Twitter: an introduction (for UTS Teach & Learning Committee)
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This document provides an overview of how to effectively use Twitter, including main features, conventions and tips, tools to use, what types of content to share, how to engage others and use hashtags. It also lists some popular Twitter accounts to follow and apps that can help organize tweets and links. The document encourages users to jump in, add value through responding and answering questions, and focus on building relationships and sharing ideas.
Twitter: an introduction (for UTS Teach & Learning Committee)
- 2. Main features Conventions Tips & rules Using Twitter Tools What to create or share Engaging The backchannel People
- 3. Home page Profile Search - try <highered> @name following DM spammers RT or via #hastags
- 4. Share links MAYBE NOT Respond Look at me! RTing Buy this Converse Noise Connect >Dunbar’s #? Import contacts Lies Find your friends Expecting too much Be yourself Competing Good humour
- 5. Learn & become aware Share Assist others Monitor Tweetdeck – organising tweets Echofon / Tweetie – iPhone apps Bit.ly – shortening URLs Cotweet? – a business platform
- 6. News / events (#tags) Links Insights / thoughts Simple, immediate Expertise messages Questions Images Jump in! Responding Transparency Community Adding value Relationships Answering Ideas from all
- 7. Persistent messages or differing perspectives? Qualitative feedback Crowd-sourcing @KevinRuddPM Find<UTS> @BarackObama @RWW @SAlexander_UTS @Twitter_Tips @AnneBB @timoreilly