Today marks the beginning of Teachapalooza, Poynter's annual training for college journalism educators. Poynter's senior faculty for broadcasting and online, Al Tompkins, is once again leading the teaching, which includes sessions on social media and analytics, digital literacy, visual journalism and ethics, coaching writers and preparing students for work in modern media.
Social media strategist Sree Sreenivasan gave a rousing keynote presentation with dozens of social media tips for teachers. Here are some of the tweets that came out of his talk.
Ready for Teachapalooza VIII – front-edge teaching tools for college educators @Poynter, hosted by @atompkins @kellymcb! Honored to teach here after 6 yrs. Got two of my best blurbs in 2012. • MY SLIDES: https://t.co/PpSWhdDWAA • ONE-SHEET: https://t.co/XDfMkGqnaQ #teacha18 pic.twitter.com/RlNhBWyitd
— sree sreenivasan 谢瑞睿 #teacha18 (@sree) June 8, 2018
@sree ‘s dirty little secret of social media: Almost everyone will miss almost everything you do in social media…until you make a mistake #teacha18 pic.twitter.com/gEfRHyogtp
— Nancy García (@NncyGarcia) June 8, 2018
#teacha18 LinkedIn tip! You can export contact information (emails too) for all of your LinkedIn contacts: https://t.co/d0qgapy45n cc:@sree
— Josh Davidsburg (@jdavidsburg) June 8, 2018
#sreetips 1 — If you FB live ALONE, you’re not doing it right. Need to have someone with ability to drop in links and bring context to what’s happening. #teacha18
— Tamara Zellars Buck (@Tzbuck71) June 8, 2018
Be an early tester and a late adopter” @sree #teacha18 @Poynter pic.twitter.com/7559aUHT9A
— David Marshall (@professordavem) June 8, 2018
And here is the video of chant led by our "hindu priest" @sree. #teacha18 #sreetips pic.twitter.com/68DCY3vXCk
— Neil Parekh #Teacha18 #SreeTips (@neilparekh) June 8, 2018
@sree Social media is about generosity. Practice 4-1-1. Four posts are about others, one is something of interest and one is about you. It's not all about you. #teacha18
— kaycolley (@kaycolley) June 8, 2018
Only one hour into #teacha18 and this is already my list of what I’m going to do/change from @sree pic.twitter.com/HISoh4bLqP
— Roxanne Kearns Dill (@roxdill) June 8, 2018
This app rocks. Allows you to track who is talking: “dude,” “not a dude.” Thanks, @sree #teacha18 pic.twitter.com/7dGHalevkV
— lynmillner (@lynmillner) June 8, 2018
@sree spends at least 3-6 minutes on each social media post. “Social media is the only thing I do that’s going to be archived and kept. #teacha18 pic.twitter.com/H34m4tddb0
— Roxanne Kearns Dill (@roxdill) June 8, 2018
Fun to hear @sree talk about @sgissler, editor of the paper of my youth, the Milwaukee Journal. (But competitor from my Milwaukee Sentinel years.) Famous for saying we should stay open-minded but not so open our brains fall out. #teacha18
— Katy Culver (@kbculver) June 8, 2018
Oh yeah. #teacha18 @sree pic.twitter.com/SzhPGsITaB
— KMessinger (@ProfKJM) June 8, 2018
Getting started with #sreetips at @Poynter. He carries 10 battery chargers for his phone. #impressed #teacha18 #tradigital #thewallisafence pic.twitter.com/m0s5oMEXFG
— Marti Anne Maguire (@martiamaguire) June 8, 2018
#sreetips 8 – FB highlighting 3 things this year: FB Groups – more useful, user-friendly, data sensitive, personalized; FB Watch – scripted and unscripted programming; Nonprofit work – no longer charging fees for fundraising. #teacha18
— Tamara Zellars Buck (@Tzbuck71) June 8, 2018
QR codes are cool again. Who knew you no longer need a separate app to get the content. #teacha18 @Poynter pic.twitter.com/cpDXb8iM02
— Debbie R Blankenship (@Deb_Blankenship) June 8, 2018
Listen as @sree leads the reading of his social success formula @Poynter #teacha18 pic.twitter.com/pUnu8ox4oH
— David Marshall (@professordavem) June 8, 2018
@sree Social media is the only thing I do today that can get me fired. Social media is the only thing that can get me divorced today. So social media is about trust, which is why you should take time on your posts. #teacha18
— kaycolley (@kaycolley) June 8, 2018
@sree talks about the ABCs of of mobile production, which is Always be Charging your phone; Always be connecting so people will be there when you need them and Always Be Collecting, using your phone as a collection device. #teacha18 @NGOZIAGWAZ
— kaycolley (@kaycolley) June 8, 2018
Here's @sree's social media success formula. #teacha18 #SreeTips pic.twitter.com/a5FdVgkWYl
— Neil Parekh #Teacha18 #SreeTips (@neilparekh) June 8, 2018
Connect on social media with people you don't like. #teacha18
— Kerwin Speight (@kerwinsp8) June 8, 2018
Follow Teachapalooza all weekend with #teacha18.
