Tech Tuesday March 2010 Twitter

Molly ImmendorfInstructional Technology Specialist

University of Wisconsin – Extension

molly.immendorf@ces.uwex.edu

Presentation available on SlideShare.net:

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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

http://twitter.com

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

molly.immendorf@ces.uwex.edu

Presentation available on SlideShare.net:

http://www.slideshare.net/mimmendorf