2.)Educate Yourself On The Basics: Learn the basic terminology for Twitter and the major functions it can perform by doing a little reading on helpful social media blogs beforehand. You’ll thank yourself later.
3.)Learn how to use hashtags: It’s pretty much impossible to have not seen the hashtags that have been plastered on, well, everything in the past few years. But do you really know how to use them? A can help you learn the ropes.
4.)Choose a recognizable Twitter handle: You want people to be able to find you on Twitter, right? So choose a handle that they’d associate with you, usually something close to your name, your blog, or your profession will work best. Get some pointers on choosing a username from this guide.
5.)Develop a tweeting style: Before you send out your first tweet, decide what kind of tweeter you want to be. The London School of Economics and Political Science offers up three major styles here so you can learn more about the subject.
6.)Let your followers know when you’re participating in a chat or conference: If you’re going to be tweeting more than usual, let your followers know in advance so they can choose to tune out if they’re not interested in your live tweeting or chatting.
7.)Start a conversation: Always admired a certain scholar? Start a conversation with him/her on Twitter by asking questions or discussing your reaction to his/her latest work.
8.)Tweet regularly. Twitter isn’t going to do you much good if you don’t ever use it. Develop a regular tweeting schedule both for yourself and for your courses that use Twitter.
9.)Reach out. Not everyone you connect with on Twitter has to be in your field or even in academia. In fact, you might enrich your research and your professional life by reaching out to other fields and professions.
10.)Pass on information about events. You might know about the latest conferences in your field, but students might not. Share information about talks, conferences, and other academic events they might find interesting.
List the 3 People I Followed:
The 3 people I chose to follow is because they get that same feeling as to where we feel all lazy and bored. They are Shawn, Leann, And Josh.
