Transcript Language Learning Center April 9th, 2010 By: Maetal Rozenberg ’11 & Barri DeFrancisci ‘12

Language Learning Center
April 9th, 2010
By: Maetal Rozenberg ’11 & Barri DeFrancisci ‘12
What is Twitter?
Twitter is an asynchronous social
networking and blogging service
that enables its users to send and
read messages known as tweets.
Fun Facts About Twitter!
• Twitter is ranked as one of the 50 most popular websites
worldwide.
• Twitter is the third most used social network based on
their count of 6 million unique monthly visitors and
55 million monthly visits.
• Demographics: Twitter is mostly used by older adults
who might not have used other social sites before.
Twitter is used in campaigning, legal proceedings,
education, emergencies, politics, public relations,
space mission news, surveying opinions, business,
fundraising, and more.
Twitter in Classrooms Around the
World!
The Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
China, used Twitter with native Chinese
students as a tool to train communicative
and cultural competence. Students had to
post a certain number of English tweets
and react to the tweets of their fellow
students. Twitter was viewed as a
supplement to practice language skills
taught in the classroom.
Twitter in Classrooms Around the
World!
The University of Vienna, Austria, used
Twitter as an evaluation platform for
student ratings. Every student had to send
a tweet after each course unit with
feedback to the teacher.
Twitter in Classrooms Around the
World!
At the University of Texas at Dallas,
Twitter has been incorporated into the
classroom setting of courses with big
groups of students. This approach gives
more students the opportunity to express
their views in class discussions.
Another advantage is that the limit of
characters forces students to get to the
central point.
Learn the Twitter “Language”!
• Tweet (noun)- also known as twitter- is a message that
is sent on the Twitter website. Tweets are text-based
posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the author's
profile page and delivered to the author's subscribers
who are known as followers.
• Tweet (verb)- “to tweet” means the act of posting to
Twitter.
• Twitterer- is a user of Twitter. Also referred to as a
Tweeter.
• Twoosh- a full 140 character Twitter.
*Check out the Twittonary (Twitter’s dictionary) for more fun
vocabulary!
Components of Twitter!
A User’s
Home Page
•Displays the most
recent Tweets of the
people you follow
Components of Twitter!
The Profile
• Displays the tweets of
the person you are following
and their replies to other
tweets.
Examples of Tweeters
• http://twitter.com/barackobama
• http://twitter.com/muhlenberg
• http://twitter.com/oprah
• http://twitter.com/cnn
How to Become a Tweeter!
Step One: Creating an Account
• Log on to
twitter.com
• Click on “Sign up
now”
How to Become a Tweeter!
• When you are presented
with this screen, fill out
the required boxes.
• You will need to create a
Username and a
Password.
• Once all of the boxes
are completed, click on
the box that says
“Create my account.”
Using Twitter!
Step Two: Logging On
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Enter your Username
and Password and
click “Sign in.”
Using Twitter!
Step Three: Change
Your Settings
• By clicking on the “Settings”
tab, you can change your
profile picture, background
design, web address,
language, and write a short
biography about yourself.
• You can also change your
username and password in the
“Settings” tab.
Using Twitter!
Step Four: Your Twitter
• On the home screen, you will see
the question, “What’s happening?”
• Click inside the text box to tweet
and update your friends about what
is going on in your life!
Using Twitter!
• Your tweet
will appear on
your profile
page.
Using Twitter!
Step Five: Follow People
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After clicking on the “Find People” tab,
you will be presented with this screen.
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If you want to “Follow” someone who
already uses Twitter, click “Find on
Twitter” and type in their names.
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You can also click “Browse
Suggestions” to look through
categories of specific users.
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If you want to find users from a Gmail,
Yahoo!, or AOL e-mail account, click
on “Find Friends.”
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To invite someone to Twitter via email, click on “Invite by Email” and
enter your friends’ e-mail address.
Twitter will then send them an
invitation to create an account.
Using Twitter!
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When you have found the person you want to follow, click the “follow” button
After you click on this button a green check mark should appear with the word
“following” next to it
Using Twitter!
Step Six: Replying to
Tweets
• Click “Reply” under the
tweet that you wish to
reply to.
• The box at the top of the
screen will say Reply to
(tweet) with @(tweet) in
the text box.
• Write your reply in the
box and click “Tweet.”
• Your response will then
appear on your profile.
Using Twitter!
Step Seven: Sending Direct
Messages
• Click on “Direct
Messages” on the
Home screen.
• Select the name of the
person you wish to
send a message to.
• Type your message in
the text box.
• Click “Send.”
Using Twitter!
Step Eight: Upload Videos
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Log on to www.twidvid.com
Click on “Tweet a Video”
Click on “Choose Video File”
to upload a video that is saved
on your computer
OR
Click on “Record from
Webcam” to record a new
video
You may enter a caption about
the video in the text box
Enter your Twitter username
and password
Click “Tweet Video!”
Using Twitter!
Step Nine: Upload Photos
• Log on to www.twitpic.com
• Enter your Twitter username
and password and click
“Login”
• Click “Upload photo” from
the top menu
• Click on “Choose File” to
select a photo from a file on
your computer
• Add a caption about the
photo in the text box
• Click “upload.”
THE END 
Thank you for taking the time to learn all
about Twitter! We wish you luck with your
future tweets!