The snapshots are from the #ISTE2015 Twitter Session
Creating a 140 Character Culture:
School-Wide Twitter Adoption
Elana Leoni @elanaleoni
Chris Casal @mr_casal
Joe Manko @joemanko
Google Doc with TONS of great information to build a community using Twitter.
Set up a TweetDeck Accountwww.tweetdeck.com
Purpose
A desktop application that allows you to search, organize and view Tweets. Follow hashtags, notifications, lists, & Direct Messages
To Follow or Not To Follow
● I follow all educators who have a picture & a bio. ● Fill out this form to submit your Twitter handle & review
responses here. ● Just for fun (or not): http://who.unfollowed.me/
Educators Who Will Follow You Back!
● @RachelVSmall
● @PatrickMLarkin
● @gcouros
● @marragem
● @courosa
● @JessLWentworth
● @JKarabinas
● @HeinemannPD
● @RVSEduLinks
● @BPSMemorialLib
● @MicheleMacumber
● @AMollica
● @AppsEvents1
● @dvillanojr
● @Ajarn_Adam
● @Rjl1981
● @ShiftParadigm
● @KarinHogen
● @mrkempnz
● @DJFTLL
● @stuartkellynz
● @bkuhl2you
● @mythsysizer
Hashtag (#) Purpose
● Join a conversation● Broaden your reach/boost your audience● Search for information
(Labels, tags, hashtags = the same)
More HashtagsCybrary Man’s Educational Hashtags
Check out:
Cybrary Man’s Twitter Educational Chats
● ALWAYS give credit to the speakers you quote!○ Use their Twitter Handle
● Check for spelling and grammar mistakes (unless intentional)
● Protect your brand!● When starting a Twitter Chat, first tweet out a disclaimer
that you are doing so in order for your followers to understand.
Purpose
When you reply to a Tweet, or start a Tweet with a handle (@) symbol, it is only viewable to your followers and to the followers of the person to whom you are replying. (Unless you go directly to the person’s Twitter Page.)
Example
@JessLWentworth, thanks for the RT!
The dot
If you want all of your followers to see your tweet, don’t begin your tweet with a handle (@). Add a dot or any other character.
Example
.@jkarabinas, thanks for the RT!
PurposePrivately send and receive messages that are only seen by you and one other person.
Note
● You now don’t have to be following one another to send and/or receive a DM.
● You now get more than 140 characters● Never open a suspicious link in a DM or else you may get
Twitter hacked!
Most private tweet
Tweet that does not begin
with a @
Tweet that begins with a @
Direct Message
Most public tweet
Old School ReTweeting
(Still available on some Twitter apps)
Twitter Etiquette
If you RT (ReTweet) and modify the original Tweet:
Change the RT to MT (Modified Tweet)
Old School Retweeting Note
You may want to modify the original Tweet to:
● Shorten the tweet so you can add more to the tweet
● Add additional hashtags
New School Retweet: Quote Tweet
● 116 character allotment ● Add the applicable twitter handles & hashtags
Random Note: If you quote a tweet and the original tweet is deleted, the quote tweet is not deleted.
Purpose
When you create and view a list, you will see a stream of Tweets from a group of Twitter users on that list.
Tweetwall
#GIESummit Tagboard
Please:
● Add a #GIESummit column● Tweet out using #GIESummit● Reply to a Tweet● Reply to a Tweet that doesn’t begin with a @● Quote a Tweet● Create a list & add a list to your Tweetdeck● Follow those who are in this session.
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