Sites on using Twitter from iLibrarian blog
Posted by Celia Walter | 13 Jul, 2010Sue Waters at The Edublogger creates a quick all-in-one Guide to tweets, hashtags, and all things Twitter for Twitterholics. This is an excellent guide, broken down into the following sections:
- Tips for signing up for your Twitter account
- Tips for before you start following other people
- Tips for who to follow
- Tips for engaging in the conversation
- Getting more out of Twitter by Using a Twitter Client
- Connecting using Hashtags
- How we can use Twitter with our students
Aliza Sherman at WebWorkerDaily has created Tweeting 101: A Twitter Cheat Sheet. This fast, useful post is divided into the following categories:
- Why Use Twitter
- How to Use Twitter
- How to Make Your Tweets “Retweetable”
- How to Retweet
- Types of Tweets
- How to Use Hashtags
- #FollowFriday or #FF
Cameron Chapman at Noupe has created a quick and comprehensive guide to Getting the Most Out of Twitter. If you want a quick primer for using the popular microblogging app, you’ll want to check out this article. Here are just some of the topics discussed:
- Twitter Basics
- Terminology
- Etiquette
- Twitter Tools
- Twitter Clients
- Twitter Services
- Finding People to Follow
- Using Lists
- Twitter for Communication
- Twitter for Promotion
- Twitter on Your Blog
- Other Twitter Uses
- Further Resources
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Mark Stelzner at Infexion Point writes about How To Live Tweet A Conference. This very useful post covers pre-event planning, what to do the day of the conference, and post-event wrap-up. Here are just a few of the handy tips offered:
- Confirm The Hashtag
- Configure Your Applications
- Use Attribution
- Follow Others
- Measure Your Success
- Blog Content
Social media guru, Chris Brogan provides readers with 50 Power Twitter Tips. Divided into five categories including; intent, technical, business, integrated usage, and off-twitter, this handy list is chock-full of good advice, here are just a few of his recommendations:
- Leave 20 characters or more space in each tweet to improve retweeting.
- Use Seesmic or Tweetdeck or Hootsuite so you can see more.
- Twitter makes every event better. Post the hashtag everywhere. Make every speaker sign/label/name include a Twitter ID.
- Build lists to watch people who matter to you more closely.
- Promote other people 12x to every 1 self-promotional tweet.
Matt Silverman at Mashable reviews 5 Terrific Tools for Keeping Tabs on Twitter Trends. If you want to keep up with trends on Twitter, monitor your brand, or just find out what’s popular right now, check out this quick post for a feature rundown of these applications:
- Trendistic
- Twopular
- Tweetvolume
- PicFog
- bitly.tv
- Twitter Lists in a Nutshell
- Top Twitter Tools Exposed and Explained
- How to Tweet From Any Cell Phone
- How to Use Twitter for Business
- Twitter and Brand Building
Josh Peters at Social Media Today aggregates 50+ Ways to Search Twitter. This useful post links to over fifty search tools to find conversations, people, trends, and media.
Cindy King at the Social Media Examiner has come up with 12 Tips to Engage People on Twitter. If you’re wondering what to tweet about and how to engage your followers in brief-but-meaningful conversations you’ll want to check out this post. Here are her top five recommendations:
- Publish Useful Tips or Facts
- Retweet to Acknowledge Others
- Reach Out With Follow Friday
- Answer Other People’s Tweets
- Respond When Something Grabs Your Attention
Greg Ferenstein at Mashable discusses How Twitter in the Classroom is Boosting Student Engagement by increasing participation and building a community of learners.
“Professors who wish to engage students during large lectures face an uphill battle. Not only is it a logistical impossibility for 200+ students to actively participate in a 90 minute lecture, but the downward sloping cone-shape of a lecture hall induces a one-to-many conversation. This problem is compounded by the recent budget cuts that have squeezed ever more students into each room.
Fortunately, educators (including myself) have found that Twitter is an effective way to broaden participation in lecture. Additionally, the ubiquity of laptops and smartphones have made the integration of Twitter a virtually bureaucracy-free endeavor. This post describes the two main benefits professors find when using Twitter in lecture.”