Using Twitter in (higher) education

1. Go to http://twitter.com 2. Click Join Today in the New to Twitter? box in upper right. 3. Select a username (usually YOUR name) and password. Type an email address...can only use once! 4. Skip sections inviting you to choose interests (education not listed), as desired 5. If desired, click Settings to change the logo/image that appears on your Twitter Profile page. You can also change the background design by clicking Design in the Settings area. 6. URL for the public stream of your Twitter account is: http://twitter.com/yourusername 7. URL for the your own Twitter stream, which includes all of the tweets of the people you follow as well as the ones you send out: http://twitter.com/home (login)