Event overview
Hands-on practice with Twitter. Discussion about the possibilities, implications and limitations of Twitter in academia. No prior knowledge required.
After a slow beginning there has been a recent surge of interest in Twitter - the 'micro-blogging' site which limits each post to 140 characters. A milestone in the mainstreaming of Twitter was Stephen Fry's ordeal in a broken lift, during which he updated his Twitter site via mobile phone - an example of what is known as live-blogging. The offer of up to £160k for a government job referred to by some as a “Twittercrat” was another. Now it is not unusual for parallel conferences to occur silently on Twitter across the auditorium while participants attend a presentation and their absent colleagues follow their updates from afar.
As-it-happens reporting from events, research updates, questions, 'social proprioception', absent presence or present absence - I've excerpted some comment on Twitter from educators, educationalists and pundits (http://tinyurl.com/agh3ew) - but there isn't, and won't be, a fixed determined way of using Twitter here. It's up to you.
In this 90 minute hands-on workshop, you will:
* get a brief history of Twitter
* set up a Twitter account
* post 'tweets' (updates) including links and responses, and including via phone
* 'follow' other Twitter users
* consider actual and potential uses in academia
* consider the informational and social implications of Twitter
* consider tools and approaches to making sense of the noise
* (if time or inclination, look at some other software and how it can turbo-charge Twitter, including 'Twitter this' buttons on blog posts, find out how to funnel your existing blog to Twitter)
To book a place on this workshop please use the sign-up form or contact m.vogel@gold.ac.uk / x7298. There are 6 places on each.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Apr 2009 | 1:00pm - 2:30pm | |
| 5 May 2009 | 1:00pm - 2:30pm |
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