a taste of tech: finding function in social media
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A Taste of TechnologyFinding Function in Social Media
Presented to SAHRP on Jan. 19, 2011 by Jordan Epp
Objectives
Define Web 2.0 Get overwhelmed by the web 2.0
tools Get our tool boxes organized
Categorize tools Define purpose
Begin to build your online presence
Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0 vs. Web 3.0
Web 1.0 Web 2.0 Web 3.0
Content developer driven
User as content developer
Computer as content developer
User goes to the web to retrieve information
User goes to the web to contribute information
User never leaves the web
Dial-up Wifi Cloud computing
Web 2.0 applications include, but are not limited to, social networking, social bookmarking and social media sites.
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Organisation
Most online tools, when looking at them from a professional POV, can fall under one of three categories:
Networking Collaborating Sharing
Networking
Bebo
Second Life
Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them.
LinkedIn strengthens and extends your existing network of trusted contacts.
Bebo provides an open, engaging, and fun environment that empowers a new generation to discover, connect and express themselves.
Second Life is a free 3D virtual world where users can socialize, connect and create using free voice and text chat.
Twitter is without a doubt the best way to share and discover what is happening right now.
Networking
Bebo
Second Life
Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them.
LinkedIn strengthens and extends your existing network of trusted contacts.
Bebo provides an open, engaging, and fun environment that empowers a new generation to discover, connect and express themselves.
Second Life is a free 3D virtual world where users can socialize, connect and create using free voice and text chat.
Twitter is without a doubt the best way to share and discover what is happening right now.
For professional development, these tools provide the opportunity to expand your network of peers, colleagues, customers and clients easily and effectively.
Benefits Contacts begin to seek you out based on
your profile and network connections Information is easily shared through
status updates which keeps you and your work on the radar
Pitfalls The over updater or the “breakfast club” “Neon sign”
Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them.
Getting started Get an account Search for contacts from the ol’ rolodex
or listserv Resist the temptation to “friend” Gerald
your old college roommate Build a network of professionals
Next steps Build fan pages for your company,
group, or unit MAINTAIN your presence
Benefits Phone a friend/poll the audience Constant feed of relevant research news
within your discipline Networking with fellow tweeters
Pitfalls The “breakfast club” Using as Instant Messaging board
Twitter is without a doubt the best way to share and discover what is happening right now. Micro-blogging
Getting Started Get an account Search for contacts from the ol’ rolodex or
listserv Search twitter for topics of interest (link) Build network of relevant news feeds
Next Steps Refine “follows” through those who follow
you Backchannel conversations at conferences
Collaborating
Google Docs
Virtual Meetings
Wikis
Collaborative editing tools allow a group of individuals to simultaneously edit a document, see who else is working on it, and watch in real time as others make changes.
Virtual meetings are real-time interactions that take place over the Internet using integrated audio and video, chat tools, and application sharing.
Wikis are Web pages that can be viewed and modified by anyone with a Web browser and Internet access.
For professional development, these tools provide the opportunity to collaborate with peers and colleagues from anywhere in the world.
Google Docs
Benefits Efficient way to collaboratively work on
documents Accessible from any internet connected
computer Versioning now available
Pitfalls Assumes a trusted group of editors Formatting can require tweeking
Collaborative editing tools allow a group of individuals to simultaneously edit a document, see who else is working on it, and watch in real time as others make changes.
wiki
Benefits Efficient way to collaboratively work on,
collect and organize documents Accessible from any internet connected
computer Ever growing resource
Pitfalls Assumes a trusted group of editors Organization is key
Wikis are Web pages that can be viewed and modified by anyone with a Web browser and Internet access.
Sharing
Creative Commons
Social Bookmarking
Blogs
Creative Commons licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists, and educators.
Social bookmarking involves saving bookmarks one would normally make in a Web browser to a public Web site and "tagging" them with keywords.
Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.
For professional development, these tools provide the opportunity to share resources, original material, and personal opinion.
social bookmarking
Benefits social networking through bookmarks accessible from any computer add others as favorites and create
groups filter the internet for what interests you
Pitfalls inconsistent tagging can cause false
searches
Social bookmarking involves saving bookmarks one would normally make in a Web browser to a public Web site and "tagging" them with keywords.
creative commons
WhatThe Creative Commons copyright licenses and
tools forge a balance inside the traditional “all rights reserved” setting that copyright law creates. Our tools give everyone from individual creators to large companies and institutions a simple, standardized way to grant copyright permissions to their creative work. The combination of our tools and our users is a vast and growing digital commons, a pool of content that can be copied, distributed, edited, remixed, and built upon, all within the boundaries of copyright law.
Creative Commons licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists, and educators.
creative commons WhyThe idea of universal access to research, education, and
culture is made possible by the Internet, but our legal and social systems don’t always allow that idea to be realized. Copyright was created long before the emergence of the Internet, and can make it hard to legally perform actions we take for granted on the network: copy, paste, edit source, and post to the Web. The default setting of copyright law requires all of these actions to have explicit permission, granted in advance, whether you’re an artist, teacher, scientist, librarian, policymaker, or just a regular user. To achieve the vision of universal access, someone needed to provide a free, public, and standardized infrastructure that creates a balance between the reality of the Internet and the reality of copyright laws. That someone is Creative Commons.
Creative Commons licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists, and educators.
blogsBlogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.
Summary
Web 2.0 is driven by you, the user You can make use of Web 2.0 tools
by: Networking Collaborating Sharing
Build your online presence with tools that work for you.
Resources
7 Things you should know about…
CommonCraft Explanations in Plain English
10 Reasons Social Media Should Rock Your World
Digital Tattoo: What’s your web presence saying about you?
Video of this presentation (Ustream)
Slides of this presentation (Slideshare)
ContactJordan Epp
Instructional Designer Centre for Continuing & Distance Education, U
of SEmail: [email protected]
Twitter: I_am_10_ninjasSkype: jordanepp
Second Life: Harvey StoraroBlog: edtech306.wordpress.com
U of S Homepage: http://homepage.usask.ca/~jte076/