The document discusses how social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube are popular among students and how instructors can tap into these tools for online classrooms. It provides an overview of how to get started on Twitter, such as setting up a profile and account, posting tweets, following and being followed by others, and using hashtags. Tips are offered on how instructors can use Twitter to share course-related information, network with others in their field, and engage with students. Various Twitter apps and tools are also highlighted.

1. Online Classroom Impact: Tapping Twitter, Facebook, and Other Tools Mike Qaissaunee www.twitter.com/mqaissaunee October 12, 2009 w/ guest speaker: Gordon F. Snyder, Jr.

2. Online Classroom Impact: Tapping Twitter, Facebook, and Other Tools Social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube are exploding in popularity and our students are using them. Do you want to join in? The presenters discuss tips and tactics needed to interact using these tools. This session features a big-picture perspective, as well as the individual steps necessary to get started.

4. Twitter has “Taken Off” http://www.istrategylabs.com/twitters-shifting-demographics-400-growth-in-3-months/

6. Getting Started Use a handle similar to your real name. Upload a picture. Include your real name, location, bio, webpage, etc.

7. Once you’re setup Post your updates here (140 character limit). Your friends updates. Your latest post.

8. Following/Follower numbers. Recent posts mentioning you. Direct messages to you. Posts you’ve marked as favorites. Twitter Search. Trending Topics. People you follow.

9. Some Definitions

10. tweet

11. follow Clicking “Follow” makes you a follower!

12. @reply A tweet that is directed to a single person you follow that all of your followers can see.

13. Direct Message (DM) A direct message sent within twitter in private to another person you follow. Other followers cannot Sort of like texting. * Don’t send Direct Messages to people that you aren't following because they can't respond back to you.

14. RT or “retweet” Use RT to share what the people you follow post.

15. Tinyurl A service that shortens URLs so they take up fewer characters in a tweet. (Twitter automatically shortens your links to TinyURLs if they’re too long.) Alternatives to TinyURL becoming popular. Bit.ly – Shorter, & gives stats. Is.gd – Very short links. SnipURL ( snurl.com )– simliar to TinyURL.

16. Hashtags Putting a # in front of a word (no space). Can use to search and track.

17. Fail Whale Sometimes Twitter saturates. Wait 10 seconds or so and it usually goes away!

18. Some Twittlingo 2 tweetup gathering at a local restaurant or watering hole, everyone is invited tweeps or tweeple your twitter friends twebinar webinar utilizing twitterspace twestival a charity event promoted via Twitter just add “tw ” ???

19. A Few Tips 1 Talk first, follow later Start with friends, expand slowly Don’t bother going “private” Post consistently and you’ll get it.

20. What should you write about? 1 News in your business/industry. Helpful tips. Links to your new blog posts. What’s going on in your life (with caution).

21. Try to avoid writing about 1 What you ate for lunch. Politics Your travel schedule. “ Figuring out Twitter”

22. How do you find people to follow? Find People by name on Twitter. Find people using keywords, location, interests, etc. Find people on other networks (Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, MSN, and AOL for now). Look for common interests using sites like WeFollow.com Look at your friends’ friends. For “how to” details see: http://help.twitter.com/forums/10711/entries/14022

23. Who Should You Follow Back? That is up to you…. Set your basic criteria and then decide on individual basis.

24. Twitter & Professional Growth 1 referrals community networking commerce knowledge serendipity

25. Referrals

26. Community

27. Community

28. Community

29. Networking

30. Commerce

31. Knowledge

32. Serendipity

33. Twitter and Fun Stuff

34. Important 2 Spam is just as annoying on Twitter. Use direct messages with care. Remember to be respectful and smart. Twitter is not instant messaging.

35. Twitter can be... 2 a cost-effective (free) option to accentuate existing messages; a broadcasting tool to announce relevant information to specific audiences; and a (brief) conversational tool to appropriately respond to relevant inquiries and follow-up questions or comments.

36. Two Twitter Types 2 Broadcaster useful if audience knows what they are getting another way to push information works best if you have good information to give could fill a need from specific area or topic Conversationalist provides a "voice" seen as an authority and source ROE - return on engagement a way to interact with those interested in topic

37. Some Twitter Apps

38. Twitscoop [ http://www.twitscoop.com ]

39. Tweetdeck [ http://www.tweetdeck.com ]

40. Twhirl [ http://www.twhirl.org ]

41. twitpic [ http://twitpic.com ] sharing photos via Twitter, people love photos ( now famous example )

42. iPhone and iPod touch - Twitterfon http://twitterfon.com/

43. twellow http://www.twellow.com/

44. WeFollow http://wefollow.com

45. Twitter In Your Classroom

46. You can also integrate your Twitter feed, YouTube Videos, etc into your Facebook, Blog, FriendFeed, etc……..

48. References Used With Permission The Twitter Tutorial, David Griner, http://www.slideshare.net/Griner Intro To Twitter, Rosalyn Lemieux, http://www.slideshare.net/rozlemieux The Nuts and Bolts of Twitter, Richie Escovedo and Terry Morawski, http://www.slideshare.net/rescovedo

49. Contact: Michael T. Qaissaunee Associate Professor, Engineering and Technology Brookdale Community College 765 Newman Springs Rd Lincroft, NJ 07738 732-224-2879 [email_address] www.slideshare.net/mqaissaunee www.twitter.com/mqaissaunee q-ontech.blogspot.com Co-PI Open Conent National Center for Information and Communications Technologies Springfield, MA ictcenter.org ictcenter.blogspot.com www.twtitter.com/gsnyder http://www.youtube.com/user/NatCtrTelecomTech http://www.youtube.com/user/ATETelevision http://www.youtube.com/user/mqaissaunee