Hello everyone – welcome to Online PD

1. Hello everyone – welcome to Online PD Please tell us a little about yourself in text chat – also tell us if you are new to Elluminate & would like a short “walk” through on some of the basic tools. Twitter - a Clean Nest? Today’s session To what degree do you manage Twitter? Why should you manage Twitter? How can you manage Twitter? How can we damage limit when it happens?

2. Twitter - a Clean Nest?

3. Where are you coming from? Twitter - a Clean Nest? How do you handle your Twitter follows? A – accept all follows & autofollow back B – checkout follows sometimes & follow most C – checkout follows when I get email & follow any that look interesting never block D – check for new follows sometimes, follow if look interesting occasionally block/report spam E – check for new follows often, follow if meet my criteria, monitor/block/report spam if not

4. Where am I coming from? Twitter - a Clean Nest? I manage my Twitter follows very actively. • Have clear ideas about what I seek in follows • Check for new follows often (daily/3-5 times per week) • Follow if meet my criteria • Monitor if unsure /block/report spam if not

5. What do you do? Twitter - a Clean Nest? Strategies you use to manage followers/following?

6. Criteria Twitter - a Clean Nest? I look at some or all of: Profile – does it tell me about them Avatar – photo or meaningful image Follower/Following numbers & ratio – more followers Recent Tweets – number, topics, style, type Followers – type - proportion of educators Background image – relevant or engaging My own prefs – no: marketers, self styled gurus, social media experts, minors, pple who follow zillions

7. Twitter - a Clean Nest? Provocative avatar, tweets, profile, language Following many – few followers Zero or minimal tweets Heavy marketing “feel” Self styled expert/guru Repetitive tweets Free giveaways promised Get a zillion followers by … “Secret” information promised

8. What would you do? Twitter - a Clean Nest? Sort out these potential follows: Block &/or report Wait & monitor Follow

9. Managing Twitter - a Clean Nest? Managing is easier than it used to be: On Twitter web On Tweetdeck

10. Managing Twitter - a Clean Nest? Application share: What should I do with this follower? A - Follow B - Wait and monitor C - Block D - Block and report spam

11. Hacking, spam, phishing Twitter - a Clean Nest? Manage your Twitter stream & you will: Reduce your risk of being attacked! Reduce the risk of your followers being attacked through YOU!

12. If it happens? Twitter - a Clean Nest? If you get an unusual DM: Tell the sender If your ac is hacked a DM can be sent in your name without your knowledge If someone tells you they have had an odd DM from YOU then you can:

13. Twitter - a Clean Nest? 1. From your Twitter ac choose Settings 2. Select the Connections tab 3. Check who has access 4. Revoke access for those you don’t trust 5. Change your password

14. Twitter - a Clean Nest? Click on “Help” on your Twitter for the support page and or visit their blog for updates on major issues

15. Twitter - a Clean Nest? The key to fighting hacking, spam & phishing Keep your own nest clean Warn your stream if you see probable attacks Tell others if you think they’ve been attacked Use Twitter’s report process If you just block anyone who sends an odd DM then the spammers will win Be kind! However careful you are it could be YOU next time!

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17. Featuring Elluminate Feedback Was the session (content and activities)? A Interesting B OK C Boring

18. Featuring Elluminate Feedback How was the session format & structure? A Just right – it worked well B OK C Not very good

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20. Any Questions? Email:johartoz@gmail.com Twitter: JoHart Web: http://johart1.edublogs.org