why use twitter?

Grow Your Power & Channel Your Students’ Powers

Twitter is NOT about what people are having for breakfast…

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…unless you want it to be

You cultivate who you follow

So follow people who will expand your power

44 Higher Education Experts to Follow on Twitter

Top Professors on Twitter for Leadership, Innovation, & Strategy

50 Most Social-Media Savvy Professors on Twitter

Search Google:• best social work faculty twitter• best business professors twitter

Or take part in chats to find people to follow

Hashtags!

Inside Higher Ed has a huge list of higher ed chats on Twitter.

Also use hashtags to capture your classroom backchannel

Backchannel?

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Also use hashtags to capture your

classroom backchannel

like #scumakers

New to Twitter?

Try some of these sites to get started with Twitter:

Mom, This is How Twitter Works

Twitter Demystified: How to RT, MT, #FF, and Fave Like a Pro

How to Use Twitter from wikiHow