Professional Development Committee Workshop
Social Networking Sites: Linkedin, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube

Description

These sites enable users to post pictures, links, sound and videos and then comment on them with more pictures, links, sound and videos.  These Web 2.0 social networking sites can be frivolous, but can also be put to good pedagogical use.

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Social Networking in Plain English
Lee LeFever on Travel Technology
Penn State Professor Will Use Facebook.com to Teach Class One page Sept '06 article about
"Brian Smith, a Penn State Associate Professor of Information Sciences and Technology and Education recently announced his plan to utilize facebook.com this fall in a class that focuses a significant portion of its time on human interaction with technology."
Article Note: On Facebook, Teachers, and Self-disclosure March 14, '07 blog entry on The Gypsy Librarian
Professors join Facebook, keep in touch with students The Flat Hat 23 October 2007 survey of Profs at William and mary
Students and Social Networking Applications (University of Dayton) Video from the University of Dayton shows students discussing in their own words how and why they use social networking applications such as Facebook. It streams from the University of Dayton Web site in Windows Media forma
EDUCAUSE Home > EDUCAUSE Major Initiatives > ELI Home Page > ELI Resources ELI videos help you explore an emerging trend or major challenge in teaching, learning, and technology, as well as what your campus might do about it. Each video developed by ELI is accompanied by a set of discussion questions you can use to start a campus dialogue or begin a professional development workshop on the given topic.
 

Facebook love: it's complicated

Dec 4 - For the facebook generation, love now comes with a drop down menu to define a relationship.

The current generation has replaced varsity jackets and class rings with links on social networking sites like Facebook.
   

see all YouTube Tutorials Tutorials

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VideoJug, which though mostly with a British accent, provides a transcript

 

Listen to NPR

bullet Talk of the Nation, October 4, 2007Online Social Networks No Longer Just for Teens
bulletSep. 17, 2007 Back to School: Reading, Writing and Internet Safety
bulletSep. 17, 2007 Social Networking Sites for Boomers Blossom
bulletSep. 12, 2007 Social Networks Not So Social?
bulletJune 27, 2007Social Networking on the Web Grows Up
bulletNov. 22, 2006 Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting
bulletSep. 21, 2006 Marketplace Report: A Billion-Dollar Facebook Deal
bulletFeb. 1, 2006 Teens Create their Own Space Online

Wikipedia's List of social networking websites

Blog

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bulletArticles on how to do it
bulletA List Apart: Articles: How to Write a Better Weblog
bulletHow to Write Killer Blog Posts & More Compelling Comments
bulletHow to Write Compelling Blog Posts| MarketingProfs.com
bulletAnyone can write a blog, but will anyone read it? | csmonitor.com
bullet Blogging for Beginners
bullet Seth's Blog: How to write a blog post

WebPage

bullet googlepages.com
bullettripod.com

 

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