Better Together

ASBOAMay 2011

Agenda• Why Tweet?

• Sign Up

• Tweet

• Getting Started

• Other Apps

Why Tweet?• Connect• PD• Resources• Sharing• Staffroom of people

you wished you worked with!!

• Fun• Quick

Sign Up & Tweethttp://www.twitter.com/

• Choose username carefully. Own your digital self!

• Profile: complete your bio and add a picture! (profile Edit Profile)

• Tweet: Before people will follow you, you need to say something

Getting Started• Search for friends and family• @ - send a public message to a specific person

• D – send a “private” message

Tweeps to Follow

GovernmentDave Hancock – Minister of Education, @DaveHancockMLA Premier Ed Stelmach @premierstelmachKathy Telfer – Communication Director for Education, @kathytelfer Alberta TrusteesRuth Snyder – NLSD Board, @wwjdr http://www.trusteesnyder.blogspot.com/ Suzanne Lundrigan – Director Alberta School Boards Association, @newalberta http://www.asba.ab.ca Michael Ouellette, Grande Prairie Catholic Board, @ouellette_mRalph Wohlgemuth, Chair Grande Prairie Catholic Board @RalphWohlgemuthEsme Comfort, Canadian Rockies School Board @esmecomfortShelia Taylor, Calgary Public Board @Taylor1113 http://sheilataylor.ca/ Website http://www.asba.ab.ca/files/pdf/alberta_trustees_tweet.pdf  Alberta Teachers AssociationAlberta Teachers Association @albertateachersCarol Henderson – ATA President @ATAPres

Hashtag• Hashtags are like

keywords• #asboa• #pwsd = Peace Wapiti• #abed = Alberta

Education• #cass12• #gppsd = GP Public

• If you aren’t sure, just search

Twitter Applications• http://www.tweetdeck.com/

• Set it up on your mobile

• Protecting Your Reputation Online in Plain English

Digital Footprint

• You own• Children's• School• District

Jen Clevette• My Digital Footprint• Twitter• Facebook• Blogs

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I think successful use of Twitter means knowing how to tune the network of people you follow, and how to feed the network of people that follow you.

Howard Rheingold

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