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MY TWITTER PROFILE @ACTIVATELEARN

• Twitter Myths Busted

• What is Twitter…

• But why? What’s In It For Me?

• Translating Twitter

• Give Me a Bit of Twitter Action…

• Follow Me…Follow You… Follow Who…

• Wish You Were Here…The Back Channel

• Your Mission Should You Choose to Accept

WHAT WE WILL COVER TODAY…

A WARM UP ACTIVITY…

Nice to meet you in person

finally!

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT TWITTER?

No-one is interested in what I had for

breakfast!

It’s a waste of my time!

It’s for young people!

I’ve got nothing to say!

I don’t know anyone on

Twitter!

There’s no real purpose for it

BUSTED!

Graphic: Google Images – labelled for reuse

WHAT IS TWITTER…

Read More:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter

SO WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

Image by umjanedoan http://www.flickr.com/photos/umjanedoan/497411169/

“Legend in her own Lunchbox”My Personal Story about Twitter

http://youtu.be/vzd7q0BkBN8

TRANSLATING TWITTER PROFILE

Profile

Twitter Feed

Twitter Handle

• # Hashtag• A hash tag is a way to search for tweets on a particular topic. Eg. If you

search on #litigation you see a list of tweets for this topic• Through hash tags you can follow conferences, talks, events, live tweet

chats for your professional development eg #TedXMelb #LearnX #CPA12

• @ (The At symbol)• I prefer to think about it as ‘To’ - @activatelearn is a direct reply to

ActivateLearn (ie – me!)

• RT • Retweet: Like what someone mentioned? Do you want to spread it?

Retweet it.

• Mention • The @ is mentioned in the body of the tweet and shows up in your

Mention tab. So someone has mentioned you in their tweet and you get a ‘notification’ of it…

LET’S SEE THESE IN CONTEXT…

BUILDING A VOICE – RETWEET, REPLY AND REACT

TRANSLATING TWITTER THREAD…

GIVE ME A BIT OF

TWITTER ACTION

• Use your real name (or other name)

• One email address that you can access from your phone here (as you’ll need to confirm)

• Create a one line bio

• Brand your Twitter page

• Sometime later, insert your profile pic – no eggheads allowed!

• Share your Twitter names out loud and let’s follow each other

• Send your first tweet and add #myfirsttweet

As a start...FOLLOW EACH OTHER!

And then…

• @C4LPT – Jane Hart

• @hjarche – Harold Jarche

• @charlesjennings – Charles Jennings

• @jaycross – Jay Cross

• @DonaldClark – Donald Clark

• @Quinnovator – Clark Quinn

• @LrnDDave – David Kelly

Then look at who they follow, view their conversation threads and if you get value out of the conversation then follow them too!

FOLLOW ME…FOLLOW YOU…FOLLOW WHO?

WISH YOU WERE HERE…

In this recent Learning Technologies Conference UK, some people were tweeting, sharing links

and photos of the presentations…

THE BACKCHANNEL

#LTUK13 [Conference]#T4S3 [Session Number]

…and people globally were getting in on the conversation. It was

like…you were there!

Image by debs http://www.flickr.com/photos/debschultz/528230215//

“I am a huge proponent of backchannel learning. There are many conferences I would love to be able to attend, but my budget can only accommodate one or two each year. The backchannel is an excellent resource for learning from a conference or event that you are unable to attend in-person.

I find collecting and reviewing backchannel resources to be a valuable learning experience for me, even when I am attending a conference in person. Sharing these collections on this blog has shown that others find value in the collections as well”

- David Kelly Misadventures in Learning

• Change your egg head profile with a photo or avatar

• Participate in a #lrnchat this Friday (or any Friday) at 11:00am for one hour

• Retweet something related to Learning and Development

• Respond to a tweet to keep conversation going

• Follow someone new in Learning & Development

• Respond to someone #myfirsttweet and welcome them to Twitter

• Tweet (or take a pic) the world what you’re working on (don’t forget the hash tag #lunchlearn101)

• Explore David Kelly’s blog: Misadventures in Learning >Curated Backchannels

YOUR CHALLENGE SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT…