tech tuesday march 2010 twitter
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Molly ImmendorfInstructional Technology Specialist
University of Wisconsin – Extension
Presentation available on SlideShare.net:
http://www.slideshare.net/mimmendorf
Local access issues are important, however I won’t be able to help you eliminate your county IT department
Access to technology and the “Digital Divide” are outstanding issues – no one communication method will reach all audiences
Am here to encourage you to try something new to reach larger audiences
“A social network is a social structure made of nodes (which are generally individuals or organizations) that are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as values, visions, ideas, financial exchange, friendship, kinship, dislike, conflict or trade”
“Social media is information content created by people using highly accessible and scalable publishing technologies.”
ParticipatoryCollaborative Integrated, often using RSS
Real Simple Syndication
Long or short articles Easy website creation Comments by readers, optional Subscription by RSS Shameless plug
Technology Teaching Tips and Tools http://fyi.uwex.edu/edtech/
What is Twitter? Microblog, 140 character limit Integrates with other Web 2.0 tools http://www.twitter.com Web and mobile phone tools
Twitter uses Breaking news Marketing Grassroots organizing Thought ticklers Ask questions Integrate with Facebook status
Smartphones and online social networks are gaining popularity on farms
Farmers use Internet phones to check weather and monitor pesticides
Nebraska farmer says his Twitter posts help bridge the urban-rural divide
Another says phones and social media connect eaters with sources of food http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/02/twitter.farmer/index.html
Followers
Flash in the pan?
Information overload
Authenticity
Twitter for folks participating in this presentation https://twitter.com/socialnetdemo
University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension Agriculture Natural Resource Education http://twitter.com/UWExtensionANRE
Molly’s personal account http://twitter.com/immendorf/
TwitPic: add photos to your tweet http://twitpic.com
Twubble: find Tweeps http://www.crazybob.org/twubble/
TwitterAnalyzer http://twitteranalyzer.com/
TwitterFan Wiki http://twitter.pbworks.com/Apps
@username can send public replies by including this in your
tweet #keyword
common keywords for tracking Use #uwexce for work-related tweets
RT retweet (copying and pasting another tweet)
Mobile phone connection SMS (text) message to 40404
Shorten URLs http://bit.ly/
USA.gov best practices http://www.usa.gov/webcontent/technology/microblogging/twitter.shtml
Follow Tweeps via RSS feed
Being a follower Trust, learning, interesting
Being followed Email notification Block followers
Voice and presence Who are you online?
Twitter about this presentation
Go to http://twitter.com/
Username: socialnetdemo
Password: socialiscool
Follow at: https://twitter.com/socialnetdemo
Technology Teaching Tips and Tools: http://fyi.uwex.edu/edtech/
Online Tools for Creating, Collaborating & Sharing PowerPoint Presentations April 27, 2010
A Podcasting Primer May 25, 2010
Register at http://blogs.ces.uwex.edu/techservices/
Archives at http://fyi.uwex.edu/edtech
