Twitter is a social media platform that allows users to post short text updates called tweets that are limited to 140 characters. Key features of Twitter include allowing users to follow other accounts, send direct messages, and use hashtags to discuss topics. The document discusses how Twitter can be used for networking, education, and keeping up with topics of interest in a quick, streamlined way.

1. Twitter Talk Michael Rees School of IT A DotDolfin.com Production

2. What is Twitter? Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users’ updates (otherwise known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length See http://dotdolfin.com for more details June 7, 2009 Twitter Talk

3. Twitter Features 140-character limit Sent/received from web, client or mobile Create a set of followers Send replies Send direct messages Open API June 7, 2009 Twitter Talk

4. Where does Twitter sit? June 7, 2009 Twitter Talk

5. Twitter.com June 7, 2009 Twitter Talk

6. Twitter Video June 7, 2009 Twitter Talk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSHvikBuv3Y&eurl=http://dotdolfin.com/twitter/twitter-on-video/

7. Twitter Badge Choose photo carefully June 7, 2009 Twitter Talk

8. Sending Tweets Regular tweets Replies: start with @username Direct messages: start with d username Hashtags: #bushfires June 7, 2009 Twitter Talk

9. Followers Choose wisely About 150 max: Dunbar’s number June 7, 2009 Twitter Talk

10. The Twitterverse June 7, 2009 Twitter Talk

11. Twitter in Education Twitter for Academia Class chatter both inside (if allowed) and outside: often only tangentially related Classroom community carries on into the real world A sense of the world: check the public tweet timeline but beware of obscene language Track a word: use Twitter search to follow discussion about a topic over time (word has to be relatively uncommon) Follow a professional or famous person: use Twitter search or actually follow them Get instant feedback: ask a question and often receive many answers quickly Public notepad: share ideas while planning, creating June 7, 2009 Twitter Talk

12. Twitter Practical Sign up: see http://dotdolfin.com/twitter/starting-with-twitter/ Follow: BondClassFeb09 Follow your fellow classmates as they are known June 7, 2009 Twitter Talk

13. Wrap-up Twitter has about 5 million users According to Martin Weller Twitter is: A digital water cooler A stream you dip into A cocktail party A virtual office What knowledge management always wanted to be Networking for Agoraphobics June 7, 2009 Twitter Talk