2. Background Account Setup Uses of Twitter Twitter Terminology Twitter in Higher Education

3. what is microblogging?? Type of broadcast media in the form of blogging Status updates in Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn Twitter, Tumblr Most prominent characteristic – brevity

4. Founded 2006 by Jack Dorsey Privately owned company based in San Francisco Sept. 2010 – 175 million registered users posting 95 million tweets per day

6. www.twitter.com

7. If you have an account, log in If you would like an account, If you don’t know if you really want an account, use one of our test accounts (rula_1 …) Joining the Conversation

12. Keeping in touch with friends/family Current Events Track Trends Get quick answers to questions Be several places at once Educational tool

13. 1. Gulf Oil Spill 2. FIFA World Cup 3. Inception 4. Haiti Earthquake 5. Vuvuzela 6. Apple iPad 7. Google Android 8. Justin Bieber 9. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows 10. Pulpo Paul

15. Tweet Follow Reply - @ Direct Message

16. #mla2010 #Ryerson#highered #ryerson20 #stlhe2010 #LOST hashtags

17. People @mwesch @academicdave @BarrackObama Ryerson @RyersonLTO @ryersonlibrary @RyersonU @RyersonDMZ Higher Ed @chronicle @educause Test accounts @rula_1 @rula_2 @rula_3 @rula_4

18. Searching Tweets - Basic Search Advanced search http://search.twitter.com (Tweets, Tweets with Links, Tweets Near You, People)http://search.twitter.com

19. iPhone, Android, iPad, Tweetdeck, Hootsuite, Seesmic etc. TweetdeckHootsuiteSeesmic

20. TwitterLive Twitter widgets

21. Follow a professional Develop a classroom community Global awareness via Twitter timeline Tracking word usage Conference tracking via hashtags Survey tool Class participation

23. 50 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom http://goo.gl/ilScI http://goo.gl/ilScI Twitter for Academia (AcademicDave) http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2008/twitter-for-academia/ http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2008/twitter-for-academia/ 100 Ways to Teach with Twitter http://www.educause.edu/blog/kwalsh1/100WaystoTeachwithTwitter/198112 http://www.educause.edu/blog/kwalsh1/100WaystoTeachwithTwitter/198112

24. Sally Wilson, Ryerson University Library and Archives swilson@ryerson.ca @swilson416