Twitter 101: The Basics

101: The Basics

“I wish I knew how to tweet!”

“ Am I more

powerful

than an

eagle?”

Twitter is an SMS-based social

network.

“We came across the word ‘twitter’ and it was just PERFECT.” Jack Dorsey Twitter Creator

www.twitter.com

Name ✔

Email ✔

Password ✔

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2.3.

@#

Twitter handle or name (e.g., @jonidunlap)

Hashtag, used to tag a tweet (e.g., #eLearning)

#hashtag (topic)

Mention of another tweeter (@nancyduarte)

Link to a website

⏎ Reply (replies to the author of a tweet)

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RT Retweet (forwards a tweet to your followers)

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✔ Create a Twitter account

✔ Follow people / organizations

✔ Send a tweet

✔ Reply to a tweet

✔ Retweet a message

“I can really tweet now!”

Image Credits:Twitter Logo:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Twitter_2010_logo.svg#filelinks Bald Eagle:http://homepage.mac.com/wildlifeweb/bird/bald_eagle/bald_eagle_01tk.jpg Twitter Bird:http://techno-time.blogspot.com/2012/02/how-to-add-flying-twitter-bird-to-blog.html Pen/Paper:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Twttr_sketch-Dorsey-2006.jpg Jack Dorsey:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jack_Dorsey-20080723.jpg Winking Twitter Bird:http://techno-time.blogspot.com/2012/02/how-to-add-flying-twitter-bird-to-blog.html