social media flattening your world
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Presentation by Barbara Landsberg at Accessing the Future Conference in the Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia on 8th December 2011.TRANSCRIPT
Social Media Flattening your WorldBuilding Personal Learning
Networks for Life
Barbara LandsbergOccupational TherapistSales and Marketing DirectorSpectronics
Social Media platforms• What are they?• Why would you want to use them?
Social media platforms
How many active users are there?
Facebook500 million
Twitter200 million
LinkedIn100 million
Google +20 million in first two
weeksNow?
What is Twitter?
A social networking and “microblogging” service, enabling its users to send and read messages called tweets.
Say anything you want in 140 characters or less.
How to find useful tweets?@ vs #
How to find useful tweets?@ vs #
• @gregoconnor | @anitaraftery | @spectronics• See who they follow
• # by event or # by topic • #ATFC2011• #assistivetech | #mlearning | #iear
History of Twitter
Now 140 million tweets per day!
Twitter is everywhere!
Twitter is everywhere!
10,000 tweets per second#iSad
Is Twitter easy?
Is Twitter valuable?
Other useful social media tools
Other reasons to use them?• Sharing news and being “social”• 24 hours a day with no geographic boundaries• Breaking news updates• For people with disabilities
• Calls for assistance!• Alleviating boredom• Social inclusion
Want to learn more?
@spectronics
@gregoconnor
@barblandsberg
22nd - 25th May 2012Jupiters Gold Coast Convention Centre
Queensland, Australia
www.spectronicsinoz.com/conference/2012