Using the social web to gather information
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This document discusses using social media platforms like Twitter, Diigo, and LinkedIn for information gathering and professional networking. It provides background on each platform, describing Twitter as a microblogging service, Diigo as a social bookmarking and annotation tool, and LinkedIn as a professional networking site. It then gives basics on how each platform works and how to use features like tweets, bookmarks, tags, profiles, and recommendations. Finally, it discusses using the platforms together through browser plugins and mobile apps, and the importance of ongoing engagement and housekeeping for effective social networking.
Using the social web to gather information
- 1. Using the Social Web to gather information and expand professional networks Twitter, Diigo and LinkedIn Presented by: Nathan Hutchings ICT & eLearning Coordinator Background image: http://kikolani.com/becoming-accessible-social-networking-social-media.html
- 2. Yes but…. • Yes there is heaps of more web things out there but over five years this is what I have found to be manageable and mostly has kept me up to date and rather connected, at least virtually
- 3. Introduction • Social Media • Twitter, what it is, basics, how to use • Diigo, what it is, basics, how to use • LinkedIn, what it is, basics, how to use • All three together, online networking • All in good time • Social networking housekeeping
- 4. New Kid on the block! Source: http://multimediacommunication.blogspot.com/
- 5. Twitter, what is it? • Micro Blogging service • A web2.0 application, rather tired term these days • User base is growing rapidly, especially mobile (see http://www.digitalsurgeons.com/facebook-vs-twitter-infographic/) – 400,000 tweets posted per quarter in 2007. – 100 million tweets posted per quarter in 2008. – February 2010, Twitter users were sending 50 million tweets per day – By March 2010, over 70,000 registered applications, according to the company. – June 2010, about 65 million tweets were posted each day, equaling about 750 tweets sent each second, according to Twitter. (source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter)
- 6. Twitter Basics • It is free • You can use it in your web browser, mobile, ipad, itouch • Messages are called tweets • Messages are 140 characters in length, this includes spaces and punctuation • Use tiny url to shorten web links (see http://tinyurl.com/)
- 7. How to use twitter
- 8. Diigo, what is it? • Diigo is a free social bookmarking, research, and knowledge sharing tool
- 9. Diigo basics • Sharing and annotation of book marks by… – Highlighting – Tagging – Sticky notes
- 10. Diigo how to use •Bookmark a sight •Tag it and if you want to provide a description
- 11. LinkedIn, what is it?
- 12. LinkedIn basics
- 13. LinkedIn, how to use • Put together your CV • Recommend and get recommended • Update your profile and updates
- 14. All three together I currently use the Firefox Yoono add on which does the following…. •Little popup, bottom of my screen •Write one update and post to more than one place •It can do more stuff but this is what I use I also use the TinyURL generator plugin to quickly create shorten web links to post in twitter
- 15. All in good time • It takes time for the magic to work • networks grow organically and have a point of critical mass • make it part of your daily to do list, using browser plugins help • Use a mobile device to read and tweet
- 16. Social networking housekeeping • Check who is following you to prevent spam • Keep your LinkedIn profile upto date • Use an add on or app to update multiple social network