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Page 1: Twitter. General Descriptions What is twitter? –Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read

Twitter

Page 2: Twitter. General Descriptions What is twitter? –Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read

General Descriptions

• What is twitter? – Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging

service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets.

• What can we do?– Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters

displayed on the author's profile page and delivered to the author's subscribers who are known as followers.

– Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow open access. Users can send and receive tweets via the Twitter website, Short Message Service (SMS) or external applications.

Page 3: Twitter. General Descriptions What is twitter? –Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read

Glossary• @ - The @ sign is used to call out usernames in Tweets, like this: Hello @Twitter! When a username is preceded by the @ sign, it becomes a link to a Twitter profile.

• Direct Message - Also called a DM. These messages are private between only the sender and recipient. Tweets become DMs when they begin with "d username" to specify who the message is for.

• FF - #FF stands for "Follow Friday." Twitter users often suggest who others should follow on Fridays by tweeting with the hashtag #FF.

• Handle - A user's "Twitter handle" is the username they have selected and the accompanying URL, like so: http://twitter.com/username. (ie Twitter.com/StephanieNelson)

• Hashtag - The # symbol is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. Can search by hashtags to see all messages that include that particular hashtag.

• ie – in the following message, #sofresh is the hashtag used. If you search #sofresh, all tweets that use that hashtag from all users (whether you follow them or not) will show in the results:

Page 4: Twitter. General Descriptions What is twitter? –Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read

Glossary• Mention - Mentioning another user in your Tweet

by including the @ sign followed directly by their username is called a "mention". Also refers to Tweets in which your username was included.

• ie – in the following message, @sarahbradleyclt @StephanieNelson @print4color are mentions:

KevinBrindley @sarahbradleyclt @StephanieNelson @print4color Great seeing you yesterday at #sofresh - I really enjoyed our conversations.

• Reply - Tweet posted in reply to another user's message, usually posted by clicking the "reply" button next to their Tweet in your timeline. Always begins with @username.

• Retweet – Also known as RT. A Tweet by another user, forwarded to you or by you. Often used to spread news or share valuable findings on Twitter.

• Tweeps/Tweeple – people/friends on Twitter

• Via – Like a retweet. Used with “@username” to attribute something that you saw with another user. Good when you are not directly quoting word for word, but paraphrasing or passing a link along.

Page 5: Twitter. General Descriptions What is twitter? –Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read

General Twitter Tips & Tricks• Twitter is all about INTERACTION. So go ahead

and start a conversation!

• It’s a Give & Take – RT your followers if you like what they post. Then they’ll be more likely to RT you as well.

• If you want something retweeted, try to stick to 120 characters or less – it makes it easier to retweet.

• Keep your posts relevant to your audience.

• Post often, but not just for the sake of posting.

• Think & proofread before you hit send, especially if tweeting from your phone. (In other words, learn from Stephanie’s mistakes.)

Page 6: Twitter. General Descriptions What is twitter? –Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read

Following Your Followers• 2 Schools of Thought

• It’s a Must: Thought is that you’re showing your followers respect by following them back, that you believe they also have something important to say.

• It’s Up to You: You should have the right to decide who you follow and why.

• I’m of the “It’s Up to You” philosophy. Once you start getting a lot of followers, if you follow all of them back, you’ll never get anything else done. And chances are you won’t be interested in what all of your followers are saying. My tactic is: I check my followers about once every week or so. If I see I have new followers, I go into their profiles and look at the last few items they’ve posted. If they look interesting to me, I follow them back; if not, I don’t.

Page 7: Twitter. General Descriptions What is twitter? –Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read

Following Tips• Don’t follow more people than you can

handle. You’ll get too many tweets and miss the ones that actually interest you.

• It’s also no crime to unfollow someone, whether it’s because you don’t like what they tweet, they tweet too much for you or for any other reason!

Page 8: Twitter. General Descriptions What is twitter? –Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read

Personal Twitter Tips• This is a good way to build your personal brand online.

Own it. What would you want people to see you sharing?

• Along the same lines…If you wouldn’t want your mama to see it, don’t post it.

• Be careful with linking Foursquare with Twitter and Facebook. Don’t post every check-in to both outlets.

• One, it ups your chances of gaining a stalker (especially if your profile pic is an actual picture of you).

• Two, not everyone is going to care about your every move. Some check-ins are ok on both, but uncheck one or the other on most check-ins.

• Be careful of public messages. People following both participants can see both sides of the conversation. If something’s sensitive, DM the person.

Page 9: Twitter. General Descriptions What is twitter? –Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read

What separates it from other similar technologies?

– Simple, quick and frequent (vs. blogs)– Less pressure (vs. chat)– Personal (vs. internet forum)

Page 10: Twitter. General Descriptions What is twitter? –Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read

Why should we be using this technology? / What specific pedagogical aims could this technology

target?

– Input:• no permission required to follow someone; short

texts; authentic; update

– Output: • increasing learners’ output; large audience;

repeating the same expressions

– Interaction:• enhancing interactions between users

Page 11: Twitter. General Descriptions What is twitter? –Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read

Why should we be using this technology?

• Teachers can use micro-blogging to get in touch with students.– Notice board: teacher can send memos on tasks,

exams or events.– Resources: Recommend resources and share links,

web pages, videos, etc.– Answers: Teachers can solve students’ doubts or

answers very quickly– Feedback: Collect students’ opinions about the class– Motivate: Keep interest high helping students to give

a sense and utility to what they have learnt.

Page 12: Twitter. General Descriptions What is twitter? –Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read

Other Micro-blogging Services

– Some services use a similar concept as Twitter but combine the micro-blogging facilities with other services, such as file sharing. Other services provide similar functionality, but within closed networks for corporations, nonprofits, universities, and other organizations.

– Plurk (http://www.plurk.com/)• Updates are shown on a timeline where they are chronologically

ordered in a very visual way

– Jaiku (http://www.jaiku.com/)• Its lifestream that enables users to put together all information about

what we are doing on-line with other services (e.g., Flickr)

– Edmodo (http://www.edmodo.com)• It provides a way for teachers and students to share notes, links,

and files

Page 13: Twitter. General Descriptions What is twitter? –Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read

Why did you choose this particular version as opposed to other available versions of the

technology?

• Twitter– Simple– Large number of users (

http://s.hamachiya.com/twitter/population)– Many useful applications

(http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/19/the-top-20-twitter-applications/)

Page 14: Twitter. General Descriptions What is twitter? –Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read

Terminology 1• Tweet

– Each of your Twitter posts or updates is known as a tweet. Some people refer to them as “twits”, but the official term is “tweet.” Each tweet is no longer than 140 characters.

• Following– While Facebook requires that all relationships be reciprocal, Twitter

allows for one-way relationships. If you find Twitter users who are interesting, you can "follow them" to subscribe to their tweets. They do not necessarily have to follow you back, though the more social users will want to follow you back

• Timeline– The “timeline” page is the homepage which displays tweets from all

the people you are following. On the sidebar (column on the right of each Twitter page)

– Public timeline• Direct Messages

– Links to your Inbox/Sent messages (140 characters or less) that are privately sent to and from you

Page 15: Twitter. General Descriptions What is twitter? –Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read

How to Start Twitter?

1. Go to: http://twitter.com/

2. Create account

3. Settings (personal information, background etc)

4. Search

5. Follow

6. reply

Page 16: Twitter. General Descriptions What is twitter? –Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read

Sample Classroom Activities

• Headline:– The students are given a newspaper article and they have to

write a headline for it.

• Collaborative writing:– All the students have to create a short story or fable, starting

from the first post sent by the teacher.

• Secret person:– The students have to guess the secret person sending questions

to the teacher, to which he can answer only yes or no.

• Meeting point:– A space where all students can discuss an issue decided by the

teacher.

Page 17: Twitter. General Descriptions What is twitter? –Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read

Sample Classroom Activities

• Film scripts– Step1: Each group choose one scene from

famous films prepared by a teacher– Step 2: Each group write dialogue of the

scene– Step 3: Teacher gave feedback on the

dialogues– Step 4: Each group perform the scene in

class– Step 5: Voting for the best script creation

Page 18: Twitter. General Descriptions What is twitter? –Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read

Glossary• @ - The @ sign is used to call out usernames in Tweets, lik

e this: Hello @Twitter! When a username is preceded by the @ sign, it becomes a link to a Twitter profile.

• Direct Message - Also called a DM. These messages are private between only the sender and recipient. Tweets become DMs when they begin with "d username" to specify who the message is for.

• FF - #FF stands for "Follow Friday." Twitter users often suggest who others should follow on Fridays by tweeting with the hashtag #FF.

• Handle - A user's "Twitter handle" is the username they have selected and the accompanying URL, like so: http://twitter.com/username. (ie Twitter.com/StephanieNelson)

• Hashtag - The # symbol is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. Can search by hashtags to see all messages that include that particular hashtag.

• ie – in the following message, #sofresh is the hashtag used. If you search #sofresh, all tweets that use that hashtag from all users (whether you follow them or not) will show in the results:

Page 19: Twitter. General Descriptions What is twitter? –Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read

Glossary• Mention - Mentioning another user in your Tweet

by including the @ sign followed directly by their username is called a "mention". Also refers to Tweets in which your username was included.

• ie – in the following message, @sarahbradleyclt @StephanieNelson @print4color are mentions:

KevinBrindley @sarahbradleyclt @StephanieNelson @print4color Great seeing you yesterday at #sofresh - I really enjoyed our conversations.

• Reply - Tweet posted in reply to another user's message, usually posted by clicking the "reply" button next to their Tweet in your timeline. Always begins with @username.

• Retweet – Also known as RT. A Tweet by another user, forwarded to you or by you. Often used to spread news or share valuable findings on Twitter.

• Tweeps/Tweeple – people/friends on Twitter

• Via – Like a retweet. Used with “@username” to attribute something that you saw with another user. Good when you are not directly quoting word for word, but paraphrasing or passing a link along.

Page 20: Twitter. General Descriptions What is twitter? –Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read

General Twitter Tips & Tricks• Twitter is all about INTERACTION. So go ahead

and start a conversation!

• It’s a Give & Take – RT your followers if you like what they post. Then they’ll be more likely to RT you as well.

• If you want something retweeted, try to stick to 120 characters or less – it makes it easier to retweet.

• Keep your posts relevant to your audience.

• Post often, but not just for the sake of posting.

• Think & proofread before you hit send, especially if tweeting from your phone. (In other words, learn from Stephanie’s mistakes.)

Page 21: Twitter. General Descriptions What is twitter? –Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read

Following Your Followers• 2 Schools of Thought

• It’s a Must: Thought is that you’re showing your followers respect by following them back, that you believe they also have something important to say.

• It’s Up to You: You should have the right to decide who you follow and why.

• I’m of the “It’s Up to You” philosophy. Once you start getting a lot of followers, if you follow all of them back, you’ll never get anything else done. And chances are you won’t be interested in what all of your followers are saying. My tactic is: I check my followers about once every week or so. If I see I have new followers, I go into their profiles and look at the last few items they’ve posted. If they look interesting to me, I follow them back; if not, I don’t.

Page 22: Twitter. General Descriptions What is twitter? –Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read

Following Tips• Don’t follow more people than you can

handle. You’ll get too many tweets and miss the ones that actually interest you.

• It’s also no crime to unfollow someone, whether it’s because you don’t like what they tweet, they tweet too much for you or for any other reason!

Page 23: Twitter. General Descriptions What is twitter? –Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read

Personal Twitter Tips• This is a good way to build your personal brand online.

Own it. What would you want people to see you sharing?

• Along the same lines…If you wouldn’t want your mama to see it, don’t post it.

• Be careful with linking Foursquare with Twitter and Facebook. Don’t post every check-in to both outlets.

• One, it ups your chances of gaining a stalker (especially if your profile pic is an actual picture of you).

• Two, not everyone is going to care about your every move. Some check-ins are ok on both, but uncheck one or the other on most check-ins.

• Be careful of public messages. People following both participants can see both sides of the conversation. If something’s sensitive, DM the person.