twitter social networking and social media oct1509

Molly ImmendorfInstructional Technology Specialist

University of Wisconsin – Extension

molly.immendorf@ces.uwex.edu

Presentation available on SlideShare.net:

http://www.slideshare.net/mimmendorf

“A social network is a social structure made of nodes (which are generally individuals or organizations) that are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as values, visions, ideas, financial exchange, friendship, kinship, dislike, conflict or trade”

ParticipatoryCollaborative Integrated, often using RSS

Real Simple Syndication

Extending your personal network

Marketing your programming/product

Communicate with a group of people

Privacy concerns

Who are my “friends”?

Life of the data

Long or short articles Easy website creation Comments by readers, optional Subscription by RSS Shameless plug

Teaching with Technology Tips and Tools http://fyi.uwex.edu/edtech/

What is Twitter? Microblog, 140 character limit Integrates with other Web 2.0 tools http://www.twitter.com Web and mobile phone tools

Twitter uses Breaking news Marketing Grassroots organizing Thought ticklers Ask questions Integrate with Facebook status

Smartphones and online social networks are gaining popularity on farms

Farmers use Internet phones to check weather and monitor pesticides

Nebraska farmer says his Twitter posts help bridge the urban-rural divide

Another says phones and social media connect eaters with sources of food http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/02/twitter.farmer/index.html

Followers

Flash in the pan?

Information overload

Authenticity

http://twitter.com

Twitter for folks participating in this presentation https://twitter.com/socialnetdemo

Dean Rick Klemme http://twitter.com/deanklemme

University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension Agriculture Natural Resource Education http://twitter.com/UWExtensionANRE

University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension Technology Services http://twitter.com/cetechservices/

Molly’s personal account http://twitter.com/immendorf/

TwitPic: add photos to your tweet http://twitpic.com

Twubble: find Tweeps http://www.crazybob.org/twubble/

TwitterAnalyzer http://twitteranalyzer.com/

TwitterFan Wiki http://twitter.pbworks.com/Apps

@username can send public replies by including this in your

tweet #keyword

common keywords for tracking Use #uwexce for work-related tweets

RT retweet (copying and pasting another tweet)

Mobile phone connection SMS (text) message to 40404

Shorten URLs http://bit.ly/

USA.gov best practices http://www.usa.gov/webcontent/technology/microblogging/twitter.shtml

Follow Tweeps via RSS feed

Being a follower Trust, learning, interesting

Being followed Email notification Block followers

Voice and presence Who are you online?

Twitter about this presentation

Go to http://twitter.com/

Username: socialnetdemo

Password: socialiscool

Follow at: https://twitter.com/socialnetdemo

molly.immendorf@ces.uwex.edu

Presentation available on SlideShare.net:

http://www.slideshare.net/mimmendorf