Are you ready to Tweet?

As I told you in the Challenge Video – we are going use a lot of different kinds of social media for this class. One of those forms of media will be Twitter.

Learn more about Twitter:
http://twitter.com/about
http://tweeternet.com/
http://webtrends.about.com/od/socialnetworking/a/what-is-twitter.htm

So how do you get started?

In order to begin you will need a Twitter account. Register here:
https://twitter.com/signup. If you already have a Twitter account it is OK to use that one.

Add your bio and pic & then follow the class Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/mascle200

As I get notifications of new followers I will have the class Twitter feed follow you. You should also check to see who else the class feed is following as those are your classmates and you will need to follow them as well!

You should put some thought into how you want to keep track of Twitter for this class. You can simply check your Twitter account and the class blog @ http://mascle200.blogspot.com/ (see the feed for Twitter in the sidebar?) but this doesn’t really harness the power that Twitter offers you to stay informed.

I have my Twitter account displayed on my computer’s home page (I use Netvibes to watch my email, Twitter, FaceBook, and the weather) and I also have an app on my Ipod that allows me to read and post to Twitter. I have a lot of friends who use Twitter via their smartphone. Making Twitter easily available will mean that you actually check it – regularly! Between Netvibes and my Ipod I easily check my Twitter accounts multiple times a day.