Microblogging with Twitter

• OVERVIEW by Tuesday: Learn about Twitter
  
• EXERCISE by Tuesday: Set up a Twitter account. By the end of this exercise, you will have set up a Twitter account, added yourself as a follower on my Twitter account, and posted your first Tweet.
• READING by Wednesday: Read one of the following articles:
• 8 Ways Twitter Will Change Your Life, PC World, October 27, 2008.
• Twitter and status updating, Report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, February 12, 2009.
  
• All a Twitter: Want to Try Microblogging? School Library Journal, July 1, 2008.
  
• DISCUSSION by Wednesday: Post a comment to this page reflecting on your readings and your Twitter experience. To help in your reflections, you may want to look at some examples of library Twitter accounts. Think of the following questions as you post:
• How did you find the experience of setting up your Twitter account? Did you come across any obstacles along the way or was it fairly easy?
• If your library were to set up a Twitter account, do you think it would be easy enough for most people in your library to post to?
• Are there good reasons for a library to set up a Twitter account? What are they?
• Can you think of any ways Twitter could be used in your library?
• As with many social networking tools, libraries with Twitter accounts have found that many of their followers are actually other librarians. What are some ways you could promote Twitter to your community?
• EXERCISE by Thursday: The Twitter accounts for all class participants will be listed in the right column by Wednesday morning. Add yourself as a follower on these accounts. Post at least one reply to a Tweet made by a classmate.
• DISCUSSION by Friday: 

• Post a reply to at least one of the comments made on this page.
• Add a post to your blog reflecting on your experience in this class. Consider the following questions:
• Add a post to your blog reflecting on your experience in this class. Consider the following questions:
  
  • What was the most useful tool you discovered through this class?
  • What was the least useful tool you discovered through this class?
  • What will you try to implement in your library now that you have taken this class?
  • Do you think this implementation will bring more use to your library?
    

• EVALUATION: Please submit a course evaluation when you have completed the class.