Practicing Social Media in a Safe Setting

1.  What social media tools does Bio-Link use?

Bio-Link uses a List Serve, Facebook, LInkedIn, RSS, and Twitter to reach out and communicate with our community.

•    Reach out to industry, students, and alumni, post and share jobs, poll & get feedback from biotech community

•    post updates, share pictures, info

•    People can subscribe to our blogs and site via RSS

•    Post links to news items

•    Send email

More info in the Bio-Link Guide to Social Media

2.  Shared note taking with Twitter:

• JGI Sequencer meeting   https://storify.com/phylogenomics/jgi-user-meeting-day-1-2
• ISB Symposium on microbiome:  https://storify.com/brianduggan/isbsymp-favorite-quotes-and-highlights

3.  Tweet chat examples:

                  Science education journal club:  #SciTeachJC

4.  Sign up for Twitter account. 

5.  Post something you've learned at Hi-TEC - use #hitec2012 as the hash tag.

           What is a hash tag?   A "#" is called a "hash"

          A tag is a word or phrase to describe something.

Twitter Safety advice:  

• Do not click links from people you don't know

• Do not follow your students - use a hash tag for discussions