TWITTERVERSESocial media group #SoMe

Twitter

Why use it?

How to use it?

Who can see your tweets?

When it is useful.

Resources.

Why use it

Social media – Don’t keep adding more social media, pick and choose, and use efficiently!!

Twitter

Follow experts, gather evidence, network,

Great marketing tool – advertise events, products

Quick answers

Keep up with news, weather

Vent your wrath – carefully!

Go viral!

How to use it

Register www.twitter.com

How to use it

https://twitter.com/uwslindawylie

Who can see your tweets!

Anyone!!

Professional issues.

Followers of followers/following

When is it useful

Up to the individual

Can live on it……

Can/should use for specific purposes e.g diaries

When do I use it?

Conferences/ meetings,

Travel,

When I have free time,

Resources

Hootsuite

Tweet chats

#ukedchat

#wemidwives

Conferencing f2f or on line

Hashtag advertised before conference

During conference – tweeps tweet, follow others

Not at conference – follow hashtag

After conference – collate tweets

Formulate a report.

Twitter in the classroom• Gather information from outside the classroom• Ask for comments as showing video• Ask students to search a topic• Discuss articles• Have a tweetchat for formative guidance, assessment

advice• What happens next?• Opinions on a topic

Agree a hashtag beforehand to collate!