I am fairly
new to Twitter so I wanted to investigate what it was all about. My best option was to google it. I found a wealth of information, but the site
I found most useful was Mashable.com.
Mashable describes
it as a platform wherein
users share their thoughts, news, information and jokes in 140 characters of
text or less. Twitter makes global communication cheap and measurable. Profiles
are (usually) public — anyone in the world can see what you write, unless you
elect to make your profile private. Users "follow" each other in
order to keep tabs on and converse with specific people.
According to
Mashable, Twitter has its own language or jargon. Words to keep in mind are Tweet, hashtags,
feed, handle and mention@. Each term has
a specific function to either locate a person, share a tweet or post
updates.
Once I was
able to get some of the jargon down, I was then able to start searching. Twitter was filled with a plethora of
informational material compared to Facebook.
Each ed tech leader I followed had a unique way of relaying information. Some used videos, articles, and literature. For example, I clicked on Kathy Shrock’s tweet
about how to use old three ring binders to make a computer cable holder. She also shared great technology gadgets like
portable conference speakers and cameras.
Linda Braun retweeted an article titled “The 7 most important stem
skills we should be teaching our kids”.
This article describes the 7 skills and introduced a unique way authors
are using books to encourage children to start learning about computer literacy,
algorithms, reading binary numbers and sequence codes. I also located a tweet about Hooked app which
is getting teens reading on their phones.
The app contains fictional stories written in text format, like a text
message between to people. I shared this
app with my niece and she loved it. She
is usually not interested in reading but this app allowed her to become part of
the story. Twitter has opened a new world
to me and I plan on investigating every part of it.
I am fairly new to Twitter as well and found the Mashable link you posted very helpful. It's like I was aware of the Twitter components mentioned in the article, but reading through it helped me piece everything together. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI'm not very active on facebook because I find it very distracting. I get carried away reading about others' lives and can spend lots of time accomplishing nothing. This year my principal asked me to choose one social media platform for the library, so I chose Twitter. I only follow people in my district and people in the library science and technology field. This keeps me focused and informed of what trends are happening. I still consider myself a newbie to Twitter, but I'm gaining confidence using it and I know that it is advocating my library every time I tweet. If you would like, check out my library's twitter at @olmitolibrary.
ReplyDeleteTwitter is a great platform for professional development! You can learn a lot on there. I think all four social media platforms are good fro publicity. Facebook has multiple professional groups as well that I have learned so much from!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the Marshable link. I am fairly new to Twitter and this really helped me. I learned several new things. I am getting better at navigating the app the more I use it and read others blogs.
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