My presentation on Twitter given at the 2012 COABE Conference

1. Hashtags, Retweets, and 140
Characters:
Finding Meaning in Twitter
Nell Eckersley

2. Agenda
• What is Twitter?
• Basics of Twitter
o Hashtags
o Retweets
o Shortening Links for Tweets (and other purposes)
o How to find people to follow
o How to get people to follow you
• Advanced Uses of Twitter
o Tweetdeck
o Follow Conferences even when you cannot attend (Paper.Li,
TweetChat)
o TweetReach
o Use with students
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3. Why Incorporate Social Media?
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyZRS0Bn
pAI&feature=youtu.be
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4. https://twitter.com/
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5. What Can You Say in 140 Characters?
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6. Retweeting
• RT @Username
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7. Tagging
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8. HashTags
#EdTech #EdChat
#AdultEd #TechPD
#TwEd #SoMeEd
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9. Anatomy of a Good Tweet
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10. Shortened URLS
• http://ipadeducators.ning.com/profiles/blogs/preparing
-your-school-for-an (73 characters)
• Bit.ly/3FjhpX (13 characters)
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11. Shortening Links
You can use https://bitly.com/ to shorten URL’s
without creating an account
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12. Customizing Your Shortened URL
But if you create an account on BitLy.com, you can
customize your shortened URLS
Go from http://bit.ly/vJrH91 to http://bit.ly/wiggiotips
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13. Analytics
With an account you can also track how many times
the URL you created has been clicked.
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14. QR Code
And with or without an
account you can make
any of the shortened
URLS into a QR Code
by adding .qr at the
end
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15. Finding People to Follow
• Twitter Directories like
http://WeFollow.com
• Search hashtags and words #AdultEd
• See who follows people you follow
• http://Twibes.com
• http://Listorious.com
• http://Archivist.visitmix.com
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16. Search Twitter
• Search on http://Twitter.com for people,
keywords or hashtags
• Search on http://Search.Twitter.com for
keywords or hashtags even if you don’t have a
Twitter account
• Track hashtags and tweet from
http://tweetchat.com/
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17. Organizing Your Twitter
• Lists
• Hootcourse
• Mentions
• Interactions
• Replies
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18. Sending and Receiving Tweets
• Twitter.com
• SMS Texts via your cell phone
• Applications on computers & smart phones
o Tweetdeck
o HootSuite
o Seesmic
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19. Twitter Chats
• How do we keep
up with
important
education
Twitter
discussions?
• #EdChat Wiki
• #AEChat
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20. http://twtpoll.com/aechat
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21. Advanced uses of Twitter
• Tweetdeck
• Follow Conferences even when you cannot attend
(Paper.Li, TweetChat)
• Tweet Reach
• Use with students
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22. http://www.tweetdeck.com/
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23. http://tweetchat.com/
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24. Twitter Backchannel
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25. Twitter & Metacognition
• Metacognition
o The practice of thinking about and reflecting on your learning
o Increases comprehension and retention
• Twitter can be a viable platform for metacognition
o Forces users to be brief and to the point-an important skill in
thinking clearly and communicating effectively
o Can provide a simple way for attendees at a conference to share
thoughts about particular sessions and activities with others at
the event and those unable to attend.
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26. COABE 2012 Paper.Li
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27. http://archivist.visitmix.com
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28. Twitter Town Hall at COABE12
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29. http://tweetreach.com
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30. http://HistoricalTweets.com
• http://historicaltweets.com/2008/12/04/lincoln-asks-twitter-followers-for-
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31. http://twtpoll.com
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32. http://packrati.us/
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33. http://wiffiti.com
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34. http://twitpic.com
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35. https://support.twitter.com/articles/64986-how-to-report-spam-on-twitter#
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36. What to Do Right Now?
• Create a Twitter account on twitter.com
• Follow three people
o @LACNYCnell or @FlaTechGirl
o Search for people using #AdultEd
o Search for your favorite hobby, writer, singer, actor
• Retweet one tweet and create one of your own
tweets. Remember to use hashtags
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37. What to Do in the Next Few Weeks
• Spend 15 minutes on Twitter every morning
o reading
o retweeting
o following new people
• Try TweetDeck or receiving tweets as sms text
messages
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38. Nell Eckersley
• @LACNYCNell
• NellE@LACNYC.org
• http://www.scoop.it/t/twitter-in-adult-education
• http://lincs.ed.gov/mailman/listinfo/technology
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