Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Delicious
I've used delicious before to help build my class web site with interactive widgets. It's a great spot of find all kinds of tools because the tags help narrow the search. While I was searching today, I came across Welcome to Whyville. I thought maybe this was a more age appropriate version of Second Life. I've never liked Second Life because of the inappropriate material on the web site, i.e. people can walk around naked and the gambling (I haven't used it in years, so maybe things have changed.) WTW is no better. The avitars are scaled down and restricted to what you can look like, which is good. It takes the emphasis off of trying to look like a movie star. BTW, has anyone noticed how the people in the avitar snapshot of the home page of the EDMT592 look like they're all from Miami with the over exposed cleavage and buff bodies (Oh, and some of the guys look like they are playing with themselves)? I'm really not that Puritanical. Anyway, while I was exploring WTW, I ended up on a beach full of what seemed to be middle school age kids. It was like I was teaching middle school again. Some of the kids were whispering to each other. Another group was making fun of others by calling them gay. It was sad. I finally typed the comment, "Wow! I must be at a gay beach because everyone seems to be gay." When I tried to submit my comment, I was blocked for using inappropriate words that were not part of my "list." Go figure.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Networking Away
My twitter account is www.twitter.com/scroark. This account is for my classes at work. I'm going to keep a daily log of the thoughts and discussions that took place in class as a way of review and reflecting. With the school year quickly, I said quickly, approaching, I want to try out twittering to get an idea of how it would work in a school setting.
Also, my Nigh network is http://everythingbenatar.ning.com/. It's a fan page devoted to Pat Benatar, my all time favorite rock singer. Loved her since I was nine years old. I'm using the site for my friends and family to catch up on what's going on with Pat Benatar. The videos and images are not mine. I uploaded them from youtube and the internet.
My facebook page is http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?id=100000991152723&ref=search&sid=1276596624.3975629877..1. Would you be my friend?
Also, my Nigh network is http://everythingbenatar.ning.com/. It's a fan page devoted to Pat Benatar, my all time favorite rock singer. Loved her since I was nine years old. I'm using the site for my friends and family to catch up on what's going on with Pat Benatar. The videos and images are not mine. I uploaded them from youtube and the internet.
My facebook page is http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?id=100000991152723&ref=search&sid=1276596624.3975629877..1. Would you be my friend?
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Social Networking 3
The social networking site Ning seems to be very limited in networks. The general tabs offer easy access to a network of interest, but once in the tab, there are not many choices. The first tab I selected was music, and I chose a band called Anarbor. I picked this because I thought it had something to do with Ann Arbor. When the page opened, the entire site referenced 4.20 (smoking marijuana). This is not appropriate for school nor is it educational. The next tab I chose was entertainment and still nothing of interest. However, the education tab brought me to a network for English teachers. Bingo! This is my avenue. Yet, I’m still not a winner because when I selected a resource, I had to register to use the site and wait for approval. I guess I need to be a little more patient.
Ning has a clean appearance and is easy to navigate. Someone who is new to social networking would find this less intimidating and friendly to use. However, an experience person, I think, would want more in the category of searching. The search engine does generate more topics than the series of tabs on the main page. At first use, I’m not too impress, but that doesn’t mean there is something more to offer that I haven’t discovered.
Ning has a clean appearance and is easy to navigate. Someone who is new to social networking would find this less intimidating and friendly to use. However, an experience person, I think, would want more in the category of searching. The search engine does generate more topics than the series of tabs on the main page. At first use, I’m not too impress, but that doesn’t mean there is something more to offer that I haven’t discovered.
Social Networking 2
Social networking is the practice of expanding the number of one's business and/or social contacts by making connections through individuals. While social networking has gone on almost as long as societies themselves have existed, the unparalleled potential of the Internet to promote such connections is only now being fully recognized and exploited, through Web-based groups established for that purpose.
Based on the six degrees of separation concept (the idea that any two people on the planet could make contact through a chain of no more than five intermediaries), social networking establishes interconnected Internet communities (sometimes known as personal networks) that help people make contacts that would be good for them to know, but that they would be unlikely to have met otherwise. In general, here's how it works: you join one of the sites and invite people you know to join as well. Those people invite their contacts to join, who in turn invite their contacts to join, and the process repeats for each person. In theory, any individual can make contact through anyone they have a connection to, to any of the people that person has a connection to, and so on.
What is Social networking. (2006, Jan 31). Retrieved from http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci942884,00.html
Based on the six degrees of separation concept (the idea that any two people on the planet could make contact through a chain of no more than five intermediaries), social networking establishes interconnected Internet communities (sometimes known as personal networks) that help people make contacts that would be good for them to know, but that they would be unlikely to have met otherwise. In general, here's how it works: you join one of the sites and invite people you know to join as well. Those people invite their contacts to join, who in turn invite their contacts to join, and the process repeats for each person. In theory, any individual can make contact through anyone they have a connection to, to any of the people that person has a connection to, and so on.
What is Social networking. (2006, Jan 31). Retrieved from http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci942884,00.html
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
My Definition of Social Networking
I think social networking is the ability to connect and communicate by means of the world wide web with other people who I share a common interest with in relationship to my personal and professional life.
Education is largely based on teaching students 21st century skills, such as communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and critical thinking to be productive global citizens. Social networking engages students in a community outside of their immediate area by encouraging and requiring the use of 21st century skills. Social networks enable students to be active in contextual learning by taking part in career partnerships while learning critical skills to be competitive in the workforce. Students can also work towards postsecondary goals while finishing high school graduation requirements. Moreover, students can experience diverse cultures without leaving the school building. Social networking also fosters communication on a local scale by providing parents and community stakeholders with vital information about the school.
Education is largely based on teaching students 21st century skills, such as communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and critical thinking to be productive global citizens. Social networking engages students in a community outside of their immediate area by encouraging and requiring the use of 21st century skills. Social networks enable students to be active in contextual learning by taking part in career partnerships while learning critical skills to be competitive in the workforce. Students can also work towards postsecondary goals while finishing high school graduation requirements. Moreover, students can experience diverse cultures without leaving the school building. Social networking also fosters communication on a local scale by providing parents and community stakeholders with vital information about the school.
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