When you login to Twitter via your gmail address you will be Home.

From Home you can tweet to your followers, to the left Click on Compose new Tweet.

From Home on the right you will see tweets and retweets from everyone you follow.

Mouse over any tweet to reply or @ the person tweeting.

Mouse over any tweet to retweet and share with your followers

Mouse over any tweet to favorite to your favorites archive.



Click the @ Connect tab to view @'s and other interactions.

An "@" or an "At" is someone talking to or about someone on Twitter.

From the Connect Tab you will also be able to see who has followed you and who has retweeted your tweets.

When someone follows you, your tweets will end up in their Home,

When someone retweets you your tweets will also end up in their Home for everyone that follows them to view.

Tweet Well!




The last tab is "Discover" this is where you can search twitter for what interests you.

For this we will use #CSLCV by adding a hashtag in front of any word at twitter you make that word searchable, by clicking on #CSLCV you will only see tweets tagged by the tweeter with the #CSLCV hashtag there by creating a virtual space on twitter for people to connect and share.

So Tweet out to @DarinRMcClure and @LisaMcClure so we know you are there!

Questions? feel free to ask in the comments.

Welcome to your inbox, this is your jumping off point.

With your new @gmail address you will be able to move all of your important documents and photos onto the cloud, you will also be able to use shared calendars and write your own novel, the choice is up to you.













Click on Google, to save your videos at youtube, to view your calendar,  to upload your music, to blog, to listen like the bionic human to the things that matter with reader & to upload all your photos to the cloud.

If we can get you to your inbox we can go anywhere.








The social site that IOS comes built in with, (iPhones, Ipads, Ipods, Dishwashers...) is twitter,

Twitter is a place to listen and is the most important social networks out there during a disaster and why we teach that first.

Go to Twitter.com and sign up with your new gmail address!

Step #1 Get a "Gmail" account, Gmail is email from Google, it is free to use and is your hub for all the social activities on the internet.

Go to http://GMail.com now

and click "CREATE AN ACCOUNT" on the right in red.




Enter your First and Last Name,  next you will need to choose your username. Since @Gmail has millions of users your best bet for finding an open name is to first try: 
Next give your birthday, your gender, your mobile phone number and your main email address if you already have one, if not you can leave this field blank.

Now you will need to pass the captcha to prove that you are not a robot.

Give your location by country

Check "I agree to the Google Terms of Service and Privacy Policy"

and leave checked "Google may use my account information to personalize +1 content"

Click Next Step bottom right in blue



Next click the red "Add Profile Photo" button and navigate to where you have your image saved.

You should use your real picture not a picture of your cat.
















After you have uploaded your image you will be able to crop it to fit the space or flip it around as needed.

Once you have your profile image to your liking click the blue "Set as profile photo" button bottom right.














You will get a chance to make any changes you would like or just click the blue "Next step" button to proceed


















You're all set!

To change or update any of the settings you just set, click on your profile icon top right.
















Lastly click the blue "Continue to GMail" button, bottom left to advance into your new gmail account.