Tweet Training

Using Twitter for Class

Basic Steps

Set up a new account (recommended) or use your regular account. Note: if you are creating a second account, you must provide a different email.

Try for the shortest handle possible.

Fill out your bio and add a portrait, avatar, or image.

Follow us first, then you’ll be able to follow your classmates.

Search for our authors and/or pages dedicated to them.

How to Use Twitter for Class

Tweet your thoughts about the reading as you read. Live-tweet our film marathon.

Add this hashtag to every tweet: #h161

RT (Retweet) others’ tweets that you like or want to respond to publicly.

Publicly direct messages to people using the “@username” construction.

#Humes #Fail

As you can see, the hashtag #humes is already being used.

Use #____ to connect to others

who are talking about #____

Note the “View Conversation” feature at the end of some of the tweets. This will open up the chain of messages that this tweet is in conversation with.

Main Page

The @ Page

Homework

Sign up for an account at twitter.com

Follow all the “Basic Steps” on the second slide above.

Tweet your thesis in 140 characters or less using the #h161 hashtag. Abreviations are allowed.

Check out: http://www.bu.edu/today/2010/define-your-thesis-in-140-characters/