Twitter: the Who, the How, and the Why
By Beth Redford @bethredfordDynamic Landscapes Conference
May 17, 2013
Twitter is the service
Tweet is a noun…and a verb
Username ex. @bethredford
Vocabulary
Jennifer Malphy@jmalphy
I'm the Library Media Specialist and District Technology Coordinator for Kickapoo Area Schools in Viola, WI. I'm a wife and mother to two little boys.
Planning for Summer Checkouts pic.twitter.com
**reconstructed Tweet – couldn’t find the original! – BRphoto courtesy of Jennifer Malphy
Amy works in Virginia
Robin works in Ohio
Kim works in Massachusetts
Map image by user:Theshibboleth on Wikipedia.com, retrieved 5/7/2012Used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license
Twitter is:
A microblogging service
The world’s biggest, most up to date annotated bibliography!
A place to share information
Connections
For collaborative projects
Ask questions, make requests
Favorites
Use them to collect resources
Can automatically save to Diigo
Hashtags and Chats
# makes it searchable #tlchat, #VSLA – all day
http://cybraryman.com/chats.html
#edchat - Tuesdays noon and 7 pm
Other Uses
school or library Twitter accounts @resvt @RESVTlibrary
Classroom Twitter accounts @hajdunhomeroom@vermontkkids123
Tips for Signing Up
Username – helpful if it relates to your real name, also if it’s short
Put in a (real) picture and description when you get a chance
Signup Steps• Install Twitter app or go to twitter.com• Sign up! Short username, real name, and real
pic if possible• Search and Follow @bethredford• Find @bethredford’s Lists• Find BethEducatorsToFollow or
BethLibrariansToFollow• Read the Tweets, Follow the people who look
interesting
Twitter bird image from https://twitter.com/logo
BethEducatorsToFollow
BethLibrariansToFollow
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