Twitter Toolkit

Be sure to read the assigned Twitter packet on Blackboard for the first day. In case of technical issues, below I have posted links to the same articles included in the packet.

Wall Street Journal Article

Wired Magazine Article

Time Article

Washington Post Article

The links below should be helpful for Twitter newbies.

I highly suggest visiting the Mashable Twitter Guidebook to learn about Twitter lingo, functionality and applications for using Twitter on your computer and mobile device.

Click on Twitter for College Students for simple instructions for tips specific to managing Twitter as a student. Among other helpful hints, the blog author explains how to activate your cell phone to use Twitter. While this is not a requirement, those of you with unlimited texting plans might find this useful. However, whether you use a computer, a smartphone or standard cell phone, I STRONGLY encourage you to manage your Twitter profile and notification settings that best fit your needs. For example, only if you have unlimited texting, would I advise subscribing to lots of individual tweeps’ updates (you would do this from individual profile pages and/or your next to profiles in your following page). Otherwise, you’ll get way more texts than you want to manage. You may want to only subscribe to @popacademy if you’re worried about deadlines and keeping up to speed on all my updates for the class.

File Sharing on Twitter via FileTwt

Archive your tweets with Twapper Keeper

HootSuite Web-Based Twitter Application

TweetDeck Desktop Twitter Application

Keep track of which users have stopped following you at Twunfollow.com

Embed tweets properly on your blog with Blackbird Pie