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+ Walk-Throughs Please use these screen shots to guide you through the initial steps of walking through Twitter, Google Reader and accessing iTunes Podcasts!

UAC: Step by Step Instructions

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Walk-ThroughsPlease use these screen shots to guide

you through the initial steps of walking

through Twitter, Google Reader and

accessing iTunes Podcasts!

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+ Getting Started: Signing UpThe homepage for Twitter makes it really easy to sign up, with just

a few pieces of information

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+2 Things to Focus On

Lets start with your profile

Let’s focus first on

setting up your profile

– click on your new

username above

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Settings

Putting some

Basic Info about

you on your

Twitter account

The settings

section will allow

you to fill out

information that

will help other

users find and

identify you.

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+Some Things to Consider When

Filling in Your Profile

For Professional Development

purposes, think about important

key words to use in these areas

Also, decide if you want to

include a URL that directs to

your schools web site, your

facebook, linkedin, blog, etc.

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+When in Doubt – Click on “Home” at

the top of the page

Now that you have returned “Home”

let’s focus on looking for others in the

field to interact with

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2 Things to focus on here. First, I decided to search

under “Browse Interests.” Second, I typed in “Student

Affairs” as a general search.

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+Your search results will yield users who created

Twitter accounts at individuals, groups, or to add

substance to their web site.

With a Student Affairs searchWith a University at Buffalo

Search

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An example of a Basic

Tweet here: You will notice I

“hash-tagged” a few items,

so that those who search for

these common items will

see my Tweet when

searching. Also, noticed the

arrow points to where saved

searches will store.

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+ The Student Affairs Collaborative

Much of the information and drive behind this form of professional development

came from the work of those who run the #sachat hashtag, and this web site.

Their resources are abundant and are a great way to connect with a wide array

of professionals in the field.

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+ BreakDrink Twitter Breakdown

Another great web site, solely dedicated to Student Affairs Professional

Development. Their ability to break down the basics of social media,

twitter, and common terms will be a huge help. Check their web site out.

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+ Another Approach: Using Lists

You will notice, when browsing other Twitter user’s profiles, that there is a “lists”

option (upper right arrow). Looking through the lists that other, developed and

established users are a part of is a great way to find others within the field using

Twitter.

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+ Podcast Basics

The great people over at BreakDrink do an

explanation of Podcasts justice I could never do.

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+ iTunes Podcast Search

If you aren’t a huge fan of Twitter, Podcasts are a great

way to break up the day, and are easy to find through the

iTunes store. All you need to do is search (see upper right

hand corner.)

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+ Google ReaderOne of the many great applications Google provides is a tool that

aggregates many things you want to read, and put them in an easy to read

application.

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+ Getting StartedOnce you sign into your Gmail account, you will end up at a page that looks

like this.

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When you get started, the

best place to start is the

directory. There is a “Higher

Ed” listing within.

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+ Higher Ed as a Feed

Once you get to the list of Feeds (Google

Recommended subjects), you will notice that they

provide four web sites to get you started.

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The Next Step

After subscribing to the Higher Ed feed,

you can click on the small arrow to the

right of your feed, and you will get the

option to “Find more like this”

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+ Additional Searching

Much like Twitter, you can browse for RSS Feeds, News and Blogs

based on interests within Student Affairs, Higher Education, your

specific function area, etc. Browsing by using keywords is a great

place to begin

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+ A search for “Student Affairs” will yield a lot of results. Looking at the;

• Number of Subscribers

• Numbers of Posts Per Day

• Explanation of Feed

Will give you a good example of whether or not this is going to be substantive

and will really add to your Google Reader Feed

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+ Google Alerts

Within Google Reader is Google Alerts, which will browse (basically the entire

internet) for terms that you enter in, and will send you alerts when articles, blogs,

or your key words are mentioned in an article. This allows you to really hone in

on exactly what you are interested in. If you can’t find this option through Google

Reader, simply Google Search for it!

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+ Once you set up a Google Alert, it will end up in the

same space as your Feeds and other searches, for

easy to manage access.