Twitter PLN information

Building a PLN on twitter isn't all that hard! Many people are creating twitter accounts to gain free professional help from those around the world. You can be gaining useful information from someone in the UK from the USA! You are choosing who you follow and who follows you (if you are on a private account setting). 

In order to start your PLN on twitter, you need to have at least 10 followers, so twitter does not think that you are a scam account. In order to do so, you need to follow 10 people as well, that's the only way that they are going to see that your account is an actual thing. On my PLN, since I am going for physical therapy, I followed 10 physical therapist from all around the world. 

Once you follow them, you are going to want to start to engage with their twitter. Re tweet things that they are tweeting, like their tweets, tweet back at them. You would also want to search for twitter chats that interest you, search for hash tags in the twitter search bar. Some chats are held on certain days and at certain times, so keeping track of that information is the best way for you to create a well-known PLN on twitter. 

Overall, creating a PLN on twitter has so many benefits for not only your own professional life but for those around you as well. So go ahead and try It out! 

   Using twitter can help you connect to the world in many different ways. Shelly Terrell, an international speaker, learning and digital learning specialist and author, created a video talking about all different ways you can connect to the world using the twitter app.

She states that using twitter is a useful and easy way to get your word around to the experts in your specific field.
  

   Twitter being called the Proffesional Learning Network, gives an easy way to Engage, Educate, and Report, easily to those who are interested in the same thing that you are or who are in your specific field. Shelly Terrell explains that around 20% of the time is you tweeting your blog post, or new information about yourself that you want others to see, and the other 80% is making sure you are creating relationships with those you are with on twitter. Posting tweets that are educational can help those following you learn more, and vice-versa! You can report information and share videos and post and help share your new information with those around you. 
  
   Making sure that you are having fun with your twitter its also an important feature. You want people to want to engage in your work and you want them want to follow you. Having a boring twitter is no way to connect what you want to share to the rest of the world. Keep It fun, interesting, knowledgeable, and most importantly, keep It true!

Here's the link to Shelly Terrell's video on Connecting to the World Using Twitter. 

   Utilizing twitter list is a way that you can keep everything the way you want It. Only follow those who interest you, stick to a small amount, you don’t need to be following 1,000,000 on twitter. There are so many great resources that are being posted that you can use in your day to day lives. 

   Setting up list to certain things that you want to see will better you in the end. Keeping everything organized and easy to find. 

   Finding things in common with a lot of people is so much easier as well. 

   Keeping list are mainly for you bettering yourself and making things easier for yourself but It can also help others find more people that have things in common with themselves. They can simply follow everyone that one person has on a list simply by the click of a button. Make sure that you are using twitter in ways that will make things easier for you, because in the end, your the only one whose seeing your own account from your device. 

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