Tweet Tweet ~Twitter for MRA Councils/ Committees

1. Tweet Tweet ~Twitter for MRA Councils/Committees Joan L. Tuttle @readtech @mraread

2. Goals • To learn the advantages of using Twitter • To be more comfortable using Twitter • To be able to “translate” a tweet • And maybe to create a twitter account before you leave Monday and send a tweet!

3. WHY? • HOW? • WHERE? • WHO? • WHAT? • WHEN?

4. Twitter is…… What is Twitter? twit·ter twit·ter/ˈtwitər/

5. Twitter for MRA Council/CommitteesWHO?/WHY? WHY? • Announce Council/Committee Activities • Link to Newsletter • Share information WHO could you reach? • Council Membership • MRA members • Global Audience

6. WHY? • PLN Professional Learning Network • Professional Development • Locate interesting websites • Read blogs • Listen” to professional conversations on topic • SHARE : class lessons, articles, samples of class work • Ask for help!

7. When Anytime! AND it is FREE!

8. WHERE? Twitter.com • http://tinyurl.com/3suw7pp

9. HOW? Go to www.twitter.com Username Password Profile Location Image Two Sources for Setting up an Account: Techinliteracy.wordpress.comsee Councils-Twitter

10. Twitter Fluency! • If the Internet is the Information highway, • then Twitter is the fast lane on the left! • From @howeprincipal

11. Twitter Symbols @ # • @ at sign means the username • (Think of emails) • # pound sign followed by a “topic” means a Hashtag #olympics

12. What kind of tweets? 4 Types • Regular tweet ~ message • Reply @ you are talking AT someone or send a message • Retweet (RT) • DM (Direct Message) • Your own • Reply to another tweet • Retweet another tweet from someone else to all your followers • Send a private message

13. MRA TwitterRegular Tweet OR • 140 character RULE • Letters • Spaces • Punctuation • Numbers • Special Characters

14. Go to Twitter

15. What kind of tweets? 4 Types • Regular tweet ~ message • Reply @ you are talking AT someone or send a message • Retweet (RT) • DM (Direct Message) • Your own • Reply to another tweet • Retweet another tweet from someone else to all your followers • Send a private message

16. Reply

17. Go to Twitter @tweet2teech

18. What kind of tweets? 4 Types • Regular tweet ~ message • Reply @ you are talking AT someone or send a message • Retweet (RT) • DM (Direct Message) • Your own • Reply to another tweet • Retweetanother tweet from someone else to all your followers • Send a private message

19. Retweet How to… Why RETWEET? • Click retweet in the tweet itself • Type RT followed by @username and copy/paste the tweet • Interesting to your followers

20. Go to Twitter Retweet an IRA

21. What kind of tweets? 4 Types • Regular tweet ~ message • Reply @ you are talking AT someone or send a message • Retweet (RT) • DM (Direct Message) • Your own • Reply to another tweet • Retweet another tweet from someone else to all your followers • Send a private message

22. The person must be following YOU!

23. Go to Twitter Direct Message

25. Take a moment What have we done….

26. What kind of tweets? 4 Types • Regular tweet ~ message • Reply @ you are talking AT someone or send a message • Retweet (RT) • DM (Direct Message) • Your own • Reply to another tweet • Retweet another tweet from someone else to all your followers • Send a private message

27. Hashtags # pound sign followed by a topic

29. Follow the conversation

31. Hashtags # • Pound Sign # followed by a topic • Organize conversations • Search through Google! •  Live Feeds of Educational # http://splaysoft.com/CCL4s/Educational_Hash_Tags.html • CyberlibraryManhttp://www.cybraryman.com/chats.html • Google Calendar of Chats https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=9k50j34spec6pailr59uo2becg@group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Denver&gsessionid=OK&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed:+scottmcleoddelicious+%28Scott+McLeod%27s+Delicious+Bookmarks

32. #pb10for10August 10th Enjoy and Embrace Learning Learning...a journey Contact us on our blogs, or Twitter(@mandyrobek or @cathymere), or by e-mail to let us know you are joining this event. On the day of the event - August 10th - we will be linking all the "must have" posts.  In the  past, we or I should say Cathy creates a Jog the Web.  I can't wait to have you join us! http://enjoy-embracelearning.blogspot.com/2012/07/last-night-while-i-was-watching-my.html

33. Suggestions Take a look… • #commoncore • #ccss • #cchat • #mathchat • #engchat • #edchat • #bookaday • http://edchat.pbworks.com/w/page/219908/FrontPage • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuIxpz6UklE&feature=player_embedded

34. Short URLS

35. Short URLs http://tinyurl.com/

36. http://bitly.com/

37. http://goo.gl/More Shorten URL sites

39. Translate a tweet!

40. Follow & Followers Follow Benefits you! Followers Gives you a VOICE!

41. Following How to find people to follow? Look at the tweets • @MrSchuReads • @dgburris • @MrsWhosit • @mraread • @tweet2tweet • @readtech • @mandyrobek • @coolteacher • @Donalynbooks • @shannonmiller • @2read4life

42. UNFOLLOW

43. Following • Following • Real Name • Username • Profile/bio • Web address No follow us!

44. Q&A • Can I delete a tweet? • Can I “unfollow” someone? • Can I “hide” a follower? • Can I delete my Twitter account? • Can I add photos and videos? • Can I block someone?

45. Resources • Twitter Help Center is excellent resource. • Bibliography from bibme.orghttp://www.bibme.org/shared/p0p3ADer3X • http://techinliteracy.wordpress.com

46. Goals • To learn the advantages of using Twitter • To be more comfortable using Twitter • To be able to “translate” a tweet • And maybe to create a twitter account before you leave Monday and send a tweet!

47. Review:

48. Old Mac Twitter had a Farm:And on his farm he had a Tweet E I E I O

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