1. Twitter is a social media platform that allows users to post messages called tweets that are up to 140 characters. It can be used to communicate with others, share information, and follow topics through hashtags. 2. The document discusses several advantages of Twitter for students, including organizing events, connecting students and teachers, facilitating class discussions, and aiding research. 3. Twitter can enhance classroom learning by allowing students to share opinions, ask questions, discuss topics, and engage with each other and teachers outside of class.

1. Using Twitter Among Students Name: Sara Ibrahim ID: 200910660

2. Content General Information Get Started With Twitter Advantages of Twitter Using Twitter Effectively Students and Twitter Exercise

3. General Information Definition Founders Features

4. Definition Twitter is an online service and social networking that enables you to post updates with other “tweeps” by answering a single question “What’s happening?” Twitter limits tweets, so you only receive and post tweets up to 140 characters.

5. Founder Jack Dorsey @jack “ Executive Chairman of Twitter, CEO of Square, a founder of both.”

6. Features Who to follow: View Suggestions: allow you to follow “tweeps” depending on who you follow and other variables Browse Interests: allow you to follow “tweeps” based on over 20 categories Find your friends: allow you to find “tweeps” from your email account Searches: search for topics and keywords and save your search Advertising: you need to have an idea about promoted trends, promoted tweets and promoted accounts

7. Get Started With Twitter Create a twitter account Twitter terminology

8. Create a twitter account Step 1: go to http://twitter.com/ Step 2: join twitter by typing your full name, email and password in the sign up box Step 3: choose a username (suggestions available) then click on “Create my account” Step 4: you can follow some stages to help you start with twitter or you can skip them Step 5: confirm your email address to access all of twitter’s features Watch how to create a twitter account

9. Twitter Terminology Follow: when you follow an account, all their tweets will appear in your timeline Unfollow: to stop seeing someone’s tweets in your timeline Retweet (RT): to share someone’s tweets with your followers Block: use it when you find a spammer in your followers list to remove it from your list Reply: to respond to someone’s tweet Mentions: click on @mentions to check when someone has mentioned you @: use it if you want to mention another tweep; it is also the first part of a username (ex. @Sara_Albastaki) #: use it to categorize tweets, trending topics (TT) are usually combined with # Direct Message (DM): it is private massages you want to send to other tweeps

10. Advantages of Twitter Communication tool Share and receive information

11. Communication Tool Twitter made the world smaller Communicate with different people around the world Ex. we can have friend from different countries Ask about them and talk about our interests

12. Share and Receive Information We can know what is happening in the world Politics Economics Sports Music Celebrities Share those information

13. Using Twitter Effectively Tweeting style Tag your tweet Use a twitter organizer

14. Tweeting Style

15. Tag Your Tweet Make your tweets visible to other tweeps Give your tweets more exposure Create discussions # allows you to search the tweets containing the hashtag Get into conversations with other tweeps about a specific topic It helps connect with a particular group of people or with people interested in the same things you are (ex. #ZU)

16. Use a Twitter Organizer Watch how TweetDeck works…

17. Twitter and Students Organize events Connection between students & teachers Class discussion Share info about a topic Research tool

18. Organize Events Important announcements Lectures Trips Meetings time and date

19. Connection Between Students & Teachers Students can ask about each other, know what is happening in their school or university Teachers can post test dates to inform students Teachers can comment about class discussion or what lessons have been taken in class to update students

20. Class Discussion Share opinions, ask questions and discuss different answers It helps increase the students’ knowledge It encourages students who don’t participate to be engaged in class discussions It doesn’t mean we have to replace the regular formats, twitter is used to enhance class discussion process

21. Share Info about a Topic Students can share outside information about a topic taken in class It helps widen their knowledge It encourages critical thinking It encourages students to be more engaged in class

22. Research Tool

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