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Conversation in Session. Info Courtesy of: @ manfull aaronmanfull.com JEADigitalMedia.org Customized by: @dgoble2001 http://about.me/dongoble http://dft.ba/-GobleSMC. Social Learning. Be there. Why Social Networking?. You can find more people who are online
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Conversation in Session Info Courtesy of: @manfull aaronmanfull.com JEADigitalMedia.org Customized by: @dgoble2001 http://about.me/dongoble http://dft.ba/-GobleSMC Social Learning. Be there.
Why Social Networking? • You can find more people who are online • Engage your audience directly • Expand your Web presence so they have more chances of finding you • Have a conversation • Share links and information • Use social media as alternative ways to tell stories (breaking news, live sports games, photo of the day, etc.)
Q: “Why waste our time with Twitter? The vast majority of students don’t use Twitter.” My Answer: “Well, the vast majority don’t use email either, should we ignore that too?”
Keep in touch in real-time • Free • Can receive messages via sms and send via smstext messaging is the most widely used data application in the world, with 2.4 billion active users, or 74% of all mobile phone subscribers • Can send and receive direct messages (much like an email) • All messages or “tweets” are confined to 140 characters.
Your Voice • Pick a good name • Pic with little detail • Background • Decide who you are going to be • Follow people accordingly
Finding people locally • Search.twitter.com (advanced) • twellow.com/twellowhood/ • iPhone Apps (locate nearby users) • Localtweeps.com • Nearbytweets.com
The average is 4 tweets a day, but even one a day is better than none. • Include links to your articles, blog entries, photo galleries, videos, etc. • Have a conversation. • Terminology: • @ (Reply or Mention) • RT (Retweet) • # (Hashtag) • MT (Modified Tweet) • D (Direct Message) • .@ (Reply to all) • HT (Heard Through_
Social Oomph to schedule tweets (and now Facebook Fan pages) • URL Shorteners (bit.ly – goo.gl) • Widgets for your site to show feeds, followers and hashtags
Weebly Student Blogs • http://davidspaces.weebly.com
Q & A Don Goble Broadcast Technology & Film Instructor Ladue Horton Watkins High School St. Louis, MO dgoble@ladueschools.net http://about.me/dongoble