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 **Twitter Tweet by Tweets ** **By Susan Gilley **   · Go to [|www.twitter.com]  · Type in search phrases and see what people are talking about · Not all profile pics and/or comments are socially acceptable  **BASIC SKILLS – Create a Twitter Account ** · Go to [|www.twitter.com]  · Click sign up now. · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Enter your full name · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Enter your twitter username · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Enter a password – (pick a very secure password) · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Enter your email (note – it will not be displayed) · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Type in the displayed word · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Uncheck the box if you don’t want to receive email updates · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Click create my account · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Expand your professional learning network o <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Add the people within the workshop as people to follow § <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Login to Twitter § <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Click on the find people link § <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Type in the created twitter names of the people in your workshop § <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Click on their profile (ordinarily you would check out profile information to determine if you want to follow this person or not) § <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Click follow · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Practice sending tweets o <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Send the following tweets to different people within the workshop § <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Welcome @ausername to twitter. We are interested in learning how twitter can help us in education. #tiecadre o <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Direct message reply to the 5 people that sent you a tweet with an appropriate response o <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Retweet one of the messages sent to you <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">INTERMEDIATE SKILLS ** · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Add the following ten people to follow: uniqsuseq, shellterrell, web20classroom, jenwagner, teachakidd, larryferlazzo, cybraryman, rmbyrne, dianadell, and nmhs_principal · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Create the following lists from the people you follow: admin, teachers, technology. For right now it doesn’t matter who is in each list. You are learning how to create a list and pull up the list to check tweets. Add people from your list into each list. o <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Click on your profile o <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Click on lists o <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Click create new list o <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Type in the name of the list - – let’s make your lists private for now – click create list o <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Click on who you are following – using the icons to the right of each person – click on the list icon and add different people to different lists. o <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Click on the home icon within the twitter menu – click on the lists that now appear in your home menu. Note the padlock that shows that your list is locked. This just means that others can’t see the lists you have created. You can change your mind later and make the list open to others if you so desire. · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Click on the people you are following and explore their lists. Choose some lists to follow if you desire. · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">(Optional) Choose to receive tweets as text messages o <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Click on settings – mobile – and add your mobile number o <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Click on the home icon within the twitter menu o <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Click on who you are following on the right hand side of the menu o <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">If you want to receive tweets as a text message click on the phone to turn text messaging on · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Download tweetdeck and create columns and more lists o <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Go to <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">[|www.tweetdeck.com/download] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> o <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Click on launch tweetdeck o <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Once it is downloaded and installed, click on tweet deck for it to open o <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Add your username and account information o <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Click on the (+) sign at the top of the screen to add a column to your tweet deck o <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Enter a word of tweets you are searching for or click on a list to create a column o <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Continue adding columns for what you are interested in o <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Add a column for the #tiecadre hashtag and/or other hashtags o <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Continue exploring tweetdeck · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Explore websites and resources <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">|here <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">. (http://tietwitter.wikispaces.com) · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Participate in #edchat · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Continue to expand your PLN · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Add to the wiki page your personal contributions to enhance the wiki. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Not all profile pics and/or comments are socially acceptable. · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">As with all social networking, you must emphasize cybersafety and internet safety for all users. · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Understand the difference between protected and unprotected tweets. · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Don’t overwhelm yourself. Add people slowly and explore at your own pace.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">USING TWITTER WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT? **
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> POST BASIC SKILLS **
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">ADVANCED SKILLS **
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">CAUTIONS & IMPORTANT NOTES **