The document discusses various information sharing platforms including blogging, microblogging, and social media. It provides a brief history of blogging starting in 1994, and the creation of Blogger in 1999. Microblogging is introduced, with examples like Twitter, which launched in 2006. The document outlines some key aspects of using Twitter like hashtags, following others, and managing multiple accounts.
2. Sorting through it all… Photos, Videos, Art, Livecasting, Audio/Music Personal, Professional, Events Journals, Social Bookmarking, Reviews/Opinions, Info, Forums, Aggregators Virtual Worlds, Game Sharing, Online Gaming, Browser Games Social Information Entertainment Media
3. Blogging/Vlogging 1994: First Blog created by Justin Hall 1999: Blogger created. Free, user friendly blog creation Web site. Term “Blogging” is coined. 2005: Huffington Post: Blogs become more than just opinions. 2002: Blog Ads, Bloggers turn blogging into $
10. Twitter Jargon Tweeter/Twitterer Tweeple/Tweeps Tweeting Tweet Twitterverse/Twitosphere Twitterati Tweetup/TweetIn Twitter Stream Collection of tweets, in reverse chronological order Twitter User Posting messages on Twitter Message posted to Twitter A-List Twitterers, often celebrities. People on Twitter; Twitter + People Twitter + Meetup; social gathering organized via Twitter The entire collection of Tweeters using Twitter; the Twitter community
Blogging and Vlogging—Ask if anyone knows what Blogging stands for Web Log, Journal etc.
Many of these also offer Content Management Systems/Web Content Management Systems-- a computer application used to manage work flow needed to collaboratively create, edit, review, index, search, publish and archive various kinds of digital media and electronic text
Twitter started in 2006. Talk about Twitter as a headline feed and a conversation. Twitter creates your one personal homepage, talk about customizing that page.
Go over how to find out who is following you and who you are following Don’t forget to talk about looking at who is mentioning you.