Dipping One’s Toes in the Social
Networking StreamDoug Johnson
www.doug-johnson.com
GaETCNovember 16, 2007
Purpose (hands-on)
• To understand the use of four common Web 2.0 tools
• To gain enough familiarity with them to continue to learn
• Wiki handouts:https://dougjohnson.wikispaces.com/Dippingguide
Purpose (break-out)
• To understand the use of four common Web 2.0 tools
• To get an introduction to a wide variety of Web 2.0 tools useful in classrooms and libraries
• Wiki handouts:https://dougjohnson.wikispaces.com/Dippingguide
The tools
• Web logs (Blogs)
• RSS Feed Aggregators
• Wikis
• Social bookmarking
Web logs (blogs)
• What are they?
• How might you use one?
• Blogger
10 Things
1. How to create a blog
2. Add an entry
3. Add a picture to an entry
4. Edit posts
5. Choose your settings ・ who can read ・ who can comment ・ Ping?
10 Things
6. Customize the look of your blog
7. Delete comments
8. Learn who is visiting your blog
9. Tips for writing successful blogs
10.Delete your blog
RSS feed aggregators
• What are they?
• How might you use one?
• Google Reader
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10 Things
1. Create a Google Reader account
2. Add a feed.
3. Read an item on the original blog
4. Star an item
5. Choose “view”
10 Things
6. Create folders and add feeds to folders
7. View settings
8. Delete feeds
9. Find feeds
10.Delete account
Wikis
• What are they?
• How might you use one?
• wikispaces
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10 Things
1. How to create a wiki
2. Edit your homepage
3. Use the floating tool bar
4. Add a page
5. Add a link
10 Things
6. Add a picture
7. Set up permissions
8. Invite wiki members
9. Subscribe to your wiki
10.Delete your wiki
Social bookmarking
• What is it?
• How might you use one?
• del.icio.us
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10 Things
1. Create an account
2. Add a bookmark.
3. Describe your bookmark
4. Add “tags”
5. See how others have tagged this entry
10 Things
6. Share your bookmarks and hide your bookmarks.
7. Search for items bookmarked by others.8. Create an RSS feed for bookmarks on a
topic.9. Add a bookmark to your toolbar to
simplify adding websites to del.icio.us10.Delete your account.
Just plain useful (and fun)
• SlideShare
• http://www.slideshare.net/
Additional resources
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Dipping One’s Toes in the Social
Networking StreamDoug Johnson
www.doug-johnson.com
August 14 & 15, 2007