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#LSTMCP D An Introduction to Twitter in Higher Education

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#LSTMCPD

An Introduction to Twitter in Higher Education

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Who am I?

Alex SpiersLearning Technology Developer

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Overview

What is it?Terminology

How it is being used?Issues

ActivitiesQuestions

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ON

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https://clt.vtc.edu.hk/what-happens-online-in-60-seconds/

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Communication

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dailypic/1459055735/

Communication

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Happy 6th Birthday

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/09/iran-twitter-revolution-protests?intcmp=239

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https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/opinion/tell-us-about-your-paper-and-make-it-short-and-tweet

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http://www.healthandcommunications.com/blog/2015/8/31/8utx8sait2y475x5wv11omlk6fsf9p

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Terminology & Tasks

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Ten Days of Twitter was originally developed by created by Helen Webster. The materials are available under a Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-SA.

1. Set up a profile

2. Following people

3. Sending a tweet

4. @messages

5. Embedding and shortening URLs

6. Retweeting

7. Hashtags

8. Managing people (apps to create lists)

9. Managing information (apps to curate links)

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Creating an account

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Activity

• Search for content

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#ff Follow Friday Following & Followers

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Following & FollowersFollowing is trial and error – filter your followers (or interests) regularly

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Activity

• Search for content

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Sending @ messagesSend a Tweet

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Tweet

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Activity

• Search for content

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The @ sign is used to call out usernames in Tweets, like this:

@

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Activity

• Search for content

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Tweeting Links

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Tweeting URLs

• Tinyurl.com• Goo.gl Owned by Google this will also produce a

QR code for your link and if you have a Google+ account, you can track statistics on click-through. This is useful if you’re evaluating publicity strategies for a new web resource or event.

• Ow.ly You can also add links to photos, files and videos with this site which is useful for spicing up livetweets from conferences or events.

• Bit.ly You can also track click-throughs with this site.

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Activity

• Search for content

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RetweetsRT (retweet)

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Re-sharing or giving credit to someone else’s tweet. See also MT (modified tweet)

RT (retweet)

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Activity

• Search for content

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#Hashtags# hash tag (search term)

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# hash tag (search term)

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Activity

• Search for content

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Managing people in TwitterManaging People

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BlockYou can Block anyone you don’t want to be following you. Blocking prevents a user from @ message, DM or adding you to a list. It

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ListsYou can create a public or private list of people and accounts you are interested in. This helps you filter information.

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Activity

• Search for content

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Managing information in Twitter

• Favourites• Search• Trending• Extras - flipboard

Managing information

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Favourites/LikesAdding a favourite tweet is similar to ‘like’ in Facebook and can be used to bookmark a tweet.

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Apps

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Activity

• Search for content

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Brightspace

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Professional

PracticeTechnol

ogy

Events/Conference

sHE

News

Breaking News

Research

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LJMU guidance

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• Understand how public and permanent your online footprint is (Search on Google or www.123people.com)

• Be aware that your current or future employers could choose to explore that online footprint!

• Do not say anything online that you would not say face to face• Avoid spamming and flaming• Be aware that it is easy to misinterpret irony, sarcasm etc…

without tone of voice or expressions to guide• Consider who you are talking to…

Source http://www.slideshare.net/vitaenwhub

Netiquette

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Top Tips

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Consider your audience

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• It used to be about telling people how good you are, social media allows you to show how good you are….

Be clear about what you are doing

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Be Choosy!

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• Reciprocity– Help folk– Reciprocity

Helping others, who will eventually help you.

Reciprocity

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A to Z of Social Media http://bit.ly/ZBWlVUOxford University social Media Michelmas http://bit.ly/ZBWA2ZEdudemic introduction to Twitter http://bit.ly/X9GqzrUsing Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities http://bit.ly/X9GT4GVITAE guide to using twitter http://bit.ly/X9HcfWHow to use Tweetdeck http://bit.ly/N8MYX7BBC Twitter guide to the law http://bbc.in/XyX5x

Resources

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@alexgspiers

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TEL Light Bites

TEL Light Bites 29/11/2015 12pm -1.30pm Wolfson Meeting Room 1cc: ninacoco - https://www.flickr.com/photos/62274271@N00