Social Media Flattening your WorldBuilding Personal Learning

Networks for Life

Barbara LandsbergOccupational TherapistSales and Marketing DirectorSpectronics

Social Media platforms• What are they?• Why would you want to use them?

Social media platforms

How many active users are there?

Facebook500 million

Twitter200 million

LinkedIn100 million

Google +20 million in first two

weeksNow?

What is Twitter?

A social networking and “microblogging” service, enabling its users to send and read messages called tweets.

Say anything you want in 140 characters or less.

How to find useful tweets?@ vs #

How to find useful tweets?@ vs #

• @gregoconnor | @anitaraftery | @spectronics• See who they follow

• # by event or # by topic • #ATFC2011• #assistivetech | #mlearning | #iear

History of Twitter

Now 140 million tweets per day!

Twitter is everywhere!

Twitter is everywhere!

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10,000 tweets per second#iSad

Is Twitter easy?

Is Twitter valuable?

Other useful social media tools

Other reasons to use them?• Sharing news and being “social”• 24 hours a day with no geographic boundaries• Breaking news updates• For people with disabilities

• Calls for assistance!• Alleviating boredom• Social inclusion

Want to learn more?

@spectronics

@gregoconnor

@barblandsberg

22nd - 25th May 2012Jupiters Gold Coast Convention Centre

Queensland, Australia

www.spectronicsinoz.com/conference/2012