Twittering about #MIC09

1. Twittering about#MIC09 David Wicks Seattle Pacific University

2. Overview • Participants • Why use twitter? • How do I tweet? • How should I participate? • Extramission • Presenters • How should I prepare tweeters for my session? • How should I respond to tweeting during my session? • How should I respond on Twitter after my session?

3. Participants http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/

4. Why use Twitter? • Human experts rather than machine • Real-time Search • Professional [Personal] Learning Network • Twitter for social reasons http://www.flickr.com/photos/tyreseus/

5. Why twitter before #MIC09? • Learn more about interesting sessions and speakers • Make connections to share transportation,dining, etc. • Make professional connections with others in your field

6. Why twitter during #MIC09? • Share insights from sessions you attend • Gain insights from session you didn’t attend • Ask and answer questions • Get the latest news from the Conference Committee • Find people to network with during and after the conference http://www.flickr.com/photos/viagallery/

7. Why twitter after #MIC09? • Provide feedback to Conference Committee • Share about sessions you enjoyed • Promote next year’s conference • Continue developing your PLN http://www.flickr.com/photos/suewaters/

8. How do I start tweeting?

9. Determine a purpose for tweeting • Social • Build PLN • Both http://www.flickr.com/photos/suewaters/

10. Create an account

11. Account information

12. Post an update

13. Find someone to follow

14. How do I use Twitter to build my PLN? • Review a colleague’s list of followers • Follow several colleagues in your field • Share updates about your learning, including links to articles, blogs, etc. • ReTweet important content from those you follow • Prune your followers and followees regularly

15. How should I participate?

16. Use a Twitter application like TweetDeckto improve organization and proficiency http://tweetdeck.com

17. Learn and use hash tagswhere appropriate

18. Be a good member of the community • Reciprocity • Etiquette

19. Ten Etiquette Twips for Conference Tweeters • Be courteous to those sitting around you. • Send only 1 or 2 Updates from a session. Share a twugget not a twanscript. • Ask any questions you have. No limits on query-based Updates. • Answer questions with @username in Replies so the person asking a question can see the response. • Include URLs of important content shared by presenters in your Updates. Use URL shortening application to reduce total characters. • Include the conference hash tag, (e.g. #MIC09) on all conference-relate Updates to help others find and organize content for their PLN. • Retweet (RT) valuable Updates from other participants letting others know that an important idea has been shared. • Write concise updates. It’s hard to ReTweet Updates that use all or most of the 140-character limit. • Avoid writing cryptic Updates. Texting is for kids. • Golden Twip: Tweet only what is appropriate to stand and say during a conference session.

20. Extramission • Tweeters – Invite others to join us. • Use hashtag #MIC09 • Use http://tinyurl.com/tweet2009mic • Newbies – Sign up for twitter • http://twitter.com • Enter your @username in chat so we can follow you • Others – Relax, see you back here in 5 minutes

21. Presenters

22. How can I prepare tweeters for my session? • Use conference hash tag #MIC09 in update • Include: • Information about session • Link to handout or website • Offer to network • Can send multiple updates • Keep updates short to encourage ReTweeting

23. How should I respond to tweeting during my session? • Session chair should remind technology users to be considerate of others. • You don’t have to do anything. • Presenter can interact with real-time updates of any back channel activity. • Encourage participants to include presenter’s last name so a real-time search can filter out concurrent updates from other conference sessions. • Have someone serve as moderator, letting presenter know if questions need to be addressed. • May show update on projected screen for everyone to see.

24. How should I respond on Twitter after my session?

25. Share updates that address questions brought up during the session

26. Use http://search.twitter.com to search terms “MERLOTConf” or “MIC09” and review tweets made around the time of your session

27. A few more ways to respond • Consider replying to updates made by participants about your session • Consider following participants who may enhance your PLN

28. Quick Review • Before #MIC09 • Tell people we coming to the conference • Let them know about our session • Share rides, plan meals, etc. • During #MIC09 • Share session highlights • Ask & Answer questions • Build network • After #MIC09 • Share feedback • Encourage use of MERLOT • Build network

29. Comments & Questions David Wicks Director, Instructional Technology Seattle Pacific University Email: dwicks@spu.edu 206.281.2290 Twitter: @dwicksspu This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.