Twitter Basics - Siemens STEM Institute

Twitter - The BasicsChad LehmanDEN Community Managerchad_lehman@discovery.com@imcguy

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Twitter - Why?

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Twitter - Why?

Twitter - What Is It?

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Your Profile•Picture•Job•Hobbies•Location•Website

2012 Siemens STEM Fellow

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Your Profile•Picture•Job•Hobbies•Location•Website

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Update your profile.You have 2 minutes.

Go.

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Account Settings

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Email Notifications

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Account Settings

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twitter.com/SiemensSTEMAcad

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Hashtags

Used to group messages together around a common theme.

#STEMin13#STEM

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STEMx Conference

September 19-21 - free, online.

www.stemxcon.com

@stemxcon #stemx13

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Sending a Tweet

140 characters - use any necessary hashtags.

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Send a Tweet.Use hashtag #stemin13

You have 1 minute.Go.

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@SiemensSTEMAcad I’m _____ for this week. #stemin13

I’m learning this Twitter thing @SiemensSTEMAcad with @DiscoveryEd #STEMin13

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Building Your Network

Twitter Lists•STEM Fellows•STAR Discovery Educators

STEM Educators/Organizations on Twitter 50 Twitter Feeds for STEM Educators

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Add at least 15 new peopleto your network.

You have 5 minutes.Go.

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Retweets & Sharing

A retweet (RT) is when you share a tweet that has already been shared by someone else.

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Explore #stem hashtagFind 3 things to retweet.

You have 3 minutes.Go.

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Twitter Chat

Scheduled times for educators to discusscertain topics.

#STEMchat - Tuesdays, 9:00-10:00 pm ET

#edchat - Tuesdays, 12:00-1:00 pm & 7:00-8:00 pm ET

#DENchat - Thursdays, 8:00-9:00 pm ET

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Explore. Play. Learn.Go.

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dlc.com/twitterden

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