Social Media Toolkit for PhD Students

Jennifer M. Jones@jennifermjones

http://www.jennifermjones.net

Overview

• Introduction to social media.

• Techniques for writing.

• Techniques for reading.

• Techniques for support.

Introduction

Tools for Writing

Linear Documents

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Discussion

• What do you use to manage your thesis?

• What do you do to avoid writer’s block?

• What do you write when you are not writing your thesis?

Scrivener

Scrivener: Intro

• http://www.literatureandlatte.com/videos/ScrivenerIntro.mov

Details

• Trial for Apple OSX (30 days)

• Free for PC users (beta application)

• Needs to be installed.

750words.com

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Benefits

• Free

• Encourages daily writing practice

• Puts wordcounts into context

• Private space to write ANYTHING

Blogging

Why?

• Writing for different (implied) audiences

• Builds a network of like-minded people

• Gets you writing

• Test ideas

• Builds a public academic identity

How?

Tools for Reading

Finding Literature

Finding Literature

(fre)E-books

Annotating Documents

Organising Documents

Tools for support

Twitter

#phdchat

How?

Hootsuite

Add screen grab of desktop and phone.

Questions?