essentials of digital communications – social networks and web 2.0 jim spellos baeo 6 th annual...
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Essentials of Digital Communications – Social
Networks and Web 2.0
Jim SpellosBAEO 6th Annual Seminar
November 13, 2010
Terms of Endearment
• Web 2.0
• Crowdsourcing
• Social Bookmarks
• Cloud computing
• Mashups/Apps
• RSS.
How Do You Prefer to Connect?
How Did We Get Here – A Quick Social Media History
SN & BBS’s 1995 – eBay & Craig’s ListThe New Millenium
‘03 – LinkedIn & MySpace‘04 – Facebook & Ning‘06 - Twitter
Great Resource – Classroom20.com – Social network for those interested in Web 2.0, Social Media & Education.Great Resource – Classroom20.com – Social network for those interested in Web 2.0, Social Media & Education.
Why Bother with Social Media?
Really?
Why Use It? Where To Spend Your Time
The Joneses Facebook
Sharing Blogging, Twitter, Social Bookmarking
Training/Education YouTube, Podcasting
Branding (Corporate) Blogging, Twitter, YouTube, Wikipedia, Social Bookmarking, Podcasting
Branding (Personal) Add LinkedIn; Remove Wikipedia
Customer Service Twitter, Blogging, Wikis, branded social networks
Presence Blogging, Wikipedia, Podcasting, Facebook Twitter, SecondLife
Make Oodles of $$$
Blogs Pods & Feeds…
• So, Do You Write a Blog? (and why not?)
• Why podcast?
• Feeding the beast.
Searching for blogs? Try Google’s blog search tool – http://blogsearch.google.com
I Want (M)iGoogle
• RSS – Really Simple Syndication
• Subscribe to great content from blogs, news sites & other sources.
Remember This Icon!
Why Facebook?
• (Re)establishing Connections
• Education Resource – facebook.com/education
• Customize for your needs!
Anatomy of a Tweet
• # - Hashtag – #baeo2010
• @ - Mentions
• RT - ReTweet
• D username – Direct message.
Another must – Using a URL Shortening Tool…Try Tinyurl.com
8 Twitter Education Tags
• #education
• #edchat – Every Tuesday 12 & 7pm
• #4learning
• #ebc10 – Edublogger Conference tag.
• #edunews
• #highered
• #elemchat
• #teachertuesday
Want more? www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html - Hundreds of educational hashtags you can follow.
What’s a Wiki?
• Wikipedia
• What About Educational Wikis?– Educationalwikis.wikispaces.com– Create your own – Google Docs
Defined – A neutral & unbiased compilation of previously written, verifiable facts.
Thank You!
James Spellos, CMPPresident, Meeting U.
www.meeting-u.com twitter.com/jspellos