1. MGCCC Employee Development September 2011 Twitter as a professional development tool cynthia wetzel licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
2. Social Networking is BIG http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/Technology-and-social-networks.aspx http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/Social-Networking-Sites.aspx
3. 93% of social media users believe every company should have a social media presence http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/07/17/social-media-in-numbers-too-big-to-ignore/
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5. A form of text messaging; also called micro-blogging
23. Newest messages are first“…research strongly suggests that two-thirds […] of Twitter users are really just using the service as a human-powered information distribution and filtering service”
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25. May be hashtags or not “…research strongly suggests that two-thirds […] of Twitter users are really just using the service as a human-powered information distribution and filtering service”
41. In this selection of Tweeters are librarians, libraries, authors, professors, illustrators, education & technology websites, book resources, professional organizations, conference streams, and… a “spiritual advisor.”
44. Full Name Email Password Username Each of these items can be changed in either the Account or Profile settings
45. The Fine Art of Tweeting Be concise. If you use all 140 characters, there’s no room for someone to retweet with their own comment Modifying your Tweets Use “MT” instead of “RT” if you edit the original tweet Links in your Tweets Use a link shortener, like bit.ly – which will also let you track traffic from your posted link Media in your Tweets Use a third-party service, like twitpic
53. HIGHLY 7 Things You Should Know About Twitter http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7027.pdf Academics & Colleges Split their Personalities http://chronicle.com/article/College-20-Academics-and/127936/ Twittering, not Frittering: Professional Development in 140 Charactershttp://www.edutopia.org/twitter-professional-development-technology-microblogging Twitter as a Personal Information Network http://whatsnewintheworld.net/2010/01/twitter-as-a-pln/comment-page-1/#comment-1599 100 Serious Twitter Tips for Academics http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2009/07/21/100-serious-twitter-tips-for-academics/ 50 Ways to use Twitter in the Classroom http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2009/06/08/50-ways-to-use-twitter-in-the-college-classroom/ RecommendedReading
54. Additional Reading http://librarianbyday.net/2010/10/15/10-ways-twitter-will-make-you-a-better-employee-better-at-your-job-and-benefit-your-library/ http://web20teach.blogspot.com/2007/08/twitter-tweets-for-higher-education.html An Educator’s Guide to Twitter http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/34291 My 13 Golden Rules of Twitter http://www.cnbc.com/id/40853842 http://twitterin10.com http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/06/what_the_heck_are_we_doing_on.html http://mpbreflections.blogspot.com/2011/06/participation-yields-innovation-success.html http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/08/29/why-i-block-on-twitter/ http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2009/06/new_twitter_research_men_follo.html
56. Thank you for attending! cynthia.wetzel@mgccc.edu@Pklibrarianslideshare.com/cswetzel
Notes de l'éditeur
Numbers too Big to Ignore
“active users” are defined as those who check in at least once a month (Twitter blog, 2011)Pew data from Twitter Update, 2011; see reference list.
“On Twitter, the people I follow provide me with more relevant links and information than any other tool. It saves me time and helps me learn about new technologies or innovative ideas, as they are happening.”Source: Engaging Small Business Decision Makers through Social Media: A 2009 Business Social Media Benchmarking Study Report. Business.com, December 7, 2009, http://www.business.com/info/engaging-small-business-through-social-media via http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/12/10/small-business-owners-struggle-with-twitter/
Morris, T. (2010). Sams teach yourself Twitter in 10 minutes (p. 3). Indianapolis, IN: Sams.