Specific Uses for Teachers & School Library Media Specialists

Why Would a School Library Media Specialist Want to Use Twitter?

To Ask for Help

To Be Helpful

To Promote One’s LMC

To Make Connections

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20 Ways School Librarians Can Use Twitter

1. Ask other librarians for recommended books, products, or services

2. Ask other librarians for help or advice about a topic or professional interest

3. Recommend a book, product, or service to teachers or other librarians

4. Tweet a book list or link to a book list on the web

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20 Ways School Librarians Can Use Twitter

Tweet about a useful resource, blog, video, podcast, or website

Provide a daily word of the day or book of the day Share new ideas with other professionals Celebrate events such as authors birthdays or

Banned Books Week Tweet about your library’s website or blog

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20 Ways School Librarians Can Use Twitter

10. Link to a book trailer or video booktalk11. Start a twitter book club for students12. Invite followers to online events such as book clubs

and webchats13. Link to photos of your library and events14. Retweet someone’s post that was interesting6. Tweet with students about new books, authors, and

library services

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20 Ways School Librarians Can Use Twitter

16. Participate in #FollowFriday17. Answer a student or colleagues question18. Schedule to meet up with other librarians on or off

twitter 19. Share your favorite new books and authors with

others5. Ask students, teachers, and other librarians for their

“favorites”

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Why Would Teachers Want To Use Twitter?

To help students in a math class with a difficult math problem or mathematical concept

To share with students in a language arts class a blog about writing styles or a link to an author’s website

To tweet a podcast about dissection to a science class To tweet a social studies class a link to an article

about a current event that was discussed in class To answer a student’s question about an upcoming

assignment To answer a parent’s question about an upcoming

field trip

First, you need to set up an account:

Go to http://twitter.com/ Go to “Sign Up” Look at the next two slides The first screen shot shows you where the “Sign Up”

is when you first enter the website You will notice a red arrow next to the “Sign Up” The screen shot after that shows you the blank “Sign

Up” page

Once on the “Sign Up” page, type in your full name, username,

password, and email

As you type in the info, it will tell you the availability of your username and strength of your selected password

Change this as necessaryClick to agree to the “Terms of Service” when you

have it set the way you want itClick “Create Account”You are now ready to “Sign In” and create your

“Profile”

Once you set up your account, you can sign in from the “Sign In” page

The next slide shows what your home page looks like. Notice all of the

information contained on your twitter “Home” page.

Click on these to see who is following you and who you follow.

Use the tool bar to go to your profile, find people, or

change settings

This is a where your tweet is displayed

This is a tweet from one of your followers.

Click here to check and send direct messages

Type yourtweet here and hit the tweet bar!

How to set up your “Profile”

2. Go to “Profile” on the home page to view your page before you make changes

3. Next, click on “Settings”4. Then, click on “Profile”5. You can add a picture, write a bio, and even add a

location to your tweets!

This is what your “Profile” looks like before you add to it

The items to the right areall of your tweets andyour replies to others. Also known as your“Timeline.”

Notice that there is no picture by the usernameand no bio under your full name.

This is the “Setting” page

Click on “Profile” from the “Setting” Page.

How to add a Picture and a Bio Click on “Browse” to locate a picture from your

computer Double click on the picture you want to use and it will

automatically put the file in the box To add a bio, type what you would like it to say in the

box next to “bio” You will not see a picture or the bio until after you hit

“Save” View your Profile, by clicking the “Profile” tab next to

the “Home” tab in the upper right hand corner

Before you “Save”

After you “Save”

Your new “Profile” view that others will see when they click on

your twitter page!

Now you

have a picture

Now you

have a bio

You are now ready to learn the following:

How to Tweet How to Reply to a Followers Tweet How to Retweet and Favorite a Tweet How to Follow, Unfollow, or Block Another User How to Read a Direct Message (DM) How to Send a Direct Message (DM) How to Tweet a Link to a Website How to Tweet a Photo (Twitpic) How to Tweet a Video (Twitvid)

How to Tweet From the “Home” page under “What’s happening?”,

type what you want to tweet in the text book in 140 characters or less

Click “Tweet” The tweet will be displayed in your timeline next to

your username and picture

Type tweet here

Click “Tweet”

How to Reply to a Follower’s Tweet

Click “Reply” next to the follower’s tweet Replies use the @ symbol When you click “Reply”, you will notice the following

appears in the tweet box: @username After the @ symbol and the person’s username, type

your reply. Anything in the tweet box counts towards the 140

character limit The next 2 slides give more details about Reply,

Retweet, and Favorite

Click to “favorite” a tweet. This saves it.

If you want your followers to see someone else’s tweet, Click “Retweet”.

Click “Reply” to reply to a followers tweet.

Notice that the username with the @ symbol in front of it. That is how you reply to someone.

Type the rest of your tweet in the box.

How to Follow, Unfollow, or Block Another User

Click on the username of the person Click on the arrow next to the wheel, which is under

the users name and click what you desire to do You can choose from the following:

1. Mention2. Direct message3. Follow (Unfollow if you are already following

them)4.Block5. Report

Click on the arrow to drop down the box

Click on the option you want

How to Read and Send a DM From you “Home” page, click on “Direct Messages” It takes you to a page where you can send a message,

view your inbox, or view your sent messages The next slide shows a screenshot of that page Direct Messages are private messages that you can

send to a follower Unlike your timeline, only you or the follower can see

a direct message To send a DM, in the drop down box on top, click the

name of the person you want to DM, type your message (140 characters or less), and click “Send”

How to Tweet a Link Copy and paste the link that you want to send in the

tweet box You can add other text to the tweet, but the text and

the link cannot be more than 140 characters Click “Tweet” just as you would to send any other

tweet

Take notice of the link within the

tweet

How to Tweet a Photo Go to http://twitpic.com/ Login on this website using you Twitter username and

password “Allow” access to the application then Click on “Okay!

Let’s Get Started” The screenshot on the next slide shows you what the

page looks like Choose an image, add a message, and post options Click “Upload” Check you Twitter timeline to see your tweet

How to Tweet a Video Go to http://www.twitvid.com/ Login on this website using you Twitter username and

password “Allow” access to the application then Click on

“Upload Video” in the top right corner The screenshot on the next slide shows you what the

page looks like Choose an video file or to record from the webcam Add a message and click “Upload Video” Check you Twitter timeline to see your tweet

Now You are Ready to Promote Your Classroom or School

Library Media Center Using Twitter!

ReferencesCole, S. (2009). 20 ways for librarians to use twitter.

Library Journal, 134(11), 25.Twitter tutorial Twitpic your photos [Video file].

Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu594QgehFcon August 7, 2010.

Video tweeting using Twitvid [Video file]. Retrieved fromhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5XeeXHz5Okon August 7, 2010.