USING TWITTER How can twitter support individuals in their professionally role? Essential Question Follow me on

K What I know. W What I want to know. L What I learned.

Twitter Training Task 1: TWITTER Sign in and Interface Orientation Task 2: The Foundation of Participating in Twitter Task 3: Exploring the Twitter Hashtag Task 4: Leveraging Twitter Professionally

TASK 1: Twitter Interface Orientation Signup and/or login to an account Explore the various menus Write a short “blurb” for your profile.

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@ TASK 2: Participating in Twitter Follow our colleagues in the workshop. Send out Tweets Send out a Re-Tweet Mention a user Send out a Direct Message Mark a Favorite Perform a search Participate in a chat

#1. Follow people in our workshop, search for individuals you know and add them to your list by clicking on the plus sign.

#2. Tweet out your status, in 140 characters. #4 Retweet (RT) out another users status. #3 Mention another user still working on the slides for twitter PD, needing more screenshot for the PPT digipixie

#6 Mark a favorite message. #7 Perform a search, and save it. #5 Direct Message (DM) a mutual follower.

# What is a hashtag? # on Twitter? Powerful yet simple tool for tracking topics, communities, live events, or breaking news. They allow on-the-fly collaboration. Anyone on twitter can follow a # discussion, you do not need to follow each other. Great way to find a network of people with similar interests. #8 Post 2 tweets (either a question/comment/reflection/response) and include the #kttrain hashtag in your post.

Participating in a chat using our PLN #KTTRAIN, a hashtag created specifically for this training. This will model a chat and allow users to participate on a directed topic.

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TASK 3: Exploring the Twitter #Hashtag Search various #hashtags, save those of relevance. Add individuals to your Twitter network that post relevant information. While exploring, think about How do the tweets with hashtags have more value / relevance to the topic at hand? How could we utilize the hashtag strategically ?

Search Hashtags #SMCROC #rochester #roc-news #roc #ROCYPs #dress4success #followfriday #roc-mayor #RocPeepsLunch Chat Hashtags #social-media

#1. Explore various #hashtags using the search menu. #SMCROC #rochester #roc-news #roc #ROCYPs #dress4success #followfriday #roc-mayor #RocPeepsLunch Different types of searches #3. Discussion: How do tweets with #hashtags have more value / relevance to the topic at hand? #3. Discussion: How do tweets with #hashtags have more value / relevance to the topic at hand? #4. Who is posting interesting Tweets about a #hashtag topic? #2. Save a search that is relevant to your Role here at RIT.

#5. Locate and follow users that you would want to network with. #6. Follow 5 or more people, you are starting to build a Professional Learning Network [PLN]

Professional Learning Network What are ways that we develop our own Professional Learning Network in our current culture and setting? How does Twitter expand our Professional Learning Network? How can Twitter support me or my students professionally in my role at RIT?

How could Twitter be leveraged Professionally? Professional Learning Network ___________________ Within the RIT environment ___________________ With Students ___________________ What’s Next?

What is Twitter General ways it can be used Miniature Blog service Social Messaging News Reporting Social Marketing Group Collaboration Dialogue As part of your PLN Professional development Connecting with content-area specialists Locating online resources and tools to support your role Ideas and approaches from other colleagues in the field. Learn about new technology and how to integrate it into your profession Discuss and collaborate on solutions Find interesting links to case studies, and breaking news.

Privacy Settings TwitterTwitter is a social networking utility that lets you update your status, telling your contacts and possibly the entire world what you are doing. Posting Twitter updates publicly means: Your updates appear in Twitter’s public timeline — a flowing river of every member’s status. Anyone can see your Twitter updates. Your Twitter updates can be indexed by search engines. How to set your Twitter account to private In order to keep your Twitter activity private, follow these steps: Log into Twitter.Twitter Click “Settings” in the upper right corner of the screen.Settings Under the “Account” tab check off “Protect my updates”. Click the “Save” button. By protecting your updates, you remove them from the public timeline and hide them from anyone who you do not approve.

Twitter Terminology De-Friend: This is a common social networking term referring to the act of taking someone off of your friends list. De-Follow is a Twitter-specific version. Directy Message: A private tweet sent to one person, these individuals must mutually follow each other. Dweet: A tweet sent while experiencing impaired judgement. Fail Whale: Indication that the Twitter system is overcapacity. Hashtag: The community-driven practice of tagging an individual tweet by using a hash in front of the tag. Example: Putting #dallascowboys in a tweet about the Dallas Cowboys. Hashtags allow the community to easily stream a particular subject. Microblog: Twitter is often referred to as a microblog because it allows people to update their status using only 140 characters. Mistweet: Accidentally sending a tweet to the wrong person or wishing you didn't send a particular tweet. Dweets can often become Mistweets. Retweet (RT): A Retweet is a repeated tweet. It is sometimes used in a reply to allow everyone to see the original tweet. It is also used to forward a message onto one's own followers. Tweeps: Twitter followers who are your friends on multiple social networks. They are your social network peeps or posse. Tweet: A 140 character message sent via Twitter. Tweet Back: Bringing an older tweet back into the converstation Twitosphere: Twitter users or the community of tweeters. Twitpocalypse: The moment when the identification number of individual tweets surpassed the capacity of the most common data type. The Twitpocalypse crashed a number of Twitter clients. Often times, a "fail whale" will be identified. Twapplications: Twitter applications and Twitter mashups. Twitterphobe: Someone who is fearful or reluctant to join Twitter. Twitterphoria: Elation felt when someone you follow decides to follow you back. Twitterstream: The Twitter timeline. This can be applied to the public timeline, your friends' timeline or the timeline on a specific topic.

Common IM Acronyms AKA: Also Known As ASAP: As Soon As Possible BBL: Be Back Later BCNU: Be Seeing You B4N: Bye For Now BRB: Be Right Back BTW: By The Way F2F: Face To Face FWIW: For What It's Worth FYI: For Your Information GFY: Good For You GGBB: Gotta Go Bye Bye GL: Good Luck GMTA: Great Minds Think Alike G2G: Got To Go HAGD: Have a Good Day* HAGE: Have a Good Evening* HAGN: Have a Good Night* IDK: I Don't Know IM: Instant Message IM ME: Instant Message Me IMO: In My Opinion KIT: Keep In Touch LOL: Laughing Out Loud LTL: Lets Talk Later NRN: No Reply Necessary NYO: Need Your Opinion PLS: Please PMFJI: Pardon Me For Jumping In POV: Point Of View ROTFL: Rolling On The Floor Laughing TTFN: Ta Ta For Now TTYL: Talk To You Later TTYS: Talk To You Soon TU: Thank You TX: Thanks TY: Thank Yo TYVM: Thank You Very Much

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Interface Tour

Browse General Search Hashtag Search

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Task 3 Sending out Tweets Sending out Tweets including a Hashtag

Tweet with hashtags included