Twitter for Educators

twitter social networking microblogging introduction & educational uses Dr. Sidney Eve Matrix Queen’s University Film & Media @sidneyeve on twitter

tweets 140 characters

9.3M more than doubled February-March 2009

top demographic: 45-54 year olds source: comScore April 2009

inside twitter user profile

search function follow trends & conversations

twitter uses considered in mainstream media

and in academic media

twitter can be used for trend analysis

find case studies for your class and monitor your own research topics http://www.trackingtwitter.com/brands

compare trends http://twist.flaptor.com

data visualization

tracking conversations with hashtags(#)

newsfeeds

twitter can be used for studying branding

and for understanding crowdsourcing

as well as to create local & international networks

and to engage the backchannel in F2F meetings image credit Laughing Squid on flickr

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