Very Basic Presentation that we put together on the fly about using Twitter - Dana and I

1. Twitter 101 – Twitter for
Dummies
Presented By:
Dana Sirotiak @Sirotiak02
Elissa Malespina @SOMSlibrary

2. Twitter Road Map
http://www.educatorstechnology.com
/2012/10/teachers-roadmap-to-use-of-twitter-
in.html

3. Creating a Twitter Account
• Go to www.Twitter.com
• Create an account

4. How to Tweet
• You can only tweet up to 140 characters
• You can tweet pictures
• You can tweet links to websites

5. How to Retweet
• RT = Retweet

6. How to Follow Someone on
Twitter
• Search for their Twitter handle
• Click follow

7. How to Tweet Directly to Someone
• When you are in your Tweet message box,
you need to put the person’s Twitter handle
into your tweet in order for them to get
alerted someone tweeted directly to them

8. How to Reply to a Tweet Someone
Sent You
• Click the rely button (arrow pointing left)
Tweet to them

9. How to Direct Message Someone
• A personal, private message only that person
can see and no one else
• Still only 140 characters
• Comparable to Text messaging, email

10. Great List of Chats to Follow
• http://cybraryman.com/twitter.html
• Amazing resource for following chats

11. Hashtags
• A hashtag (#) is like a channel on the TV
• Anyone who follows a hashtag will be able to
see your tweets even if they do not follow up
directly on Twitter
• 1 choice to follow conversation is to use
Tweet Deck

12. Twitter Hashtags
http://edudemic.com/2012/10/the-teachers-
quick-guide-to-educational-twitter-hashtags/

13. Livebinder Filled with Twitter
Information
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?
id=520798