We have been playing with Twitter in house for a couple of days. I had personally been avoiding Twitter, but I do know quite a few people on it from class including profs. On a personal level I still don't see my need to Twitter as high. However, in a recent article it's made me understand the value to academia from an instructor perspective. I probably would use it more if I had a phone with a keyboard. I am not that fast at texting, but I have a 13 year old who keeps me active with it. A new phone is on my to do lists.
Micro Blogging with Twitter
http://campustechnology.com/articles/59315/
An interview with the author
http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/59315/
I am cross posting as I do try to maintain a blog of my own so sorry if you get this twice.
Showing posts with label Social Networking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social Networking. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
Ning Social Network
Ning
Create your own social network it can be public or private. This has been around for awhile, but sounds as though it's picking up speed.
They were discussions of it in my class and it came through on the serious games listserve as well. What I think is cool about Ning is that you can house more that one type of collaboration tool under one roof
• the network (similar to Facebook)
• Blogs
• Forums
• Videos and Podcasts
• RSS Feeds
Again, haven't used it but I will be joining the Serious Games group on there to check it out.
Create your own social network it can be public or private. This has been around for awhile, but sounds as though it's picking up speed.
They were discussions of it in my class and it came through on the serious games listserve as well. What I think is cool about Ning is that you can house more that one type of collaboration tool under one roof
• the network (similar to Facebook)
• Blogs
• Forums
• Videos and Podcasts
• RSS Feeds
Again, haven't used it but I will be joining the Serious Games group on there to check it out.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
What am I to do with my social network?
Examples of how they are being used.
1. Social Networking with friends and family. Still by far the largest use.
2. Professional networking and promotion of expertise.
3. University are using it as a recruiting and admissions tool and it's gaining popularity.
4. Organizations within universities are using them to promote themselves.
5. Professional organizations are using them.
How am I using it? Well, since it was a requirement I am leaning more toward a professional tool. I haven't done anything major so far and probably won't. I have been connecting old Ag Commers mainly students who are now in professional ranks. Just connected with Tim last night. They are all doing great by the way and some thank Ag Comm tremendously for their success. Of course all my professors are on it and I am building my NMSU community slowly. Will it last after graduate school? I don't know. Maybe it's something that can kind of live on it's own and be attended occasionally. I know that is not the intended use, but I can't tell it is too early for me. Check back in 2012. LOL.
1. Social Networking with friends and family. Still by far the largest use.
2. Professional networking and promotion of expertise.
3. University are using it as a recruiting and admissions tool and it's gaining popularity.
4. Organizations within universities are using them to promote themselves.
5. Professional organizations are using them.
How am I using it? Well, since it was a requirement I am leaning more toward a professional tool. I haven't done anything major so far and probably won't. I have been connecting old Ag Commers mainly students who are now in professional ranks. Just connected with Tim last night. They are all doing great by the way and some thank Ag Comm tremendously for their success. Of course all my professors are on it and I am building my NMSU community slowly. Will it last after graduate school? I don't know. Maybe it's something that can kind of live on it's own and be attended occasionally. I know that is not the intended use, but I can't tell it is too early for me. Check back in 2012. LOL.
Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and the new contender Orkut
Email is for old people and MySpace is so yesterday
Wait a minute, I use email on a daily basis it's how I work. That was my response in class when we were told email is for old people. The response I got from the twenty year olds, was yeah that is understandable. What! Wait a minute are you saying I am old? They said, not extremely, but you are using old technology. If you want to connect with us you have to use what we know and use. They even had the nerve to ask if I knew how to text message. Thank goodness I have a thirteen year old, I was able to say yes. I upped them with my Wii. Then they upped me with their iPhones and well you get the picture.
I had to bite the bullet and create a Facebook page, it was something I have been avoiding. One, I didn't feel as a 30 something that it was a place for me. You hear about teenagers and college students using them daily. Secondly, it was just another online mechanism that I wouldn't maintain properly and I don't.
MySpace has always been a space with Advertising associated with it, it probably is the largest space for teenagers.
Facebook does have a huge college following it was after all started specifically for the college community by a couple of college kids. Facebook just started advertising and it received a huge backlash from its users, so much so that people bailed the network all together in protest. Facebook quickly fixed that with an option to stop the advertising on your page. I have yet to find that button. Tells you how much time I spend on it.
The next big thing on the horizon is Orkut by Google. This network is exploding and is massive in Brazil where it is being tested.
LinkedIn is the professional community. Want to network on a professional level without all the music, hoopla, games and advertising. This is the place for you, it's all about credentials here.
By the way if you don't want people on your personal site set it to private. If you are trying to promote yourself professionally then I would suggest leaving it open or create a group rather than a personal space. An open space means dealing with all the riffraff that comes your way. Just decline no one knows who you are declining.
I have to mention most people trying to create a web presence have more than one social networking space. One thing we have been asked repeatedly in class is, How can you call yourself an ed technologist if you don't use the technology that students are using to communicate with? They have a point. So start text messaging and check out the social networking sites experiment with it. You'll be surprised with the professional connections and who in your profession is already connected.
Wait a minute, I use email on a daily basis it's how I work. That was my response in class when we were told email is for old people. The response I got from the twenty year olds, was yeah that is understandable. What! Wait a minute are you saying I am old? They said, not extremely, but you are using old technology. If you want to connect with us you have to use what we know and use. They even had the nerve to ask if I knew how to text message. Thank goodness I have a thirteen year old, I was able to say yes. I upped them with my Wii. Then they upped me with their iPhones and well you get the picture.
I had to bite the bullet and create a Facebook page, it was something I have been avoiding. One, I didn't feel as a 30 something that it was a place for me. You hear about teenagers and college students using them daily. Secondly, it was just another online mechanism that I wouldn't maintain properly and I don't.
MySpace has always been a space with Advertising associated with it, it probably is the largest space for teenagers.
Facebook does have a huge college following it was after all started specifically for the college community by a couple of college kids. Facebook just started advertising and it received a huge backlash from its users, so much so that people bailed the network all together in protest. Facebook quickly fixed that with an option to stop the advertising on your page. I have yet to find that button. Tells you how much time I spend on it.
The next big thing on the horizon is Orkut by Google. This network is exploding and is massive in Brazil where it is being tested.
LinkedIn is the professional community. Want to network on a professional level without all the music, hoopla, games and advertising. This is the place for you, it's all about credentials here.
By the way if you don't want people on your personal site set it to private. If you are trying to promote yourself professionally then I would suggest leaving it open or create a group rather than a personal space. An open space means dealing with all the riffraff that comes your way. Just decline no one knows who you are declining.
I have to mention most people trying to create a web presence have more than one social networking space. One thing we have been asked repeatedly in class is, How can you call yourself an ed technologist if you don't use the technology that students are using to communicate with? They have a point. So start text messaging and check out the social networking sites experiment with it. You'll be surprised with the professional connections and who in your profession is already connected.
What up with Social Networking?
Jeanne asked what up with social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook. She's skeptical about their uses. I thought I would start with a brief explanation of where social networking is going and why. We are studying and creating global networks through my doc program, it's a requirement.
The big thing in business and education currently are communities of practice. I will give you the most widely used definition of it introduced by modern social learning theorist Lave & Wenger. These are the social learning guru's of today who believe in situated learning by actively being involved through a community environment (co-participation).
According to Etienne Wenger (1998), a community of practice defines itself along three dimensions:
What it is about – its joint enterprise as understood and continually renegotiated by its members.
How it functions - mutual engagement that bind members together into a social entity.
What capability it has produced – the shared repertoire of communal resources (routines, sensibilities, artefacts, vocabulary, styles, etc.) that members have developed over time. (see, also Wenger 1999: 73-84)
So the social networking sites are way of building a community of practice (interests). It's a tool (artifact) used in the practice. These people do meet up or collaborate in real life at conferences, through grants, research and projects. These networks and collaborative efforts may have been a result of joining an online community. It's having a global presence that is important and the web is the best way for reaching beyond the immediate realm of your workplace. Going beyond your workplace to a national or even international presence. By doing this you are not limiting your expertise you are expanding your possibilities for greater success.
The big thing in business and education currently are communities of practice. I will give you the most widely used definition of it introduced by modern social learning theorist Lave & Wenger. These are the social learning guru's of today who believe in situated learning by actively being involved through a community environment (co-participation).
According to Etienne Wenger (1998), a community of practice defines itself along three dimensions:
What it is about – its joint enterprise as understood and continually renegotiated by its members.
How it functions - mutual engagement that bind members together into a social entity.
What capability it has produced – the shared repertoire of communal resources (routines, sensibilities, artefacts, vocabulary, styles, etc.) that members have developed over time. (see, also Wenger 1999: 73-84)
So the social networking sites are way of building a community of practice (interests). It's a tool (artifact) used in the practice. These people do meet up or collaborate in real life at conferences, through grants, research and projects. These networks and collaborative efforts may have been a result of joining an online community. It's having a global presence that is important and the web is the best way for reaching beyond the immediate realm of your workplace. Going beyond your workplace to a national or even international presence. By doing this you are not limiting your expertise you are expanding your possibilities for greater success.
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