Sunday, 13 April 2014

Module 1: Introduction and Twitter Part 1



Module 1
Introduction & Twitter Part 1

Activities/Assignments
  • First Day of Class (April 14)
1)  Join Twitter
2)  Follow instructors: @JessL and @erikasmith
  • By April 14 send an introductory tweet with the
           class hashtag: #ESMC
  • by April 14 complete the activity - Practise: Writing Ledes with Twitter
  • during class on April 14
    • Class Blog: Add a comment on my Module 1 post – introduce yourself and share with us
      your thoughts on this week’s readings/video

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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous15 April 2014 at 14:06

    Hello I'm Kristen Black and this is my fourth social media class. I really liked the funny Twitter video as it illustrated exactly why I never wanted to join Twitter. Since, taking these courses though, I've learned how to make Twitter useful and I'm quite enjoying it now.

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  2. Rudy Zacharias15 April 2014 at 23:02

    Hello classmates and instructors:

    My name is Rudy Zacharias, and I am the Corporate Communications Officer for the Town of Stony Plain, although not for much longer; my last day with the municipality is April 22. I am moving on to take on the challenges of the Senior Director, Corporate Communications and Marketing position with The Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (The AUMA); my first day on the job will be April 23. Overseeing the Organization's Social Media (#SM) is a salient aspect of the job.

    This is my third course in the #SM Citation program, and one that I am quite looking forward to. We can all cite examples of "ineffective" #SM, but effective #SM, while definitely out there, is far-less-common. It seems like everyone has - or wants - a #SM presence, but there is a of junk to sift through sometimes.

    Case-in-point: I watched the video about Twitter by Common Craft, and while I don't think the video itself is junk (it's well-made and gives a fairly good explanation of how Twitter works), I think the message of the video perpetuates inefficient use of this powerful #SM tool. If people want to use #Twitter to share mundane day-to-day posts with their loved ones, well, that's fine, but I see that Twitter can be used in significantly more effective ways than that.

    But then, what do I know? ;-)

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  3. Rudy Zacharias19 April 2014 at 23:18

    Jill, I agree with you that what's great about this class is that it's so "hands-on." This is information I can actually use in my day-to-day work (and, even in my personal use of #SM; I can be more effective in my use of it!). Looking forward to the rest of the course!

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  4. Rudy Zacharias19 April 2014 at 23:25

    I really enjoyed reading the Lede article. It reminded me of my time in journalism (and in journalism school way-back-when), but it was an especially good refreshed in using/practicing hard- and soft-ledes with #SM, an altogether different forum. I'm curious about my classmates' thoughts: which do you think is more likely to generate interest: hard- or soft-ledes - and why?

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