2. Why community via SN?
O Need daily affirmation and information
O Reaches beyond own borders/walls
O Exposure to many different
ideas/viewpoints
O Is open 24/7
4. Some Tweet Facts
O Strongest growth in any social network
surpassing Pinterest, Reddit, and LinkedIn
O Used by 2 X as many women as men
O 25-55 year olds is largest demographic
O “poor man’s social network”
O 60% of all users have some college education
O Use has doubled in the past 12 months
O MediaBistro, August 2012
6. Here is what Twitter says
about online PD/community
All you need to do is ask…
7. Following @donalynbooks would net you
hundreds of others to follow, connect you to
#nerdybookclub and #titlechat and get links to
@educationweek and other blogs
8. Connecting with @readingjunkee gets
connections to @yalsa, nets more people to
follow in the library field, and will also shake out
book titles as must reads.
9. @utalaniz is the queen of RTs. If you miss
something, she will catch it for you. Interesting
links in her posts.
10. Why Twitter?
O Decreased funding for PD
O Distance to events
O Time away from work
O Can meet like-minded individuals
O Makes connections across country
and world
11. And here is @FrankiSibberson asking us what
we are reading on Mondays. Another
community!
12. And here is Sara’s tweet about Banned Books
Week so we can see what her students do
every day to celebrate the Freadom to Read.
13.
14. Resources Available on Twitter
Other communities
O Librarians
O Teachers
O University folks
O Organizations
O Authors
O Publishers
16. My Approach
Assignment for my YA Literature
Classes
Follow
O one literacy organization
O one YA author
O one teacher
O one librarian
O one professor
23. Twitter Starter Pack
with Sophie Brookover
Name Twitter Handle
Gretchen Colderup librarified
Buffy Hamilton buffyjhamilton
Jennifer Lagarde jenniferlagarde
Karyn Silverman infowitch
Jennifer Hubert-Swan readingrants
Beth Saxton bethreads
Sarah Couri scouri
Erin Downey Howerton hybridlib
Liz Burns lizb
Melissa Rabey mrabey
Kathy Ishikuza kishikuza
Teri Lesesne professornana
Sophie Brookover sophiebiblio
Linda Braun lbraun2000
Joyce Valenza joycevalenza
Monica Edinger medinger
Angie Manfredi misskubelik
Justin Hoenke justinlibrarian
Patrick Ness Patrick_Ness
YALSA yalsa
Beth Friese librarybeth
Neil Gaiman neilhimself
Kirkus kirkusreviews
ALAN ALANorg
Pew Research pewresearch
Kelly Milner Halls KellyMilnerH
Anita Silvey anitasilvey
School Library Journal sljournal
jenbigheart
Tammy Blackwell Miss_Tammy
bkshelvesofdoom
John Green realjohngreen
Roger Sutton rogerreads
The Horn Book hbook
Betsy Bird fusenumber8
Diane Ravitch dianeravitch
Brian Selznick brianselznick
Books on Tape/Listening Library BOTLibrary
Amy Alessio amyalessio
Joanna Axelrod textinglibrarian
catagator
24. Building out a PLN
O Follow followers
O Follow links
O Follow suggestions
25. Following followers
O @Donalynbooks (9200+ followers)
O @colbysharp (1000+ followers)
O Augustascattergood
O @paulwhankins (almost 4000 followers)
O @katsok
So, if I follow Donalyn and Paul and Colby, I
have the potential for reaching 15K people
with my tweets.
30. Titletalk
O Last Sunday of every month
O 7-8 PM CST
O Hosted by @donalynbooks and
@colbysharp
O Topic announced in advance
O Open to all
O Chat is always archived
31. Readadv
O Thursdays from 7-8 PM CST
O Hosted by @lizb and @catagator
and @sophiebib
O Various aspects of readers’ advisory
is theme
O Chat is archived
32. Other chats
O Engchat
O Mondays
O Satchat
O Saturdays
O 4thchat, 5thchat
O Grade level chats
O Sschat
O Social studies community
33. Virtual conference attendance
https://twitter.com/search?q=yalit
12&src=typd
http://sfy.co/aAmO
Twitter and Instagram.
34. Some final advice
O Tailor your PLN to suit your needs
O Be active in order to form the community
O Invite others to join you
O Develop diversity
