Easier than ever to have private conversations. Direct Messages are the best way to take your public Twitter conversations private.
Today, we’re changing how direct messaging works so that it’s even easier for you to communicate one-to-one or with a chosen group of people, anywhere in the world. Communicating with people you may or may not know in real life just got easier. What kind of Twitter animal are you? One pleasing outcome of Innovate My School’s ‘30 great British education-innovators to follow on Twitter’ article was that it got some of our followers talking about the use of Twitter by educators.
Sue Dixon of Thinking Child is particularly interested in the different kind of tweeters that education offers. While it’s a humorous topic, it’s interesting to examine the different characters to whom we’re all now accustomed. Twitter Redesigns Around Four Concepts: Home Timeline, Connect, Discover, Me #LetsFly. Twitter is starting to push out a significant redesign of its service that makes the interface simpler for all users across all of its platforms.
The goal is to resolve complexity around concepts like the hashtag or the ‘at’ symbol. Twitter has a new page up about the changes (fly.twitter.com) and a video, below. I’ll follow it with some screenshots. My live blog notes here. The four key elements are a new homepage timeline, a better way to see anything related to you, an interface for easily finding context for hashtags, and a slicker user profile (as well as a fuller-featured one for brands, apparently). Your new web profile is here. Keeping your Twitter account safe. We know some of you occasionally have difficulty accessing your Twitter account, and whatever the circumstances may be, we want you to be able to get back into it quickly and securely.
So today we’re starting to roll out two improvements that will help protect your account and restore access: one, a streamlined password reset experience; and two, better identification and blocking of suspicious logins. Losing or forgetting your Twitter password can be a frustrating experience. We’ve redesigned the password reset process to make it easier to get back into your account. The new process lets you choose the email address or phone number associated with your account where you’d like us to send your reset information.
Another way to edit your Twitter experience: with mute. Today we’re beginning to introduce a new account feature called mute to people who use our iPhone and Android apps and twitter.com.
Mute gives you even more control over the content you see on Twitter by letting you remove a user’s content from key parts of your Twitter experience. In the same way you can turn on device notifications so you never miss a Tweet from your favorite users, you can now mute users you’d like to hear from less. Muting a user on Twitter means their Tweets and Retweets will no longer be visible in your home timeline, and you will no longer receive push or SMS notifications from that user.
The muted user will still be able to favorite, reply to and retweet your Tweets; you just won’t see any of that activity in your timeline. The muted user will not know that you’ve muted him/her, and of course you can unmute at any time. Your new web profile is here. New Twitter Web Profile looks like Facebook. Twitter has introduced new web profiles for all users after months of testing its new visual interface.
The new Twitter web profile adds a lot more user information and several other features. Is it just me or have you noticed it look alike with that of Facebook profile? The new Twitter web profile offers you a chance to get creative with your header image. You can take a look at mine and see what I have done with it here. You can create your custom header image or select from the custom headers in Twitter’s library. Your new web profile is here. Celebrating #Twitter7. eLearning Tools-Resources-etc. How to Change Your Twitter Header Image. Twitter Announces New Look for Profile Pages, New iPad App. Free Technology for Teachers: A Great Guide to Twitter in the Classroom. The 40 Things That Happen On Twitter Every Single Day. Semiocast — Twitter reaches half a billion accounts — More than 140 millions in the U.S.
How to use Twitter [Infographic] 32 Twitter Hashtags New Grads Should Know About. How to Explain Twitter to a Non-Social-Media Person. eLearning Tools-Resources-etc. The Beginner's Guide to Twitter. Update: This post was updated November 2013 to reflect current statistics and tools.
Do you have a parent, friend or colleague ready to ditch his or her digital training wheels and head into Twitter's open wilderness? These pointers should get them started. And even Twitter experts might benefit from a quick refresher on the platform's valuable tools. First, the basics: What is Twitter all about? It's a platform wherein users share their thoughts, news, information and jokes in 140 characters of text or less. On Twitter, following someone is not necessarily an admission of friendship, but nonetheless affords interaction and conversation — at least in short bursts. The first step is to understand and master the vernacular. Tweet: A 140-character message.Retweet (RT): Re-sharing or giving credit to someone else's tweet.Feed: The stream of tweets you see on your homepage.
Twitonomy: Twitter #analytics and much more... Twitter Tip # 3 - Harnessing the Power of Hashtags. Twitter Beats Facebook (And Everyone Else) As The Most Popular Social Network Of 2011 [STUDY] Twitter For Teachers. Share e-books on twitter. Wdlih Thought I'd try Twtebook for This months eMagazine What do you think? Twitebook46. Twittories.wikispaces. “Twitter? I Don’t Get It!” A 3-Step Guide For Newbies - Brandon Twyford – Marketing Communications. Twitter – Circa 1991 [Humorous Comic] TwileShare. Twijector. The Hidden Guide to Using Twitter Effectively. When it comes to social media, there is not that much hidden about how it all works.
The issue is that sometimes the information is hard to find in one place. So in this post, we are going to unearth some commonly unanswered questions in standard Twitter how to posts when it comes to getting the most out of your Twitter experience. What is the New Twitter Activity Stream? You may not have noticed it yet because you spend a lot of time in a Twitter management tool instead of on Twitter itself. But one of the new additions to Twitter is the Activity feed. Here you will see something similar to the news feed in Facebook. Study: Should Shy Students Tweet Instead Of Raising Their Hand? I was a shy student. It took me until middle school to actually feel comfortable enough around my classmates to speak up in class. Back then, there was no Twitter. The Ultimate Guide To Using Twitter In Education.
Twitter seems to be here to stay.
As one of the most popular ways for teachers, students, and the general public to communicate, it’s becoming a must-have tool in almost every teacher’s toolbox. However, numerous recent studies have shown that education in general has been slow to adopt social media. In an effort to speed up this adoption process, below you’ll find a boatload of resources on the past, present, and future of Twitter in education as well as some helpful guides to using the tool in the classroom. The Top 25 Social Media Terms You Need To Know. New terms, phrases and acronyms are constantly emerging across social networks.
Businesses trying to grow (or simply exist) online are drowning in digital jargon. While many glossaries attempt to help overwhelmed social media users, the long lists of vocabulary continue to grow! Take a deep breath and know the basics. Here are the top 25 social media terms you need to know: 1. Taking flight: #Twitterbird. Over the past six years, the world has become familiar with a little blue bird. The bird is everywhere, constantly associated with Twitter the service, and Twitter the company. Starting today you’ll begin to notice a simplified Twitter bird. From now on, this bird will be the universally recognizable symbol of Twitter. (Twitter is the bird, the bird is Twitter.) Study: Using Facebook A Certain Way Can Raise Your GPA. Contrary to previous research , Facebook usage is not tied to low grades, a new study (pdf) says. In fact, many students who use Facebook in a particular way actually get higher grades. This says to me that Facebook has become so ubiquitous in the lives of students that it is no longer a distraction and simply an important source of daily information.
“Facebook use in and of itself is not detrimental to academic outcome,” says study author Reynol Junco, a professor at the Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania. Social Media 2011. SocialBro - Explore your Twitter community. SocialBro. Podcast: Facing up to Facebook. At the beginning of the new academic year, colleges and universities will be re-examining their policies – including their students’ use of social media.
Nicola Yeeles spoke to John X Kelly and Lynn McHugh from Jisc Legal to find out how universities and colleges can make sure they are complying with legal and ethical issues around their students’ use of online community sites like Facebook and how the new guidance from Jisc Legal can help. More Colleges Use Facebook to Recruit Students - Head Count. More colleges are using Facebook to recruit students, according to the results of a recent survey of college admissions and marketing staff that was released on Wednesday. Nearly 80 percent of the institutions reported using the social-networking site for admissions purposes, a 13-percentage-point increase from last year.
This is the second survey of Facebook use in admissions conducted by Varsity Outreach, a company that helps colleges with online promotion and networking. More than half of the respondents said they considered Facebook to be a “very important” admissions tool, rating it above YouTube, blogs, Twitter, and other social-media networks. Sixty-three percent of the colleges described Facebook as an integral part of their marketing strategy, and more than half said it had had a significant impact on recruiting students.
According to Varsity Outreach, 150 colleges completed and returned the online survey out of roughly 2,000 colleges solicited. LSE produces new Twitter guide for academics - 10 - 2011 - News archive - News - News and media. How can Twitter, which limits users to 140 characters per tweet, have any relevance to universities and academia, where journal articles are between 3,000-8,000 words long? Know IT All for Trainee Teachers. #LearnSM Twitter Chat. How To Chat On Twitter Hashtag Topics With Joint. How The New Facebook Subscribe Button Works. How Students View Digital Citizenship. Students (and everyone else) spend a vast amount of time online. We leave a digital trail of breadcrumbs and establish our digital selves by sharing, commenting, and communicating like never before.
Five Facebook Changes and What You Need to Know. Helper - FFHelper. FFHelper. #edtech20 project. Delete all tweets in one go! Choose Authentication. Poppy. Check Your Twitter Stats. Accessible Twitter. MWL Mammal Group (MammalGroup) The MWL Mammal Group Daily. Clash of the titans: Email v social media. 25 November 2011Last updated at 05:05 By Fiona Graham Technology of business reporter, BBC News Vital signs: Is your email inbox hanging on by a thread, or are reports of its imminent demise greatly exaggerated? The headlines were unequivocal - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg had announced that email is dead.
The truth however was a little more prosaic. At the launch of the social network's new messaging platform, he had said "we don't think a modern messaging system is going to be email", and that the new system was "not email". Mr Zuckerberg wasn't the first to suggest that email is obsolete, and neither has he been the last. Email has come a long way from the first message sent by programmer Ray Tomlinson across a network back in 1971. Senior citizen. ACLjohn (ACLjohn) For ACLjohn. The # wdlih Daily. The ACLjohn Daily. 50 Brilliant Apps to Enhance Your Twitter Experience. Without a doubt, Twitter is one of the best innovations of the century. It’s a simple idea coupled with a simple interface that took them to the stratosphere.
21 Little-Known Keyboard Shortcuts For Twitter. 3 Tips for Teachers Using Social Media. 10 reasons NOT to block social networking at work. 25 Ways To Use Twitter In The Classroom, By Degree Of Difficulty. When you talk too much for Twitter. Twournal - Make a Book of your Tweets - Twitter Journal. Twitter: Yours to discover.