Getting Started with

Twitter is a great tool for connecting with (and learning from)

people from around the world.

www.twitter.comGet started at

Click to register

Fill out all the fields

Choose a simple, easy to share username

I hate these things

Search for people to follow (you can do this later)

Move on

This is you Twitter homepage.

Take a look at your settings

Your Twitter account settings

Edit your profile

A detailed bio will help people find (and follow) you

Customize the design of your homepage to

make it stand out

This will take you back to your homepage

Time to tweet (Remember, no more than 140 characters)

Use a site like Bit.ly (http://bit.ly.com) to make long links

short and easy to tweet

Let’s find someone to follow

How about President Obama?(yeah, he tweets)

Here’s his Twitter name

Click here to follow him

Now all of President Obama’s tweets appear

in your timeline

Click on any tweet to see some details and options

Like adding the tweet to your favorites folder

Or “retweeting” to your followers

Or replying to the tweet

Use Google searches to find people to follow

Start tweeting about whatever is you are

passionate about...and people will follow.

but be careful...

It’s addictive

Learn more about Twitter for Educator’s at

www.83ideas.com

And follow me on Twitter at

twitter.com/83ideas