Twitter: Getting Started Guide
How do you start? What is important? See below.
(The information below is for using a computer/laptop/Chromebook. Your experience on a mobile device should be done through the Twitter App not through Safari or Chrome.)
(There's even a Kindle Fire app)
Step 1:
Sign up for a Twitter account
If you are using Twitter to create a PLN (Professional Learning Network), you are encouraged to use your school email credentials. Also, when prompted to create your Twitter username (aka Twitter handle), select a name which is a) professionally appropriate b) "brands" you in some way.
Start here: www.twitter.com
Click here for a video of how to sign up for Twitter
(there's no sound)
Step 2:
Get rid of your egg!!
One of the first steps in starting on Twitter is to change your profile picture.
Video for changing your profile picture:
Step 3:
Discover a hashtag
One of the more important way to discover content on Twitter is the hashtag. There are basically two things you need to know: 1. What hashtag? 2. Where do I search for it?
Check out this list of Twitter hashtags related to education:
Check this video for hashtag searching:
Still on the fence about Twitter? Check the video below.
Why Tweet: A Personal Journey Through the Twitterverse
How to read a Tweet
Other Twitter 101 reminders
Andy Adams
Digital Learning Coordinator
Region 7 ESC
Email: aadams@esc7.net
Website: http://www.esc7.net/default.aspx?name=digitallearning.news
Location: 1909 North Longview Street, Kilgore, TX, United States
Phone: 903.988.6951
Twitter: @kilgoretech
* Copyright 2019 by Region 7 Education Service Center. This document may be reproduced for educational use only.