eLearning Conference- Social Networking for Beginners

Mathew Evins, Instructional Designer, San Jacinto College

Web 1.0-pretty much author giving author out and not engaging or being interactive with
Included:
static pages
forms sent via email (listservs)
online guestbooks
one-way information

"Web 2.0" was coined really before web 1.0 (interactive, community-building)
descirbes the changes trends in www
dynamic pages
multi-way information

Why do People Use Social Networks?
Personal Reasons (keep in touch with distant friends)
Professional (share ideas with colleagues, look for jobs)
(Linkd-In has 90 % of users looking for jobs)

Centralized place for sharing variety of ideas and resources

Social networks can archive information from all users

Each network serves it's own purpose and each user uses their network in a different way

Social Network Users
Students
*Started in high schools (myspace) like a public diary on the web
*Facebook started with the college student which then opened up
Young Professionals
*Connect with others with similar interests
Parents
*check in/monitor their kids
Faculty

Social Media-"a tool that engages users..."

Social Network--"a conglomeration of social media, social tools into..."

Blogs:
"a website that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer"
Can be open to the public or kept private
Searchable, if desired
subscribe to other's blogs and be updated when they post
Readers can comment on postings
(Word Press, LiveJournal, Blogger)

Blogs in Education
reflection on articles
journal of activities while studying abroad
Perspectives on content
Creative examples for research and assignments

Wikis
"a page or collections of web pages desinged to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content"
*collaborative website
different people can have different privileges
(wikispaces, pbwiki/pbworks) (look for free educator--tools)

Most popular wiki
2.7 million articles in English
Articles in over 260 languages

Wikis in Education
*collaborative work on a group project
*Teacher makes corrections to a draft assignment before the final is truned in

Twitter
*form of microblogging in 140 characters
*a service for friends, family, and cor-workers, to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequetn answers to one simple question "what are you doing?"
*But can also be an archive or documentation of event or time period done with hashtags
*public or private messages
*can be integrated with facebook, blogs, social bookmarking, rss, etc. depending on how you want to use it
*must subscribe to follow others (and they to follow you)
*140 characters to allow for your username (160 is max so 140 takes that into account)

Backchanneling in class with pre-identified hashtag (can go through a filter that is posted on screen) way for instructor to gauge how students are responding to information

Common Craft "In Plain English series" Awesome--go to youtube to find them

Social Bookmarking (almost identical to bookmarking it on your computer)
*However, can access from any computer
*can tag with keywords
*ability to share information with others
*You can see how popular sites are by how many people are
*creates a sense of community
*can put a button to toolbar automatically add to your delicious account
(Delicious, Digg)

RSS FEEDS
*RSS "really simple sydication"
*pulls information from websites and aggregates them into a central location
*available on most news websiets, blogs, wikis, etc.
*keeps you from having to go to 20 different sites to get what's new.

In Education:
Their work comes to you.
Can categorize (news, classes,)
share
filter
(GOOGLE READER)

Social networks


Facebook
request to be friends
plan events
address book
have sub-groups (people who have common interests, local or global with discussion boards to upload videos)
Post updates
Tag people in videos and photos
post photos/videos/notes
birthday notifications
private and public messages

Third party applications
companies can create apps for their employees
all apps are free
fb tests all of the apps to ensure that they do not contain viruses
not all apps work

MySpace (oldest version)
uploaded photos/videos/blog
request to be friends
private and public messages
address book
customizable profile
full of ads

LinkedIn
network to connect with professionals from simiar regions or in like fields
30 million users plus
job searches

Ning (completely isolated)
Similar features to facebook
blog
forums
groups
privacy settings
network for creators/admins to collaborate

"Very easy for students to get distracted with facebook" (because of the apps) So Ning could be good for education.
Ning good if you have a specific purpose

http://itcelearning2010.ning.com/
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Learning Town a Village for Learning Professionals learningtown.ning.com

Pip.io
Central social networking interface
social networking operating system
real-time communication whle sharing videos, etc.
launched 2/8/10
realtime communication while in there from other sites/tools
catch all for social media (reader)

Honeycomb Map:
Presence
Relationships
reputation
groups
conversations
sharing
all around identity

Handout of free websites--still like that hard copy!

http://www.evinsmj.net/2010/02/21/social-networking-presentation-summary/