Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Tech Tuesday - It's time to Twitter!

Twitter has been all over the news and Tv lately. Celebrities such as Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, Ryan Seacrest and more are using Twitter as a way to stay in touch with the fans. But what is Twitter? Here is a video that gives a short explaination of it. Twitter is much safer for children to use than Facebook and MySpace. Plus it's a great way to learn new things and meet people with the same interests from around the world.

Here are some great tips to get your started to having a successful Twitter page.

1. When you sign up for Twitter remember to fill out the one line bio in settings. People will not follow you, if they do not know what your interests are. Plus this is a great way to find people who love something, such as gardening, as much as you.

2. One you've completed your bio, then follow MrTweet. He will give you a list of people to follow who share common interests as you.

3. Follow people! Don't be afraid to follow people. People want people to follow them on Twitter. Here is a list of celebrities that use Twitter. Use can also follow me: mrsptrson

4. Post tweets. Update your status. You may not think people are reading it, but eventually you will have people respond to some of your tweets!

5. Reply to other people's tweets that interest you. This is a great way to make new friends and gain more followers.

6. Search Twitter to find people who are interested in the same things you are.

7. Have fun with it! Here are some additional links that will help you use Twitter.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Twitter is one of my favorite web 2.0 tools. Seems some people don't really understand the value of it.

MrsPeterson said...

I agree! People really have to start using it in order to see the value in it. I now have a 5th and 2nd grade classroom that is twittering with another school in Maryland.