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Basic Twitter Terminology

Terms
Twitter Tweets Follow Followers Unfollow Block Retweet or RT

Definitions & Steps

A microblogging tool. Allows users to send and receive short messages within an online community. Short posts or responses on Twitter. Only 140 characters in length. Following another user means that all their tweets will appear in your feed. Twitter users who follow your updates. To stop seeing someone elses tweets. The act of blocking a particular user name from following your tweets. You block someone by clicking on their profile and choosing Block on the right sidebar. The process whereby you repost someone elses Twitter post on your feed. The proper form for this is: RT #usernameyouarerequotingfrom text of the retweet. You are specifying that it is a retweet and putting in the full username so others on your list can choose to follow them if they like it. To respond to somebody elses tweet. The @ sign is used to indicate that you are replying to a specific username or when you want to mention another user. The sign is also the first part of every Twitter user name for example @linchomestudy. @ responses are visible to everyone. When your username is referred to in another persons tweets. The hash sign is used to mark a word as a keyword, which denotes a hashtag. Hashtag used to categorize tweets. Popular topics are referred to as trending topics and are sometimes accompanied by hashtags, such as #london2012 #davidwilletts. Hashtags are also used as part of backchannel communication around an event, be it a conference, a TV programme or a global event. An event audience can share comments, questions and links with each other while continuing to follow the formal presentation. These are private messages that you can send to other Twitter users. Keep in mind that you cannot send Direct Messages to people that are not following you, even if you are following them.

Reply @

Mentions #

Direct Message or DM

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Suggested Start-up Follow-list & Hashtags

Name TESL Ontario TESL Toronto Shelly S Terrell Username/ Hashtag @TESLOntario @TESLToronto @ShellTerrell Description Teachers of English as a Second Language of Ontario (TESL Ontario) is a non-profit professional association for instructors in the field of language education. ELT, Edublogger collaborating to make educational difference, Education thought-provoker, The 30 Goals Challenge author, International Speaker, #Edchat founder, Host for AM TESOL Free Fri Webinars, SC Mgr @TheConsultantsE worldwide BreakingNewsEnglish.com, FamousPeopleLessons.com, eslHolidayLessons.com, eslDiscussions.com, BusinessEnglishMaterials.com, Listen A Minute.com New Yorker & English language teacher...sharing interesting English #idioms & educational best practices w/students, colleagues & friends the world over! EFL + ESP:IT teacher, teacher-trainer, blogger, writer, Webmaster Online moderator, EFL teacher University L'Orientale, materials developer, business English trainer and ICT consultant/community coordinator Education - ICT & English for Business TEFL Teacher Educator in Athens, Greece, CELTA & DELTA. Technology Educator, Blogger, Co-Creator of #edchat RL - ICT Education Consultant UK ESL & Mainstream Blogger

Sean Banville

@SeanBanville @IdiomOfTheWeek

Karenne Sylvester Valentina Dodge Carl Dowse Marisa Constantinides Steven W. Anderson Carol Rainbow Larry Ferlazzo

@kalinagoenglish @vale24 @carldowse @Marisa_C @web20classroom @carolrainbow @Larryferlazzo

Hashtags
#edchat #edbkchat #smedu #ntchat #educoach #engchat #ellchat #ELTchat Talk to a variety of educators around the world through #edchat, Tuesdays at noon and 7 p.m. EST On Wednesdays at 4 p.m. EST, you can discuss educational books and topics in learning and pedagogy. Wednesdays at noon and 9 p.m. EST social media professionals, students, educators, and more can discuss using social media in education in this chat. New teachers can learn more about their profession with ideas, collaboration, and more for getting starting through #ntchat on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. EST. Wednesdays at 10 p.m. EST, you can find instructional coaching for improving education At 7 p.m. each Monday, you can come together with other English teachers to discuss improving English instruction. Monday nights at 9:00 PM EST. This is for bilingual, ESL and classroom teachers of English language learners. Wednesdays (4:00-5:00PM) come on Twitter and discuss a weeklychosen teaching topic with language teachers, administration and directors for a global perspective. Its fast-paced and may take once or twice before getting used to it, but youll get a lot from the discussion if you engage with it.

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Setting up a Twitter Account 1. Go to http://www.twitter.com 2.

Click on sign up now.

3.
Enter your details. For professional accounts, it is recommended that you use you given name(s) as your username. Once all your information has been entered, click on create my account.

4.
On the settings page, customize your twitter account. Click Save.

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Start tweeting. It is a good idea to add a bit about you to your profile by clicking on the settings tab. This will help to identify you as a genuine education professional.

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Useful Twitter Tools http://tinyurl.com/

Shorten URLs http://ow.ly/url/shorten-url

https://bitly.com/

http://www.tweetdeck.com/ http://www.twhirl.org/

Dashboards

http://hootsuite.com/

https://followize.appspot.com/
Management

http://www.friendorfollow.com/

http://en.splitweet.com/

Other Twitter Tools http://teacher.be/foreducation/top-100-tools-for-the-twittering-teacher/ http://edudemic.com/2012/01/20-hashtags/ http://educationtechnology-theoryandpractice.blogspot.com/2011/08/tweetdeck-100s-of-twitter-toolsfor.html

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Source: Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities, Amy Mollet, et al., 2011. References

http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/1156 http://blog.learningtoday.com/blog/bid/27740/3-Professional-Learning-Networks-Every-Educator-Should-Join http://vimeo.com/2299158 http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com/2011/11/tools-of-trade.html http://onceateacher.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/pln-your-personal-learning-network-made-easy/ http://suewaters.wikispaces.com/twitter http://www.cle.bc.ca/Courses/AGuideforUsingTwitteratCLEBCPrograms.pdf http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/03/the-ultimate-guide-for-everything-twitter/ http://issuu.com/amymollett/docs/twitter_guide_academics?mode=window&pageNumber=2

Happy Tweeting!!