MOVING ON WITH TWITTER

WHY TWITTER?

• Share resources
• Participate in PL
• Communicate
• Receive information
• Develop a support network

CREATE A PROFILE

• Unique username (short)
• Descriptive bio
• Photo of you
• Secure password

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ANATOMY OF A TWEET

• 140 characters
• Hash tags
• @handle
• Links
• RT and MT

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WHO TO FOLLOW

• Find a guru
• Look at who they follow
• Read blogs
• Fluidity

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PEOPLE WILL FOLLOW

• Retweet
• Share links
• Be regular
• Be interesting
• Use hashtags

NEXT STEP

• HootSuite/TweetDeck
• #WApln
• Tweet chat #globalclassroom
• Http://globalclassroom chats.wikispaces.com

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THINGS TO REMEMBER

• Twitter is a public forum
• Quality depends on you
• Pay it forward
• Great professional development