1st session of workshop for the Junior University 2013 (UVic) Be social, Be connected

1. What do you understand
by social media?

2. Which social networks are you in?
Which do you use the most?
What do you mainly use them for?
 upload photos
 share status
 reply others’ status
What else?

3. What’s social media?

4. What’s social media?
“Social media isn’t a fad, it’s a
fundamental shift in the way we
communicate”
Erik Qualman

5. What’s social media?
SOCIAL MEDIA refers to the means of
interactions among people in which they
create, share, and exchange information
and ideas in virtual communities and
networks.

6. What’s social media?
“Engage, share, spread, cooperate,
interact, learn, enjoy.”
@fredchannel
“… is like going to a large party. Put
on your best outfit, try to be
entertaining, don’t put own foot in
mouth.”
@srufo
More definitions: http://econsultancy.com/es/blog/3527-what-is-social-media-here-are-34-definitions

7. PLEhttp://edtechpost.wikispaces.com/PLE+Diagrams
It is Full in
Catalan!!

8. PLE
PERSONAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
✔ Full of people
✔ Full of connections
✔ Full of teaching / learning resources
✔ Full of surprises and chance
✔ Full of emotionware

9. TWITTER
At the centre of my PLE:
a source for learning

10. TWITTER
Do you have an account?
If not opening one it’s straightforward!

11. TWITTER
✓ Choose a simple user name close to your own or your own, it’s a
matter of creating trust!
TIP #1

12. TWITTER
✓ Upload a photo (people don’t follow eggs), better if it’s a
real you!
✓ Make sure your avatar is the right one!
TIP #2

13. TWITTER
✓ Fill in your bio, home page, etc:
 Be creative
 Use key words
 If you don’t have a web or blog, use your school’s
TIP #3

14. TWITTER
✓ If you want interaction, don’t go private!
 You won’t get much interaction
 You’ve always got the DM
TIP #4

15. TWITTER
✓ When necessary, USE:
 Mentions @
 Hashtags #
 Short URLs
 RT
 Photos
!
TIP #5

16. TWITTER
✓ Choose a nice background!
 Coulorlovers (cool wallpapers)
 Twilk (photo of followers)
Justin Bieber’s backgrounds are a good
example of a don’t
http://viuu.co.uk/blog/justin-bieber-
backgrounds-for-twitter/
TIP #6

17. TWITTER
TIP #7
✓ Don’t tweet something you wouldn’t
like your mother, your teacher or your
boss to see!
✓ Don’t tweet you’ve just
washed your hair unless
you’re a shampoo seller ;-)

18. TWITTER
TIP #8
✓ Check and answer back the @ as
soon as possible

19. TWITTER
TIP #9
✓ Use hashtags to follow
conversations, but don’t abuse!
✓ Make lists to filter and avoid
infoxication

20. TWITTER
TIP #10
✓ Follow interesting people for you!
✓ Don’t always expect reciprocity, this
is not Facebook!
✓ Don’t beg people to follow you back!

21. TWITTER
Let’s get into action!
✓ Tweet something about the JU
✓ Include a link or/and a photo in your tweet
✓ Use #UVicJU13
✓ Answer the poll
✓ Create a list with the member of the JU

22. TWITTER
Some homework
✓ Join the #UVicJU13 conversation
✓ Have a look at LinkedIn (you can open an
account if you wish)
✓ Think if LinkedIn can be useful for you and
list the reasons
✓ Find out what is Hootsuite and TweetDeck

23. Images from Google