1. Portrait of a Twitterer as a
Connected Professional:
Ha ve Yo u Tw itte re d To day?
Dr. Laura Nicosia
Assistant Professor of English
Director of English Education
nicosiala@mail.montclair.edu
2. Regardless of whether we accept the terms
“Digital Natives” or “Digital Immigrants”...
4. Some may consider me a digital
immigrant, but I use:
Twitter Slideshare
Plurk Blackboard
Diigo Flickr
Facebook del.icio.us
Ning Google Groups
Second Life Furl and more...
11. I post Tweets because I:
Meet colleagues from around the world
Make friends
Collaborate with my peers
Share information and resources
Receive links, insights and advice
Share my scholarship with peers
12. I protect my updates to limit
access to my friends only.
13. While my friend list would be
larger if it were Open Access, I
Lock & Protect my updates
14.
15. My Tweeple are a powerful
support system—with
experience and wisdom.
17. Plurk is
also a
Micro-
blogging
Site
It is s e t u p w it h a h o r izo n t a l t ime li ne
rat h e r t h a n a ve rt ic a l, s e q ue n t ia l p age .
19. You can update both Twitter &
Plurk via your cell phone or
your computer
20. Your messages are received & read instantly
(IMing) or asynchronously—whenever your
friends access their Twitter or Plurk pages
21. Asynchronous
Chat
You can have conversations
privately, with one friend
directly (DMing), with
the world (using the Public,
Open Timeline) or with groups.
23. With all these
connections,
the possibilities
for
collaboration
increase
exponentially.
I’ve already
published
several pieces
and a book
chapter
through my
social
networking
connections.
29. Here’s a graphic list of
my friends in Twitter
You can invite
friends, if you want
to link your email
address book to the
Twitter database.
You can search for
names of your
friends by using the
Search function.
32. So, provide useful* information:
Share valuable Offer advice &
websites suggestions to
colleagues
Link to thought-
provoking videos on Make someone
YouTube laugh
Participate in Sympathize
professional
conversations Drive traffic to your
blog (occasionally)
Comment on news
* NOT entirely self-promoting or spamming