TWITTER BASICS

FOLLOW US HERE: @ClubInnovationS 

Terms:

• Tweet
• Your posts, what you have to say to people
  
• Retweet (RT)
• When you tweet someone else's post
  
• Feed
• The tweets you have posted
  
• Handle
• Your username:  @ClubInnovationS
  
• Mention (@)
• When you call someone in your tweet by their handle e.g. @LibrarySouth
  
• Direct Message (DM)
• When you send someone a private message on Twitter but remember, this may not always remain private
  
• Hashtag (#)
• Groups your tweets by topics e.g. #makerspace #STREAM #hourofcode
• Followers
• People who are interested in what you have to say
  

Useful links:

The Beginners' Guide to Twitter

The Beginners' Guide to the Hashtag

Over 40 Twitter Abbreviations You Should Know

The Twitter Glossary

Today's Projects:

Decide what image we should use as a header photo.

Decide what image we should use as a profile photo.

Choose a design template.

Write a twitter post that sums up today’s meeting that we can post before we leave.

Decide on a few hashtags you can use to connect with other makerspaces.

Let's Tweet during each meeting:

• Show off our work. Tweet pictures!
• Let’s show our parents/guardians what we are doing at each Club Innovation meeting
• Tweet what we are learning and how it relates to #STREAM
• Share fellow Innovators’ quotes. (Only use first names or just initials.)
• Use hashtags to connect to other Twitter handles of like interests For example: #makerspace #innovatenj #MakerEd #engineer
  
• Your take a-ways from each meeting. “What did you learn today, let’s tweet about it.”
• Project reminders.
• Things you find online that you want to share with other students/parents.
• Tweet to book authors. They will often tweet back.
• Give yourselves a public audience. Tweet project samples and ask for input.