Twitter



=Twitter for Teachers=

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media type="custom" key="9116586" This is a 5 minute intro to setting up your twitter account. You will sign up, select a twitter name, confirm your twitter account to unlock all the great features of twitter and have a look at your basic twitter profile. This is a great video to share with people who will be attending an upcoming twitter workshop so that they are set up with the basics before the workshop starts. This will avoid the common issue of too many new accounts being created from one IP address.

media type="custom" key="9116590" This 5 minute video is part 2 of the Twitter for Teachers series by @shannoninottawa. It leads you through setting up a profile, including picture and bio information to help others find you, as well as how to send your first tweet.

media type="custom" key="9116596" This is part 3 in the Twitter for Teachers series created by @shannoninottawa. In this 5 minute segment, we cover how to begin following people to build your personalized learning network (PLN) with twitter, how to retweet (RT) a tweet, how to favourite a tweet to save it to your favourites. This 5 minute video is part 2 of the Twitter for Teachers series by @shannoninottawa. It leads you through setting up a profile, including picture and bio information to help others find you, as well as how to send your first tweet.


 * When creating a Twitter account, it is very important to change the following setting: Go into settings (click on your Twitter name located in the top right hand corner of the page) and scroll down to the bottom. Check off the option "Always use HTTPS." This gives you added security especially when you are accessing Twitter through a WIFI hotspot.