Social Networking And Social Media May 5 2009 Final V1
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Molly Immendorf Kshinté Brathwaite Carolyn Polodna Scott Reeser
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Transcript of Social Networking And Social Media May 5 2009 Final V1
Molly ImmendorfKshinté Brathwaite
Carolyn PolodnaScott Reeser
Molly Immendorf Instructional Technology Specialist University of Wisconsin, Cooperative Extension
Kshinté Brathwaite Youth Nutrition Education Specialist; 4HYD Project Educator University of Wisconsin, Cooperative Extension
Carolyn Polodna Associate Professor of Business University of Wisconsin, Fond du Lac
Scott Reeser Instructional Technologist University of Wisconsin-Extension, Continuing Ed.,
Outreach & E-Learning
“A social network is a social structure made of nodes (which are generally individuals or organizations) that are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as values, visions, ideas, financial exchange, friendship, kinship, dislike, conflict or trade”
“Social media is information content created by people using highly accessible and scalable publishing technologies.”
ParticipatoryCollaborative Integrated, often using RSS
Real Simple Syndication
VirtualWorlds
Immersive Gaming Social Education
Avatar
Long or short articles Easy website creation Comments by readers, optional Subscription by RSS Shameless plug
Teaching with Technology Tips and Tools http://fyi.uwex.edu/edtech/
Extending your personal network Finding new connections with others
Marketing your programming/product Reach new audiences Pages Groups Event announcements
Communicate with a group of people Public or private groups
Privacy concerns
Who are my “friends”?
Life of the data
Why Facebook? Remain connected with friends overseas; convenient.
Easy to set up. Easy to use.
Networking Reaching out to colleagues throughout
Wisconsin. “Meeting” & connecting with colleagues in
other states.Marketing
Getting the word out about Extension. Reaching new audiences.
Additional means of communication Decreasing the distance.
WetPaint.com WYSIWYG interface Free, ad-supported Ads removed for education wikis Public or private sites
Recommended use is for creation and collaboration Teams Multi-state collaboration Collaboration between multiple partners
inside and outside of Cooperative Extension
Who am I? Scott Reeser meet Orion Enoch
What is Second Life? “Second Life is a 3-D virtual world built
entirely and owned by its residents.” – Linden Labs
3-D Internet Not a game
When you browse the Web….
Internet
Internet
FirefoxSafari
IE
Yahoo
When you browse Second Life….
Second Life accounts are free.
Internet
Internet
Second Life
ClientSecond Life
http://www.secondlife.com
Second Lifehttp://
www.secondlife.com
Island – purchased simulation for building
Avatar – representation of online persona
Prims – basic building blocks for content
Program Innovation Fund Grant Project Primarily for people’s time
Lessons Learned Project Focus Sustainability Event-driven?
Not a recruitment tool; more so community and teaching tool
Plan based on expected useEvaluate Build vs. Buy optionsResist the initial temptation to
recreate wall-for-wall real-life structures
Develop a rough style guide Identify instructional outcomes
(Mock) Student interacting with advisor (no sound) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5AN6RGt_dI
What is Twitter? Microblog, 140 character limit Integrates with other Web 2.0 tools http://www.twitter.com Web and mobile phone tools
Twitter uses Breaking news Marketing Grassroots organizing Thought ticklers Ask questions Integrate with Facebook status
Followers
Flash in the pan?
Information overload
Authenticity
Urban Conference unofficial Twitter http://twitter.com/exturban2009/
University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension Technology Services http://twitter.com/cetechservices/
Molly’s personal account http://twitter.com/immendorf/
Tweetscan: what’s hot on Twitter? http://tweetscan.com/
Twitterholic: who’s hot on Twitter? http://twitterholic.com/
Twubble: find Tweeps http://www.crazybob.org/twubble/
TwitterAnalyzer http://twitteranalyzer.com/
TwitterFan Wiki http://twitter.pbworks.com/Apps
Twitter about this conference
Go to http://twitter.com/
Username: exturban2009
Password: conferencetrial
Follow at: http://twitter.com/exturban2009/
AlternativeWorlds
Online BookmarksCan be accessed by any computer
using the InternetShare bookmarks with othersSocial Bookmarking in Plain English
Folksonomy vs. Taxonomy
Community creation
Track popular websites
