All Things Twitter

All Things Twitter

https://todaysmeet.com/acectwitterResourceshttp://bit.ly/YM38CJ

“Twitter in one word”

Microblogging or sharing conversations in 140 characters or less!

Twitter Terminology

Profile

Profile should include….

•Avatar•Website• Interests•What you do?•Why are you worth following?

Be aware of these settings….

Twitter client

Track stats with….

Link shorteners

Link shorteners

Curate tweets

• Favourites• Lists• Storify

Twitter lists

•Private•Public•Create list•Subscribe to lists

Images• approximately a 2:1

dimension for the best appearance on the Twitter feed.• Use images to gain

prominence in a twitter feed

Use landscape-oriented images

Add youtube video links

Link to slideshare becomes live

Live Links!

Connected Educator Month #ceoz14

http://connectededucator.vic.edu.au/

# Hashtags #

•Conference events eg #acec2014•Resources – see cybraryman•http://

www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html•http://cybraryman.com/twitter.html for

tips on twitter

Twitter as a search engine

What do world events look like, feel like?

Advanced search

Twitter chats

• Cybraryman - http://cybraryman.com/chats.html

• List of twitter chats

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiftIdjCeWSXdDRLRzNsVktUUGJpRWJhdUlWLS1Genc#gid=0

Archives of Twitter Chats

• #globalclassroom

Tips for twitter chats

• http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/06/teachers-visual-guide-to-twitter-chats.html• http://janetfouts.com/how-to-participate-in-a-twee

t-chat/• http://www.mackcollier.com/10-steps-to-creating-a

-successful-twitter-chat/• http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevecooper/

2013/09/30/the-ultimate-guide-to-hosting-a-tweet-chat/

Twitter apps

Native twitter app

Twitter apps

Block User

This means they cannot:-

• follow you• add you to a list

Twitter mute user

• Their tweets and retweets become invisible to you.

• SMS or push notifications from their activity.

• The muted user can still interact with your tweets though–they can favourite, reply, or retweet your stuff, but those actions won’t appear in your Twitter timeline.

Mute

To unmute….

Go to their profile>tap the red unmute icon (a speaker with a slash through it).

Tweetdeck and Tweetbot able to mute users, hashtags, or keywords.

Use to mute a phrase or hashtag rather than muting half a dozen users on Twitter’s web or mobile apps.

Twitter analytics

• analytics.twitter.com (open to all)• Favstar.fm• Twubs• Hootsuite University – get a pro account for 1

month and hootsuite uni for 1 month for free

Twitter Analytics

Schedule Tweets

• Tweetdeck• hootsuite or • HubSpot's Social Inbox• Buffer

to schedule tweets for the week.

Languages

• Can tweet in more than 35 languages

• Use translator

Embedding tweets

Classroom Uses

Twitter for immediate learning!

What is your favourite animal and where are you from?

• What will you do to help with the costs for rural students of moving away from home to attend higher education in the city.

Twitterfall - #gcf2013!

Timeline widgets

Phishing

Links

eFind Me

•mirtschin@gmail.com• http://murcha.wordpress.com• http://techtalktuesdays.global2.vic.edu.au• Twitter ID = murcha