Rebekah Zuberbuehler

Taylor Olsson

Deanna Davis

Kevin Hall

Web 2.0 Tutorial

Twitter

Twitter is a social network that can be accessed from anywhere at any time. It is

considered to be a Web 2.0 application, because its value lies in content, not the software

used to display content, data and information can be easily shared, encourages people to

exchange and promote information, and the more people who contribute, the better the

content gets.

Creating an Account

• Go to www.twitter HYPERLINK "http://www.twitter.com/". HYPERLINK

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• Click Sign up for Twitter

• Fill out the information, click Create my account

• Follow the instructions on the screen. They will ask you to “follow” others. When

you “follow” someone you will see whatever they post (called a tweet) on your

timeline (homepage).

• Next, it will ask you to upload a picture, and enter a small bio about yourself.

• Once you have completed this it will take you to your main page. It should look

something like this:

• You can explore the many features here. You’ll see your timeline to the right, and

on the left, a few suggestions of people you might know to follow, under that, a

list of the most popular topics “trending.” You might notice some of these starts

with a “#”. This is called a “hashtag.” You can hashtag anything you want in a

tweet. It can be a word, a phrase, a date, or anything to do with you posted tweet.

Here are some examples of how to use a hashtag:

• You might also notice a lot of “@” everywhere. These are how to tag someone

(include or mention them in your tweet, or wherever you type). The @ is followed

by a user name. For example: @OhhRekekah @CBSNews

In a tweet it will look like similar to this:

• To compose a tweet go to the upper right corner and click on the blue box.

• You can add a photo or your location to the tweet by using these buttons:

• Click tweet when you are finished and it will post to your page, and the timeline

of those who follow you.

• Your tweets, who you follow, and your followers can be seen on your profile page,

which can be customized to yourself.

• If you like someone else’s tweet, you can retweet it by clicking the double arrow:

• You can also reply to them, or favorite it in the same way.

Twitter in Education:

In Education, Twitter can be used for many things. In the classroom it is important to

involve students in expressing their opinions effectively. Students using Twitter can

follow educators, principals, other students, or just their general interests. In today's

society where nearly everyone is a part of social networking, it is important to relate to

students in a way that they would enjoy. Twitter can be used for sharing opinions

effectively as was formentioned because they can participate in virtual classroom

discussions, collaboration on projects, have a classroom community, and allows students

to write and express themselves in a fun way. All in all, Twitter can be used as a useful

tool in education.