Use of
social media in practice – 22nd April 2016
This was a useful
and practical session from Annabeth. A third of the world’s population are on
social media! Lots of hints and tips.
General
Get a good square
image for our avatar and use the same one across all platforms.
Promote your blog
via Twitter/Facebook/Instagram
Use social media
as an “additional library” e.g. online tutorials on YouTube. It can become a
part of your personal learning environment
Take all
opportunities to build connections
Get a hashtag for
your project/exhibition and use it across all platforms to increase impact.
Use direct
messaging when this is more appropriate.
Think about what
you make public and what you keep private (e.g. something you might just want
to share with your tutor).
Do you need a
separate identity for self/professional self/project?
Blog – use
pictures at 72dpi so people can’t steal and print
Twitter
Lists group tweets
from all persons in that list. You can create a list yourself (go to “cog”
icon). Think about subscribing to a list. Block the list creator to remove
yourself from a list.
Use a widget to
generate html – copy & paste into your website.
Set up a chain to
cross post to other platforms
Can use Tweetdeck
to follow certain hashtags and bring up a live feed
YouTube - use
playlists to organise, e.g. sketches and tests, projects – akin to a portfolio.
You can create a new playlist or add to an existing one; you can them embed it
onto your website.
Record yourself
doing something and upload it to YouTube as part of your journal
Vimeo – this is pro-film
service you can use for self-publishing
Record a podcast,
upload to Soundcloud and add timed comments
NB – people are
moving from Soundcloud to Mixcloud.
Others
issuu – could use
for books, zines, portfolio, exhibition catalogues etc
Feedly – curates
RSS feeds
Wikipedia – don’t
be afraid to use this as a starting point to get an understanding of an issue. Use
the references on the page to move forward with your research.
Slideshare – can
upload powerpoint and share via social media from there.
Reflection (July 2016)
I don’t really
have a relationship with the moving image so I couldn’t see myself putting
something onto YouTube. As I tend to think in writing, I doubt if I would use a
podcast. But never say never! I’ve started to use YouTube to gain understanding
of practical techniques recently. I’ve seen a couple of really good
introductions to etching. I think the reason I’d not previously made much use
of it is because of my tendency to think in writing. However, you can learn so
much more than I’d imagined from a good 4 or 6 minute video clip. So this has
definitely made it into my “personal learning environment”! I’m quite active on
Twitter, and I’ve tweeted 2 or 3 of my blogposts recently – now that I feel I
have something definite to say, and a little bit of confidence in saying it.
Previously I think I was only getting views from a couple of friends and a few
bots. By tweeting I have received up to twice the average number of views. A
small start, but hopefully it will move on from there.
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