Why do we use twitter?

Tuesday, 11th September 2012.
IT Application
Why do we use twitter?

Fig 1.0 : Why twitter? (Mindmap)

Twitter describes itself as, “a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?”

 

1. Networking in twitter

  Easy ways to network on twitter.

 

#1: Show Others What You Want to Talk About

First, remember to show others what you are most interested in. You communicate your areas of interest in several ways:

• Put a picture of who you are with your Twitter bio.
• Shows others what you like to talk about with the content you tweet.
• Share the conversations you are interested in by using hashtags in your tweets.

#2: Retweet Others

  Retweeting is a great way to start networking but you usually need to do a bit more to get a response and start a dialogue .For example, add some personal comments to the retweet. Notice how others engage with people and copy the ones you like.

 

#3:Write Tweets to Engage Conversations

After getting on other people’s radar, it’s time to take the networking up a notch and try to begin a real conversation.
One of the easiest ways to do this is to reply to a tweet and add value.

• Add useful information.
• Ask a good question.
• Show you are sincerely interested in the topic.

#4: Link to ‘Other’ Social Conversations

As you monitor your friend's tweets, you’ll notice more conversations. Show others you are paying attention to their conversations.The more you show others you are listening to them, the more they’ll pay attention to you.
                                                           
                                                           2, Class Notices in twitter

Twitter offers new and exciting ways to open up the lines of communication in the classroom. There are many ways to interact with your classmates with twitter , or in our case, our coursemates.

•  Direct Tweet. Instructors and students can contact each other through direct Tweets without having to share cell phone numbers. This is very useful if you need some help on your assignment or classwork
• Make announcements. Your Student Representative (SR) can send out reminders about upcoming tests, Assignment due dates, or any news that needs to be shared via Twitter.
• Share websites. Both instructors and students can post/share their  websites that are relevant to school purposes

How do you get started with twitter?

Go to Twitter.com homepage and simply click signup on the right top, fill up the simple form given out by twitter and click 'New Twitter' . You can start using immediately after you finished up the signing up process.