In a nutshell, it’s people getting together because they share a common bond in some way, shape or form
Also called the Social Web or Social Internet
Examples of many Web 2.0 tools currently available We are focusing on four tools today: Social Networks, Wikis, Micromedia, and Social Bookmarks
Finding new connections with others Reach new audiences Pages Groups Event announcements
Wordpress.com Blogger.com Twitter.com Show fyi.uwex.edu/edtech blog – point out Facebook privacy tips
Show personal twitter account (firefox) – add a status Show facebook status update Show cets twitter account (chrome)
Click on socialnetdemo to follow it
Twitter is its own cottage industry, spawning many products to manage twitter and/or enhance it
Notes: You choose who to follow You may block someone from following you (good for spammers) You can text message your tweets, sending your tweet as an SMS (text) message to 40404 To include a URL in your tweet, I suggesting using TinyURL.com to shorten it You may want to use a desktop organizer for Twitter TweetDeck.com manages Twitter and Facebook status messages Outlook 2007 plug-in: TwInBox http://www.techhit.com/TwInbox/twitter_plugin_outlook.html USA.gov best practices (includes security advice and records retention suggestions) http://www.usa.gov/webcontent/technology/microblogging/twitter.shtml
USA.gov best practices (includes security advice and records retention suggestions)
This is an account that you all can use to try Twitter out and give some feedback about the presentation, if you care to.