Twitter Tips - The Power of Twitter Notifications and More Tools to Streamline Your Twitter Experience

I don’t know about you, but I always have a lot of Twitter FOMO. Not sure if this is a really thing or it is just me?

I’ve always stuck to the model that if someone connected to teaching and learning follows me, I will follow them back. This has let me to some great follows, but it has also added more to my Twitter stream than I can follow most days. 

Today, I wanted to share a few resources I use to streamline my Twitter experience. There are many great resources that can help organize and streamline Twitter, but today  I will focus on 4: Twitter Notifications, Twitter Lists, IFTTT, and Tweetdeck. 

Twitter Notifications

I have to admit that up until a few months ago, I never really used or looked at using the Twitter notification icon for some of my favorite follows. It has become on of my favorites since then. 

I have notifications set for less than a dozen twitter accounts. I don’t want to be overwhelmed by notifications, so keeping it to a core group really helps. I do change this from time to time as I meet new people, discover new resources, or participate in a conference or PD experience.

The reason I love the notification button is now I am just a click a way from viewing a list of recent tweets from accounts that I’ve set notifications for. 

Twitter Lists

I also use Twitter lists to group together educators, events, and topics. I am organizing one connected to the 2022 IDEAcon Speakers right now. Similar to notifications, I can open a list to just see tweets from anyone I’ve added to the list. I also love that I can share lists with other educators and they can follow the list. 

IFTTT

You can also use a resource like If This Then That to set up some pretty cool notifications and other actions to streamline your life. 

IFTTT – Connect Notifications to Twitter to unlock powerful experiences

TweetDeck

TweetDeck has long been another favorite tool to help me keep up with Twitter. I probably use it the most often when I am attending or getting ready to attend a conference. I have #IDEAcon already cued up in my first column for next month. TweetDeck has both mobile and web options. If you’ve never used TweetDeck, I highly recommend exploring the TweetDeck Help Center. 

How do you keep up with your Twitter learning? Please share any additional tips or ideas in the comments below. #HappyLearning