URL redirection. Short URLs are
preferable for a number of
reasons. Longer ones are often
broken in email messages, for
example, and may not work
reliably.
(whatis.techtarget.com/definition/
URL-shortening)
Bit.do
Goo.gl
Bitly.com
Tinyurl.com
Ow.ly
Bit.ly
Ity.im
J.mp

12. IMBED ARTICLE IN TEXT
Find an article online (TED, Edutopia, School Library Journal)
Shorten it
Embed it and comment

13. LIVE TWEET
Post comments about (an event) on Twitter while the event is taking
place.
Conferences
Games
Meetings

14. QUESTIONS??