nuggets, networks & nonsense: an introduction to twitter
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Slides for my Twitter Workshop at Plymouth E-Learning Conference, Thursday 23rd April 2009TRANSCRIPT
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Networks, Nuggets & Nonsense:an Introduction to Twitter
@mattlingard
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/29/twitter
“Those who criticise use of Twitter at work haven't seen the tectonic plates moving…
…social networks such as these are the way businesses will be run in the future…”
Victor Keegan, The Guardian
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http://suewaters.wikispaces.com/twitter
“Watching from the outside, Twitter is like the dumbest thing you’ve heard of…
…and yet to dismiss Twitter is a mistake because it’s an incredibly powerful tool for your personal learning and connecting with others”
Sue Waters, The Edublogger
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http://www.techsophist.net/Techsophist/Blog/Entries/2009/4/12_Why_Matt_Barton_Should_Twitter_More.html
“…think of it as a place, a hallway perhaps. There are a lot of doors with some pretty smart people behind some of them as well as a few jerks here and there…
…every once in a while when you’re doing your research or just finished teaching… you pop out of your office and say something brief about it…
…[Twitter’s] enough to share the new thing you tried while teaching that turned out to be awesome”
Lanette Cadle, Lecturer
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http://digitaldialogues.blogs.com/learning_technologies/2008/12/lt2008-snippets.html
“Twitter is like sex... you can't understand what it's for by talking about it, you've just gotta do it...”
(attributed to) George Siemens
And finally…
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Micro-blogging?
Blogging
Instant Messaging
Social networking
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It’s all about following…Finding people
Who?How many?
…and being followed!
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#mmuk09
1200 tweets
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Events, Hashtags, Search
#pelc09
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Over to you…
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People to FollowConference:• mattlingard• timbuckteeth• jamesclay• patparslow• romieh• lindsayjordan• nrparmar• andyramsden• 3Quarks• GrahamAtwell• anthonymcneill
This room:• Pass me your Post-its!
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Feed Twitter!
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