What is Twitter?
Educators to Follow
Steven Anderson @web20classroom
Tom Whitby @tomwhitby
Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo
Shelly Terrell @ShellTerrell
Terms to Know
Tweet – A public message Twitter users send. Messages must be 140 characters or less.
@ - Use @ before a tweeter’s username when referring to them in a tweet. This makes their username clickable, and your tweet referencing them will show up in their Twitter stream.
Retweet (RT) – Forwarding another user’s message on to your followers.
Hashtag – A way that Twitter users indicate that their message relates to a specific topic. People can then search the hashtag to find all related tweets on that topic. (EXAMPLE: #edchat)
Direct Message (DM) – You can send a direct message to anyone you follow on Twitter. This message is private and will only be visible to you and the recipient.
URL Shorteners – Since Twitter only allows for 140 characters, you may want to shorten long URLs when posting links in your tweets. Tiny URL (http://tinyurl.com) and Bit.ly (http://bit.ly) work great for this.
