TWITTER FOR ACADEMICS, RESEARCHERS AND LIFELONG

LEARNERS

Samantha Moss & Jayne Whistance (Supported by Nick Papconstantinou)

OUR MISSION:

We all have an interest in Social Media and hope that the outcomes of this workshop include you leaving with:

A better understanding of how Twitter works

The beginnings of your own online PLN

More positive opinion of Social Media in general

A willingness to want to improve on your current digital literacy skills

@nixsight @JayneWhistance @samwisefox

OVERVIEW OF TWITTER

Can be used for personal and professional purposes

Following

Sharing

Communicating

Bookmarking

Demonstration of twitter accounts:

https://twitter.com/samwisefox

https://twitter.com/JayneWhistance

CREATE YOUR ACCOUNT:

Go to http://twitter.com

Create your twitter ‘handle’ (really think hard about it!)

Example of caution:

Colleague - Christina Ryan

@christinaryan

@Christ-In-Aryan!!!

Decided on @LittleDotRyan instead

Great resource! – ‘Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities’: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/38489/

PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORK

http://bit.ly/plnadvice

Portable

Accessible

24/7

Diverse Knowledge

base

Keep current!

Who do you turn to for answers?

How do you know what you’re teaching/doing is still relevant & up-

to-date?

Where do you seek inspiration?

START FOLLOWING…

Search for:

Key organisations & accounts:

@solentofficial and @TimesHigherEd

Colleagues:

@Samwisefox & @JayneWhistance

The person sat next to you!

Individuals with similar interests

COMMUNICATING

Tweets, retweets, @messages and DMs…

140 character limit…‘Micro-blogging’

Positive language encouraged (public platform)

Make them interesting…

“I ate a banana for breakfast” NO!!! JUST NO!!!

Start tweeting:

‘Hi – I’m new to twitter and learning how it all works’

‘Watching @samwisefox and @JayneWhistance demonstrate twitter for PLNs and lifelong learning’

COMMUNICATING

Tweets, retweets, @messages and DMs…

Retweeting:

Go to your twitter stream and find something interesting that @timehighered has already tweeted and ‘retweet’ it

Quoting:

With some portable devices and web-browsers you have the ability to add your thoughts to tweets you want to share

Share from websites:

HASHTAGS

Keyword searches

Any word can be ‘hash-tagged’

Search #edchat or #phdchat

Research your own area of interest

Conference hashtags eg: #iatefl13 #pelc13

Activity:

Send out a tweet using #solentworkshop

Once you have tweeted, click on the #solentworkshop hashtag to see what others have written

Could you create your own for communication purposes?

Great site: http://www.teachthought.com/technology/the-complete-guide-to-twitter-hashtags-in-education/

TWEET PRIVACY

Location

Archive

Media

Protect tweets

TWITTER FAILS!

Things to avoid…

Want more? The Top Five Twitter Fails of 2012 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/the-top-five-twitter-fails-of-2012/

‘NETIQUETTE’

Be polite to others online

Watch out for spelling & grammar mistakes

Check links before retweeting!

Remember, you’re projecting yourself online – don’t upset your current (or potential future) employer

Don’t follow ‘aggressively’ (Twitter will think you’re a spammer & will suspend your account)

You get out of Twitter what you put into it…try to contribute positively where possible

Rate your ‘Netiquette’: http://www.studyskillsconnected.com/selfevaluations/netiquette.html

QUESTIONS?

IMAGE REFERENCES

http://edudemic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/twitter1.gif

http://whatmorecantherebe.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/follow-leader-make-that-change.html

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/27000821.jpg

http://marriedwithbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Dog-on-a-tin-can-phone.jpg

http://www.tapology.com/system/competitions/logos/44/profile/44-1026-competition-i-love-lamp.jpg?1353386761

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O93HfUiFzt4/TNm1SzDxQ6I/AAAAAAAACkA/T7SZnfrseKM/s200/computers10.gif

http://commentstash.com/cat-pictures/Thinking_Cat_UFDCGMKk5W24NQcKjX6%2BQ.jpg