For Diigo and Twitter, I had never used them but I had heard of Twitter. I didn’t get on Twitter because it really wasn’t that enticing to me to see what everyone was thinking all the time. Looking at it now though, I can see what it is so huge because it gives updates to inside information and other exciting things. After learning about Diigo, I think it is a great tool to use to keep everyone with the same interests updated on information and to provide new articles or anything else new.
Looking at Diigo, I think it’s a great resource when you are in a job and want to keep learning new things in your field. It makes it easy to see what the most important part of the article because of the ability to highlight certain sentences. Looking at working in the admissions office, there are many articles out there that you could bookmark to show the other counselors. Bookmarking sites of other institutions where they have some new tactic to bring in students or anything that could help make the admission process easier would be beneficial.
As for Twitter and Facebook, I think they can be a great tool to use. When looking at Facebook, it is a great way to market the university you work at it by making a page for the school. There could be a school page and also another one where it is the admissions office Facebook page. Making this page gives you the ability to provide updates about the admission process like important deadlines and information that students can easily see. Creating a page for the university is also very beneficial because then prospective students can look at this page and see what the school is doing during the academic year. There could be events posted, information on what alumni are doing which shows the students that the school is a great education and many alumni are having success after graduating. Another great thing about making a page is that students can post messages on the wall with questions or any other insight. When me and my friends were going to be sophomores, we created a page where incoming freshmen could all go to and post their dorm rooms and to start creating friends. The reason we did it was because we had a joined a page when we were freshmen and it made us feel much better going into our first year. The group had 481 members so not a large amount but still was beneficial to those who joined.
Twitter also is a great tool to use because it is so easy to use and to post “tweets.” Again like Facebook, it is beneficial to those who follow the university because they can see all the updates and information regarding the school. It is easier and more convenient though with Twitter since it is just information instead of a whole page. Not only can the university being using it to “tweet” information, but other people could tag them in post where they could say something about how much fun they are having being a student there or anything in general. Having others say something like that makes other students who might be considering what college to go to really think about attending that university. If a lot of people are having a great time, then it shows that it’s a great place to go and others would want to go attend as well.
I was just commenting to my wife that Twitter seemed less useful to me, but after reading your post I do see its ability to communicate with a large number of people quickly. It is very easy to post and those who want updates can get them. Facebook is almost becoming a must have for any business, and very much so, for a university. It is such a vehicle of communication with schools target audience, young adults.
ReplyDeleteI had the same thought about Twitter prior to using it (no need to know what people are thinking ALL THE TIME). However, like you said, it is such an easy way to communicate to the masses. Facebook too, is a great tool. Since Facebook was relatively new when I was in college, I didn't have the opportunity to use it in the sense you are speaking about. Facebook pages can be very informative and beneficial!
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