Comments on: Teens Don’t Tweet. Blogs are for old people.

By: Tom Krieglstein

Tom Krieglstein — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:12:29 +0000

There is clearly value being gained on Twitter from professionals in student affairs. Student’s don’t yet see that value, which is fine, and is our job to teach them.

Because Facebook is social, it’s a quick get. People know what to do on the site. It’s easy for us to socialize with our friends.

Twitter is networking, it’s not a natural skill to network, it needs to be taught.

If Facebook is for the people you already know, Twitter is for the people you ought to know.

By: Leah Wescott

Leah Wescott — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:19:18 +0000

Maybe we should be glad the li’l ones aren’t taking to Twitter. If their Facebook posts are any indication, most youngsters don’t have the knack for short pithy blogging. They are their own audience, which doesn’t require any reflection.

For the few who have 140-character talent, I LOVE to read their Tweets. I hope their appreciation of writing and critical thinking spreads. No matter what media students gravitate to, those abilities will stand out.

By: OldMan

OldMan — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:57:39 +0000

Interesting that at staff meeting today, the oldest person in the room (me!) was leading a conversation about… Social Media… Twitter, Facebook, Web sites, and how we can interconnect and find our students. Frankly, few of our students are twittering, but they love Facebook and I think we should lead them to these other technologies before they head out the door. And I think Blogs are still in a building phase. We’ll see.

By: Debra Sanborn

Debra Sanborn — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:55:28 +0000

Great post, Erik. This reminds me of the adage “Don’t like the weather? Stick around, it’ll change.” Each week we are offered a new bit of research on teen usage of social media and each week it changes. While we in student affairs cannot respond to every new trend, we can plan our message and the media to most effectively meet the needs of our students. And if in the meanwhile we find a method of linking to colleagues for our own development, there is value to all.

By: Gary Alan Miller

Gary Alan Miller — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:49:33 +0000

Good post (although I must point out the irony of me being an old fogie reading your blog…)! I think there are two sides to the social media issue. On one hand, primarily from a connection and marketing standpoint, we need to meet students “where they are.” On the other hand, all these “old fogies” on twitter and blogs and linkedin are some of who our students need to be connecting with, since they’re likely the people who will be hiring them upon graduation.

So, it’s got to be both — we need to meet students in their space and encourage/educate them about venturing into the fogie space of twitter and blogs and linkedin.

Hmmm, I wonder if that URL is taken… fogiespace.com. Before you go clicking, I checked and it’s not. Ha!