This document provides an introduction to using Twitter for parents who want to engage in education. It outlines how Twitter can be used for communication, breaking news, activism, networking, discovery, research, and professional development. It then covers how to get started on Twitter, including creating an account, who to follow, hashtags, replying, mentioning, retweeting, and direct messaging. Finally, it provides tips for using Twitter like joining chats, using apps like TweetDeck, linking websites, and favoriting tweets.

1. Twitter for
Parents
Engaged In Education
bit.ly/twitterforparents
@travdmc

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Twitter Is Changing The
World
Communication - global chatter
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Breaking News - eg. #abflood
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Activism & Social Change
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Networking & Collaboration
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Discover y, Learning, & Research
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Dissemination of Publications & Materials
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Product Research
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Tech Support
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Professional Connections & Development

5. Twitter in 60 Seconds

6. Getting Started
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Create an Account
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Who To Follow
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Hashtags
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Tweeting (Replies, Mentions, Retweets &
Direct Message)
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Join a chat
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Tips & Tricks

7. Create An Account
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Personal Branding (Digital Identity)
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Short Bio
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Don’t Be An Egg!

8. TWEET BREAK
Tweet something
(140 characters or less)

9. Who To Follow?
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Legitimate Profile Picture
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Interesting Bio
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Positive Tweet Stats
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Compelling Content - What are there most recent
tweets?

10. Education Favourites To Follow
@willrich45
@courosa
@sirkenrobinson

11. PSD Favourites To Follow
@gcouros
@jmclean77
@tmondsPSD70
@ksmileey
@nlakusta

12. Hashtags

13. Understanding #
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If you tweet with a hashtag on a public account,
anyone who does a search for that hashtag may
find your tweet
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Hashtags can occur anywhere in the tweet
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Clicking on a hashtagged word in any tweet
shows you all other tweets marked with that
keyword
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Don’t #spam #with #hashtags
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Use hashtags only on tweets relevant to the
topic

14. Some Suggested
Hashtags
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#ptchat
#parents
#parenting
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#edtech
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#abed
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#psd70
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#muirlake
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#mustangprid
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#edchat
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#gafe
More Education
Hashtags
bit.ly/twitterforparents

15. TWEET BREAK
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Search an education
# on twitter (#psd70
#ptchat #edtech
#edchat)
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Click on a new # in a
Tweet that you find

16. Some Basics of Tweeting
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Reply
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Mention
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Retweets
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Direct Message

17. @reply
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What is an @reply?
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An @reply is any update posted by clicking
the Reply button on a tweet
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@reply to you will show up on your mentions
tab
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Click on @reply to display the tweet that was
replied to

18. @mention
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What is an @mention?
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Any Twitter update that contains @username
(replies are considered mentions)
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These messages, as well as @replies are
collected in the Mentions tab on the
Connect page
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More than one person can be mentioned in a
tweet

19. Retweets
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What is a retweet?
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re-posting of someone else’s Tweet
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Sometimes people type RT at the beginning
of a Tweet to indicate they are reposting
someone else’s Tweet
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Retweeting is sort of like a compliment

20. Direct Message
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What is a DM?
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A private message sent via Twitter to one of
your followers. (you can only send to
followers)
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Click on the envelope icon to access

21. TWEET BREAK
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Tweet a @reply
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@mention somebody
in a Tweet
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Retweet somebody
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DM someone

22. Twitter Chat
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Interactive live conversation at a specific time on
Twitter about a specific topic
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Eg. #ptchat - Parent-Teacher Chat - Wednesdays 9:0010:00 EST)
Examples & More Education Twitter Chat Times
bit.ly/twitterforparents

23. Tips and Tricks
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TweetDeck - application to manage Twitter (eg. organize hashtags)
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Download Twitter/TweetDeck on phone
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Tweet links to websites, blogs, etc.
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Tweet media (Youtube, pictures etc.)
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Favourite Tweets to help organize
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Utilize Lists to organize people you are following
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Don’t click on DM links that seem weird (your account will be hacked)

24. TWEET BREAK
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Tweet a link
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Tweet using
TweetDeck
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Favourite a Tweet
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Create a List