twitter me this?using twitter in higher ed

Nikki Massaro Kauffman & Robin Bradford Smail

twitter me this? who are we?

who?

twitter me this? who are we?Robin Smail

Penn State World Campus

Social Media Socialite & “Renegade Element”

@robin2go

?

twitter me this? who are we?Nikki Massaro Kauffman

Penn State University Libraries

“Dr. Nikki” & a doteduGuru

@nikkimk

twitter me this? what is it?

@micala

twitter me this? what is it?Brief microblog posts (140 characters)

to websites, called “Tweets”.

twitter me this? what is it?People who choose to Follow you get

updates by SMS (text messages on your phone) or wifi.

twitter me this? what is it?Tweets can update other application

status: Facebook, blogs, IM status.

twitter me this? what is it?It’s real-time one-to-many

communication.

twitter me this? what is it?It’s virtual networking via short-form

messages.

twitter me this? networking?So it sounds like an IM. And what makes it a social network anyway?Tweets are public.@replies are public

but directed to or about someone.

DMs are private.

what if i tried & don’t get it?What if I've tried it and just don't “get” it? Then get:a third-party

applicationmore followersa purpose

twitter for your department

@largo621

Holy uses for

twitter,

Batman!

twitter for your departmentUse Twitter to promote news & events:

PSUWorldCampus

psulibsPalmerMuseumpennstatelive

twitter for your departmentUse Twitter to monitor “your brand”:

“Penn State”“Student

Affairs”Examples?

twitter for your career

Hi, I’m @bpanulla & I have a Ph.D. in horribleness!”

twitter for your careerConference

Networking:Use twitter +

hashtags to as public notetaking

Search hashtags to reply to tweets of event

Use tweets to help gather thoughts for blog posts

twitter for your careerProfessional Relationships:Make existing

professional relationships stronger.

Minimizes virtual distance; twitter makes us all "virtual coworkers".

twitter for your careerPromoting Your Work:Share your your

blog posts and other work via Twitpics and tinyURLs, but don't overload.

Don’t be “that guy”; only 1 in 8 tweets should self-promote

twitter for your productivity

I can really “reap” the benefits of

twitter at my workplace!

I, @meeshiefeet,

will use it today to “kill” a few tasks.

twitter for your productivityask a questionask for

recommendations (e.g., camera recommendations, mechanics, 3rd party Twitter apps)

good for getting outside perspective

twitter me this? what are your questions?

robin2go@psu.edu & nikkimk@psu.edu

twitter resourceshttp://tinyurl.com/cleartext/training-sam

ples.html (link to this presentation)

https://wikispaces.psu.edu/display/training (link to Twitter resources)

http://www.personal.psu.edu/azs2/blogs/instructional_designer_in_student_affairs/2009/04/not-just-another-blog-post-abo.html (April Sheninger’s Blog Post on Twitter)