Assignment: 48 Hours of Twitter

Our 48 Hours of Twitter assignment begins 5:00 on Wednesday, September 10, just after class, and will end at 5:00 on Friday afternoon. Your blog post about this experience is due before class on September 17.
Setting Up Your Follower List

Go to the Twitter Accounts subject in our Making Connections group in Facebook.
Click on the Twitter URL [...]

Twitter for College Students: 7 Tips Plus a Bonus

Twitter is a powerful tool for students and educators, when it’s used appropriately. Here are seven tips, plus one bonus, for college students beginning to use Twitter.

Learn the language of Twitter using the Twitter Lexicon.
Remember that your tweets are viewable by anyone with an Internet connection, unless you’ve protected them. They’re viewable in real time [...]

Getting Started in Social Media :: Sign Up For Accounts

As the semester progresses in Making Connections: Facebook & Beyond, we’ll be investigating many different forms of social media. I will demo the sites for you in class, and then you will have short assignments to complete using the service providers.
To get started, sign up for free accounts at the following sites. For quick and [...]