Social Media • Facebook • Twitter • Pinterest • Snapchat Where to access them • Most are available on the web or on a smart phone or tablet • Facebook.com or you can download it for your phone/tablet • Twitter.com or you can download it for your phone/tablet • Pinterest.com or you can download it for your phone/tablet • Snapchat is only available as an app for your phone/tablet Facebook Overview • Free social networking • Allows users to share pictures, stories, posts/status updates and videos with friends, family and colleagues • Can post publicly, privately and to select people • Can access on the internet or on a smartphone or tablet Terms to know when using Facebook • Newsfeed • Share • Profile Page/Profile • Post • Like (or other reactions like love, sad, wow, angry) • Tag or Tagging • Comment • Message or Facebook Messenger Log In Sign Up Create a Facebook Account 1. Go to www.facebook.com 2. Under the Sign Up section, enter your information. 3. Press the Sign Up button and your Facebook account will be created. Anatomy of the Top Bar Finding Friends Two Ways 1.Search Bar a.Search for a friend b.Search for a brand, organization or public figure 2.Find Friends - Facebook Suggestions Posting Post Button Questions about Facebook? • Twitter is a social network site and application that is limited similar to Facebook, but limited in length and types of posts. • Users can share 140 character tweets, video, and video loops. • Similar to texting to the public, rather than to one person on your phone. Terms to Know • Home • Mention/@ • Hashtag # • Promoted • Bio • Retweet • Direct Message (DM) • Verified • Follow Type your name here Enter either your phone number or email address here Create a strong, six+ character password that you can remember. It’s best to include numbers and symbols. Tweeting Click here to send your tweet after you’ve finished typing it. Use this to send The number of characters you photos, either from have left, starts at 140 your phone’s gallery or the files on your computer The bio is a short description of yourself Click this to follow people and see all their posts on your main page Questions about Twitter? Pinterest • Pinterest is a website that allows you to “pin” things online, just like you would on a bulletin board, but instead, Pinterest saves all of your pins on your account so that you can access them easily. • Social Media site for sharing ideas with other people. • Pinterest is picture and interest driven. Pin Pictures of Interest… “Pinning” • If you see a picture you would like to save, click on it and there should be a red button that says “Pin it” • You can share your favorite pins with friends • Recipes, Do-it-yourself projects, holiday/seasonal ideas an many more intersting items Sign Up https://www.pinterest.com/ Pinterest is a website that allows you to “pin” things online, just like you would on a bulletin board, but instead, Pinterest saves all of your pins on your account so that you can access them easily. Questions about Pinterest? Snapchat • A popular mobile app that allows you to send videos and pictures. • Both the videos and pictures of which will self destruct (disappear) after a few seconds of a person viewing them. • Snapchat is also a fun messaging app. You can take a photo or a video with it, then add a caption or doodle or lens graphic over top, and send it to a friend. Terms to know • Stories • Streak • Snapchats • Chat • Newsfeed • Replies Snapchat Questions about Snapchat? Reviews • What is social media? • The four most popular sites • Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Snapchat Fin.