Module 5
How to use Twitter: Extras
Everything on this page is extra! Read whatever you want to. Be sure to do the completion task at the bottom!
If your child is on Twitter
If your child has a Twitter account, remember that Twitter is a platform for adults, not kids, so they may be exposed to mature content. If your child is using Twitter or any other social media, it helps to keep the lines of communication open, share your expectations and advice, and pay close attention to privacy settings. Check all the settings but pay close attention to these:
- Privacy and safety
- Protect your tweets> Click box to select so only approved users will see the account.
- Location information> Click box to unselect Add location information to my Tweets .
- Photo tagging> Click to select Off.
- Direct messages> Click box to unselect Receive messages from anyone. You don't want strangers to be able to contact your child.
- Discoverability and contacts> Click boxes to unselect Let others find you by your email address and make sure that Let others find you by your phone number is unchecked.
- Display media that may contain sensitive content> Make sure this is unchecked.
- General> Data Usage> Video autoplay
- Click box to select never. The default allows videos to autoplay and it's better to turn this off to avoid seeing inappropriate content.
If you want more information about parental controls and helping your children be safe online...
Optional articles for more information:
Advanced Search
Advanced search is available on twitter.com but not while using the mobile app.
If you want to learn more, click here to read Twitter's help page.
Twitter Chats
What's a Twitter Chat? It's a moderated discussion with tweets! The organizers present a series of questions, and anybody who wants to participate can tweet their answers. It's a useful way to network with others in your field and to LEARN.
You can search online to find chats in many fields and interests, including education and parenting, This article is a great, short introduction to Twitter chats and also lists weekly chats about gardening.
Free programs such as Tweetdeck make it easier to follow hashtags and participate in Twitter chats.
This is one example of the multitude of twitter chats each week. #whatisschool
Analytics
Twitter provides statistics on your account. You can see analytics on individual tweets by clicking the drop-down menu on one of your tweets and selecting View Tweet activity. >>>
You can see analytics on all of your tweets, and see trends over time, by accessing your Activity dashboard.
Click here if you want to read the Twitter help guide, About your activity dashboard.
QR Code
When using the mobile app, you can open a QR code that another person can scan with their app. It opens the profile and then they can click Follow.
