Professional Growth through

Read / WriteWeb

Blogs, Wikis, and 

Social Networks

BLOGS

 Self-publishing

easily combine:  

textmedia links

 reader comments

WIKIS

 collaborative web sites 

allow multiple people to contribute ormodify content

 

used to deliver knowledge managment 

systems

Knowledge Management Systems

sharing of valuable organizational insights

reduce redundant work

avoid reinventing the wheel

reduce training time for new employees

facilitate adapting to changing environments

and markets

World Wide Web

digital network that links documents

SOCIAL NETWORKS

digital networks that link: 

peopleorganizations

concepts

combine use of: 

blogs wikis

discussion

create:  

digital environment for sharing and collaborating

@teigland.com 2007

Contribution

Reciprocity

Accumulation

Value

The positive spiral of social networks

WHY DO THESE MATTER?

”No one knows everything,

everyone knows something,

all knowledge resides in humanity.”

Levy 1997Teigland 1997

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NETWORKS

WWW =

Whatever Wherever

 Whenever

The World has changed 

in the past 15 years as much as it did

during the Industrial Revolution

Technology Driven

Global

Diverse

Rapidly Changing

Growth of the Creative Class

Florida, R. (2002). The rise of the creative class (p. 332). New York, NY: Basic Books. Dr. Scott McLeod

 Change in Importance of Task Type

in U.S. Economy

Autor, D., Levy, F., & Murnane, R. J. (2003). The skill content of recent technological change: An empirical exploration. Quarterly Journal of Economics 188, 4. [updated, D. Autor, 2008]

Abstract

Routine

Manual

Dr. Scott McLeod

The Fundamental Dilemma

Schools were designedfor this...

...but now areexpected to

do this

Dr. Scott McLeod

21st Century Economy

 is aKnowledge Economy

 To succeed, students will need

ability to:

articulate and solve problems

generate original ideas

work collaboratively

across cultural boundaries

3 R's of 21st Century

RigorRelevance

Relationships

Where can we start?

DSDT Wiki

http://documents.isd2397.org/groups/

LSH SOCIAL NETWORK

http://isd2397.ning.org

Sources

"Leveraging Social Networks for Tangible Results"• Dr. Robin Teigland, Stockholm School of Economics• www.knowledgenetworking.org• accessed via Slideshare @

http://tinyurl.com/d2xk3c 

Wikipedia.org• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogs• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikis • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networks

Sources"Schools tap '21st-century skills'To prepare students for a fast-changing future, teachers are reaching beyond the R's."• Stacy Teicher Khadaroo • The Christian Science Monitor• January 8, 2009  • http://tinyurl.com/7tktsv

"Growth of the Creative Class""Percentile change in importance in task type in U.S. economy""The Fundamental Dilemma"• Dr. Scott McLeod, CASTLE• March 11, 2009

Videos

"Wikis in Plain English"• Lee Lefever, CommonCraft, June 2007• accessed via YouTube @ 

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY

"Social Networking in Plain English"• Lee Lefever, CommonCraft, June 2007• accessed via YouTube @ 

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_KF7TYKVc

Videos

"Learn to Change, Change to Learn"• Pearson Foundation and CoSN, 2008• http://www.pearsonfoundation.org/pg5.6.html• accessed via YouTube @ 

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHiby3m_RyM