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twitter me this? using twitter in higher ed

twitter me this? using twitter in higher ed. Nikki Massaro Kauffman & Robin Bradford Smail. twitter me this? who are we?. who?. twitter me this? who are we?. ?. Robin Smail Penn State World Campus Social Media Socialite & “Renegade Element” @robin2go. twitter me this? who are we?.

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twitter me this? using twitter in higher ed

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  1. twitter me this?using twitter in highered Nikki Massaro Kauffman & Robin Bradford Smail

  2. twitter me this? who are we? who?

  3. twitter me this? who are we? ? Robin Smail Penn State World Campus Social Media Socialite & “Renegade Element” @robin2go

  4. twitter me this? who are we? Nikki Massaro Kauffman Penn State University Libraries “Dr. Nikki” & a doteduGuru @nikkimk

  5. twitter me this? what is it? @micala

  6. twitter me this? what is it? • Brief microblog posts (140 characters) to websites, called “Tweets”.

  7. twitter me this? what is it? • People who choose to Follow you get updates by SMS (text messages on your phone) or wifi.

  8. twitter me this? what is it? • Tweets can update other application status: Facebook, blogs, IM status.

  9. twitter me this? what is it? • It’s real-time one-to-many communication.

  10. twitter me this? what is it? • It’s virtual networking via short-form messages.

  11. twitter me this? networking? So it sounds like an IM. And what makes it a social network anyway? • Tweets are public. • @replies are public but directed to or about someone. • DMs are private.

  12. what if i tried & don’t get it? What if I've tried it and just don't “get” it? Then get: • a third-party application • more followers • a purpose

  13. twitter for your department Holy uses for twitter, Batman! @largo621

  14. twitter for your department Use Twitter to promote news & events: • PSUWorldCampus • psulibs • PalmerMuseum • pennstatelive

  15. twitter for your department Use Twitter to monitor “your brand”: • “Penn State” • “Student Affairs” • Examples?

  16. twitter for your career Hi, I’m @bpanulla & I have a Ph.D. in horribleness!”

  17. twitter for your career Conference Networking: • Use twitter + hashtags to as public notetaking • Search hashtags to reply to tweets of event • Use tweets to help gather thoughts for blog posts

  18. twitter for your career Professional Relationships: • Make existing professional relationships stronger. • Minimizes virtual distance; twitter makes us all "virtual coworkers".

  19. twitter for your career Promoting Your Work: • Share your your blog posts and other work via Twitpics and tinyURLs, but don't overload. • Don’t be “that guy”; only 1 in 8 tweets should self-promote

  20. twitter for your productivity I can really “reap” the benefits of twitter at my workplace! I, @meeshiefeet, will use it today to “kill” a few tasks.

  21. twitter for your productivity • ask a question • ask for recommendations (e.g., camera recommendations, mechanics, 3rd party Twitter apps) • good for getting outside perspective

  22. twitter me this? what are your questions? robin2go@psu.edu & nikkimk@psu.edu

  23. twitter resources • http://tinyurl.com/cleartext/training-samples.html (link to this presentation) • https://wikispaces.psu.edu/display/training (link to Twitter resources) • http://www.personal.psu.edu/azs2/blogs/instructional_designer_in_student_affairs/2009/04/not-just-another-blog-post-abo.html (April Sheninger’s Blog Post on Twitter)

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