VuDAT Breakfast #msutweets

#msutweets VuDAT breakfast series February 8, 2012 @gravesle http://www.leighgraveswolf.com

@JodiSpicer ‘s got my back(channel) #msutweets

Twitter Adoption Matrix conceived by Rick Reo and revised by Mark Sample @samplereality

Out of this world resources for twitter in the classroom http://twittercw2010.wordpress.com/out-of-this-world-resources/ @CandWcon #cwcon

Great advice on twitter in the classroom from @profhacker http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/tag/twitter

Professors with personal tweets = high credibility http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/professors-with-personal-tweets-get-high-credibility-marks/30635

Karl as a Case Study @karlgude https://twitter.com/JRN203 https://twitter.com/jrn338

Emily Niespodziewanski @SenseOfHumerus http://chi.matrix.msu.edu/2012/01/13/institutional-tweeting-2-0/ http://chi.matrix.msu.edu/2011/12/12/institutional-tweeting-bridging-the-gap/

Twitter and the Research Story from @catherinecronin http://storyful.com/catherinecronin/1000003657

ways to use twitter, without joining twitter (if you’re still not convinced)

http://twitter.com/search http://twitterfall.com/ http://quetwo.com/projects/twittercamp/ http://storify.com

Yippee, you’re convinced!

1. sign up on twitter.com 2. (carefully) choose a user name 3. change your avatar (no eggs!)

4. tweet

GET WORKFLOW

(the answer to “how do you keep track of all this stuff”)

how to find people to follow Follow a hashtag http://www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html http://followedu.com look at who people you admire, see who they follow

http://msu.edu/social

Managing followers with Twitter

twitter applications http://twitdom.com

SHARE

Work done by students, staff, alumni and faculty

RE-TWEET

Work done by students, staff, alumni and faculty

Make your tweets “thick�

Thin tweet:

Graduation today!

Thick tweet:

#maet graduation at Breslin today! Watch the livestream: http://wkar.org/live/msu/ & @stevewoz giving commencement speech

David Silver - http://silverinsf.blogspot.com/2009/02/difference-between-thin-and-thick.html

URL SHORTENING & TRACKING Leaders: ow.ly & bit.ly I like: goo.gl

ANALYTICS

Interesting analytic tools: http://archivist.visitmix.com helps track trends in your stream over time http://www.tweriod.com/ analyzes streams to suggest best time to tweet http://klout.com measures your “influence�

thoughts? questions? .... tweets?

let’s start by listening... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WPVWDkF7U8