Title: Task: Try a Dashboard
Course: Tech Tools for Teachers > Section: Social Media for Educators

Try a social media dashboard.

1. Install Tweetdeck or sign-up for a Hootsuite account
2. Add your Twitter account, and any additional social network accounts as you see fit (e.g. your personal facebook account).
3. Create a column that shows tweets with the hastag #edtech
4. Schedule an update and/or tweet to be posted later.

Extra Credit

- Install the Tweetdeck or Hootsuite app on your phone, ipod touch, or tablet.
- Add your bit.ly credentials to your dashboard to track link usage
- Create lists to organize the people you follow into subgroups

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