Welcome to Introduction to Social Media - Spring 2014

It was a pleasure meeting all of you in class last Wednesday. I hope that you all are as excited as I am about this semester's class. 

First day of class! #ISCOM #IntroSM pic.twitter.com/1Bxe2cpRxN
— ISCOM Mtp Intro SM (@ISCOMMtpIntroSM) 19 Mars 2014

#ISCOM #Selfie for the first day of class! #IntroSM pic.twitter.com/UdlPMsyLOC
— ISCOM Mtp Intro SM (@ISCOMMtpIntroSM) 19 Mars 2014

Below you'll find a few reminders of class guidelines as well as some links to the class blog and other useful references.

Class Presentation

ISCOM Digital - Montpellier - Introduction to Social Media - Spring 2014 by Jeremy Washer

Class guidelines

In order for the class to operate in the best conditions, a few guidelines have been put into place. Students are expected to follow them throughout the semester.

Live-tweeting

Live-tweeting is allowed during class, and ONLY for this class. Students are reminded that use of social media, mobile phones and computers must be approved by school faculty. You MUST ask your other professors if you can use social media in their classes if you want to live-tweet during another class. A professor's word is final. If they say no, then do not push the topic further. For this class, Mme. Puyau has graciously accepted to let us live-tweet. When you see her at ISCOM, remember to thank her for providing us with this opportunity.

E-mail

Students are asked to use their ISCOM e-mail accounts for this class. Please remember to check your e-mail regularly in order to find classroom updates, school news and to contact your professors.

Class Blog

Please sign up to the class blog at iscomintrosocialmedia.blogspot.fr. There you will be able to follow class news, assignments and your classmates' creations. If you already have a blog, and would like to obtain more visibility on the web, please send me your blog link and I will backlink* it on our blog.

*Remember, blogs that are only school friendly will be backlinked. Anything that does not respect school policy will be refused.

Class Assignments

Students must do the following for next Monday, 24th March : 

• LinkedIn - Students are required to create a LinkedIn profile. Please upload a professional photo for your profile. Remember, we are using this site to start your career. For example, when applying to internships, you will be able to send your LinkedIn profile in with your CV.
• Join the ISCOM Montpellier Intro to Social Media group* - This is part of your semester class project. In this group you are required to share interesting links in ENGLISH only. Please publish on topics based on this class: Social Media, Global Communications or eMarketing.
• *Remember: You must participate in this group twice a week - Monday and Friday. Students must post an interesting link on both Monday and Friday, and then they must comment at least two interesting links.
• Publish your first post in the LinkedIn group on Monday, 24 March 2014.

Students must do the following for before next Wednesday, 26th March : 

• The Social Media eBook 2012 - Read the chapter of the book entitled Twitter (pages 10-12), and the chapter on LinkedIn (pages 12-14). We will be discussing these topics next Wednesday. 

You can find the presentations that I use during class on the class blog. Feel free to go consult, share, tweet and download them as much as you want.

I look forward to working with you this semester. I feel that we are all going to learn much from each other. If you ever have a question or would like to talk, please feel free to send me an e-mail.

Here's to an exciting semester!