A proposal for a social media assignment.

1. Personal Learning Proposal
Topic
For my personal learningassignmentIhave chosentoresearchthe social media platformTwitter.I
chose to do Twitterbecause Idohave a twitteraccountbut I don’tuse ita lotand I feel thatif I broaden
my knowledgeof TwitterIwill be more inclinedtouse it.Twittercanbe an effective waytogetinstant
updatesonanythingfrombreakingnewstoplaysina hockey game.
Plan of Study
The bestway to learnanythingisbytryingit outfor yourself.Partof myplanto learnmore about
Twitteristo actuallygo onand use Twitter.Iwill goon it withbothmy phone andcomputer.Onthe
computeryouhave easieraccessibilitytocertainoptionsandabigger view thatallowsyoutosee all the
differentactionsyoucando.
Apart fromexperiencingTwitterfirsthand Iwill alsobe talkingtopeople thatuse Twitteraspartof their
work.Whetheritisfor advertising,research,orlive updates,people use thisSocial Mediaplatform
every dayand knowhowto use it effectively.
Learning Goals
1. My firstgoal isto learnhowto use twittereffectively.WhenIsayeffectivelywhatImeanisthat
everytime Igo on TwitterIwant to know where tolookto know whatisgoingon in the world.I
wantto learnsomething new everytimeIgoon Twitter,notjustwaste time bylookingat
uselesstweets.Toachieve thisIneedtoknow the bestpeople tofollowthatgive useful
informationeverytweettheysend.Myresearchwill include findingthese peopleandlearning
where togo to see theirrecenttweets.
2. My secondgoal isgoingto be learninghow touse Twitteras a researchtool.BeinginHuman
ResourcesIwant to learnhowI can use Twitterto learnmore aboutpeople andknow where to
findtopcandidates.Ihave a friendwhoisa headhunterand usesTwitterasa tool.I wantto
learnfromhimhow he doesitand how effective itreallyis.
Deliverable
In orderto showmy masteryof TwitterI have decidedtouse Glogster.Ihave notusedany of the tools
that are listedonthe assignmentpage sonomatterwhatI choose it will be new tome.Aftera short
time researchingthe differentoptionsandtalkingtopeople Ihave chosenGlogster.Ilookforwardto
learninganothernewsocial mediatool.