ACURIL XL Dominican Republic Collaborative Virtual Tools For Information Professionals in Practice Communities in the Caribbean
Twitter For the Positioning and Promotion of Libraries and Other Information Units, and the Information Professionals in Practice Communities, in the Caribbean ACURIL/EGCTI-UPR Project co-sponsored by UNESCO, Caribbean and Latin America Region
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Contents
Pre-test
Objectives
Terminology
Characteristics
Sing up
Content
Practice
Post-Test
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Instructional Objectives 1To learn to manage an application for the creation of
an account in a social web (media) to position your information unit or yourself as an information professional in practice communities in the Caribbean.
2. To create two account in the social web, Facebook; one for your information unit and another as an information professional. 3. To create a virtual page as an information professional, adding content, links and electronic resources that show the commitment with the profession 4. To develop, cultivate and expand your social web page for the benefit of your real and potential users or colleagues in a practice comunity. Š2010. ACURIL/EGCTI-UPR
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Theoretical Framework. In the process… 5. To integrate the principles of Significant Learning by David Paul Ausubel.
6. To acknowledge the multiple intelligences defined by Howard Gardner.
7. To select and evaluate content observing the process of the Evidence-Based Practice according to Booth & Brice/ Crumley & Koufogiannakis. 8. To apply the principles of the development of an Intelligent Organization (Senge) and Practice Communities (Wenger). ©2010. ACURIL/EGCTI-UPR
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What is Twitter?
Social network Tool
Microblog (140 characters)
Allow publish content faster
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“Twitter is a real time information network powered by people around the world that allows share and discover what's happening at a given moment” (Twitter.com) Created in 2006 in San Francisco, California. Evan Williams (CEO) Twitter: The New York Times: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companie s/twitter/index.html?inline=nyt-org
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Twitter in libraries
New acquisitions Services Events
Informative links Job openings
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Who is using Twitter?
Library of Congress ALA Library IFLA
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How to create an Account Access the URL http://www.twitter.com
Register name of institution or your Full name with E-mail address
Provide photo/logo and description
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Change Platform Language http://twitter.com
You can change the platform language as you preferred
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Registering for the First Time http://twitter.com
Click on “Sing up”
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Chose your username and password
When this option is checked people who know your email address can find you by this mean.
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Complete account Creation Confirm the words below to complete your account creation.
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Select the Topics you are Interested in
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Find Professional Contacts You can search among your email contacts who are already using Twitter and start following them.
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Example
Click on “Search”
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Example Click“ Follow” once you identifies the user or organization you want to follow.
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Confirm using Email Address
Click the link below
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This is your Homepage
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This is your Profile
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Search for Professional Contacts
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Invite Colleagues to join Twitter
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Find Professional Contacts
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Change Account Information Click on Settings
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Change Account Information You can change your basic account info, language and privacy settings and location.
Important
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Modify Password
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Set Up Your Phone
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Control Email Notices
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Modify Profile Information To add your photo or organization logo go to Profile Click on Browse to upload the image from the computer.
Select the best photo that represents you or your organization.
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Modify Profile Information Enter your real name Provide your location If you have a Blog or website provide the URL
Provide a brief description about yourself or your organization information (only 160 characters)
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Select an Appropriate Background Select your profile background Click on Desing
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Select an Appropriate Background Select the most appropriate background for your professional profile
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Publish
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Start Publishing on Twitter
Start publishing: What you are …doing …watching …reading …thinking
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Send Public Messages
To send a public message just add a @ before the username of the recipient.
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Send Private Messages
To send a direct or private message click on the link indicated by the arrow. Those messages are only seen by the sender and receiver of the message.
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Send Private Messages Select the addressee your message is send to.
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Send Private Messages Write the message in the box provided.
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Share Documents Go to http://filesocial.com
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Share Documents Enter using your Twitter username and password
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Share Documents
Select a document from your computer Give a brief description
Share it!
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Share Documents Select the document
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Share Documents The file has been publish
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Esto es lo que verán sus seguidores, al pulsar sobre el enlace lo lleva al documento.
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Connections Revoke Access Allowed for Applications
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End a Session
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Initiate a New Session
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Practice…
Press “Sing up” to Start
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Self-evaluate our task…
Post-Test Pre-Test
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Knowledge Acquisition
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Recap During this workshop we have learned to: Register a professional account in the Social Website, Twitter To add professional contacts. To add and share content
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Share documents
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References About Twitter Milstein, S. (2009, March). Twitter for Libraries (and Librarians). Online, 33(2), 34-35. Retrieved from Library literature de Wilson web. Twitter, Inc. (2010). About Twitter. Retrieved from http://twitter.com/about The New York Times (Abril15, 2010). Twitter. Retrieved from http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/twitter/i ndex.html?inline=nyt-org
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References Theoretical Framework Ausubel, D. P., Novak, J., & Hanesian, H. (1978). Educational psychology: A cognitive view. (2nd Ed.). New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston. Booth, A. & Brice, A., (Eds.). (2004). Evidence-based practice for information professionals: A handbook. London, England: Facet.
Crumley, E. & Koufogiannakis, D. (2002). Developing evidence-based librarianship: practical steps for implementation. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 19(2), 61-70. Gardner, H. (1983). Multiple intelligences. New York, NY: Basic Books.
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References Theoretical Framework (Continue) Senge, P. (1992) La quinta disciplina: El arte y la práctica de la organización abierta al aprendizaje. Madrid, España: Gránica.
Wenger, E. , McDermott, R.A. & Snyder, W. (2002) Cultivating communities of practice: A guide to managing knowledge. Boston, MS: Harvard Business School Press.
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Credits Project of the Program of Continuous Education and Professional Development of the Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL) and the Graduate School of Sciences and Technologies of Information of the University of Puerto Rico, cosponsored by UNESCO, Caribbean and Latin America Region. http://executivesecretariat.acuril.org ; executivesecretariat@acuril.org Tutor: Carmen Taina Pérez González Email Address: carmenperezgonzalez@acuril.org Facebook: Carmen Taina Pérez González Twitter: carmenprez Skype: carmenprez1
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THANS FOR YOUR ATTENTION WE INVITE YOU TO EXPLORE TWITTER. WE ALSO INVITE YOU TO INCRESE THE VISIBILITY AND OUTREACH OF YOUR LIBRARY, ARCHIVE, MEDIA AND DOCUMENTATION
CENTER AND ANY INFORMATION UNID WITHIN THE ACURIL COMMUNITY
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