Social Software in Education

SOCIAL SOFTWARE: COLLABORATIVE LEARNING AND RESEARCH PRACTICES LAURA BLANKENSHIP NITLE WORKSHOP JANUARY 14, 2008 GETTYSBURG COLLEGE

INTRODUCTIONS WHO ARE YOU? WHAT DO YOU DO? HOW DO YOU USE SOCIAL SOFTWARE IN YOUR TEACHING? IN RESEARCH? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO LEARN TODAY?

ZOOMING IN

DEFINITIONS WHAT IS SOCIAL SOFTWARE? WHAT DOES COLLABORATIVE LEARNING INVOLVE? WHAT ABOUT COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH?

EXPLOITING THE PHILOSOPHICAL OVERLAP SOCIAL SOFTWARE LIBERAL ARTS

MILLENNIAL STUDENTS? DIGITAL NATIVES?

DISCUSSION WHY USE SOCIAL/COLLABORATIVE METHODS? SEPARATING/INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY AND PEDAGOGY WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SUPPORT PEDAGOGY WITH TECHNOLOGY?

THE SOCIAL SOFTWARE LANDSCAPE

A STARTER LIST • blogs • YouTube • wikis • flickr • wikipedia • vimeo • instant messaging • smugmug • Facebook • citeUlike • MySpace • LibraryThing • Ning • Second LIfe • Netvibes • mmporg's • del.icio.us • There • mag.nol.ia • RSS • diigo • LinkedIn • digg • Voicethread • skype • More?

COMPONENTS OF SOCIAL SOFTWARE A FLICKER EXAMPLE: http://flickr.com/photos/ missyv110/3117430163/

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE SO FAR? TAKE A BREAK.

BLOGS WHAT IS A BLOG? SOME DEFINITIONS HTTP://WWW.COMMONCRAFT.COM/BLOGS WHAT BLOGS DO YOU READ?

ANATOMY OF A BLOG 1. TITLE 2. DATE HEADER 3. POST TITLE 4. POST CONTENT 5. POST AUTHOR 6. TIME STAMP 7. LINK TO COMMENTS 8. TRACKBACK 9. AUTHOR PROFILE 10. BLOGROLL (LINKS TO OTHER BLOGS

EXPLORING BLOG CONTENT BLOG SEARCH ENGINES TECHNORATI, GOOGLE BLOG SEARCH ACADEMIC BLOG SITES BLOG WIKI, BLOG ABOUT PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH CLASS BLOG SITES EDUBLOGS, UMW’S BLOG SITE, BRYN MAWR’S BLOG SITE GO PLAY, TELL ME WHAT YOU FIND

COLLECTIVE WRITING: USING BLOGS IN TEACHING WHAT IDEAS DO YOU HAVE FOR USING BLOGS, ESPECIALLY HAVING YOUR OWN CLASS BLOG? BLOGGING WITHIN A COURSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM EXAMPLES OF COURSES USING BLOGS HTTP://HUMANRIGHTS4ALL.BLOGSPOT.COM/ HTTP://BLOGS.BRYNMAWR.EDU/ HTTP://UMWBLOGS.ORG/COURSES/

WIKIS: COLLABORATIVE WRITING WHAT IS A WIKI? HTTP://WWW.COMMONCRAFT.COM/VIDEO-WIKIS- PLAIN-ENGLISH

WIKIPEDIA: FRIEND OR FOE

USING WIKIPEDIA LOOKING AT EDITS AND DISCUSSION RECENT RNA JOURNAL DECISION HTTP://WWW.NATURE.COM/NEWS/2008/081216/FULL/ NEWS.2008.1312.HTML (BEHIND PAYWALL) HTTP://SCIENCEBLOGS.COM/CLOCK/2008/12/ RNA_WIKI.PHP (SNIPPET WITH THE MONEY QUOTE) WIKINEWS

USING WIKIS GO INTO A WIKI AND PLAY AROUND. GOOGLE DOCS AS WIKI PBWIKI.COM WIKISPACES.COM WETPAINT.COM CONFLUENCE EXAMPLES OF WIKI ASSIGNMENTS GLOSSARY WRITING/EVALUATION ASSIGNMENT EDITING WIKIPEDIA COLLABORATIVE ESSAYS

SOCIAL BOOKMARKING: MANAGING INFORMATION WHAT IS SOCIAL BOOKMARKING? HTTP://WWW.COMMONCRAFT.COM/BOOKMARKING- PLAIN-ENGLISH SOCIAL BOOKMARKING SITES DELICIOUS, DIGG, DIIGO CITEULIKE, CONNOTEA LET’S TRY ONE

USING SOCIAL BOOKMARKING IN TEACHING AND RESEARCH TAGGING CLASS AND RESEARCH TAGS INSTRUCTOR PUSHED MATERIALS STUDENT COLLECTED MATERIALS EXAMPLES: MICHAEL WESCH

A NOTE ON RSS REALLY SIMPLE SYNDICATION GLUE THAT HOLDS IT ALL TOGETHER HTTP://WWW.COMMONCRAFT.COM/RSS_PLAIN_ENGLISH USING A READER USING A WEB-BASED PORTAL IGOOGLE, NETVIBES EMBEDDING ON A BLOG

A NOTE ON TAGGING FOLKSONOMY A WAY OF ORGANIZING INFORMATION TAG CLOUDS WORDLE (EXTRACTING TAGS)

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS QUESTIONS SO FAR? SLOW DOWN!? SPEED UP? CONCERNS, ETC. 1, 2, 3, BREAK! LET’S EAT!

SOCIAL NETWORKING FACEBOOK HOW MANY OF YOU ARE ON FACEBOOK? HOW CAN FACEBOOK BE USED FOR EDUCATION? OTHER SOCIAL NETWORKING TOOLS TWITTER AND RELATED APPS (SHOW TWITTER 3D)-- YAMMER LINKED IN NING CROWDSOURCING

EXAMPLES OF SOCIAL NETWORKING IN EDUCATION JSTOR SEARCH IN FACEBOOK 25 FACEBOOK APPS FOR EDUCATION (HTTP:// WWW.COLLEGEDEGREE.COM/LIBRARY/COLLEGE-LIFE/15- FACEBOOK-APPS-PERFECT-FOR-ONLINE-EDUCATION) SHARING WEBCASTS, NOTES, ETC. VIA SOCIAL NETWORK SITES/GROUPS

IMAGES: FLICKR, ETC. PHOTO SHARING SITES THE COMMONS ON FLICKR (HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/ COMMONS/) USING THE NOTES/ COMMENTS NOT ONLY A THING IN ITSELF, BUT USED FOR PHOTOBLOGGING AND EMBEDDING IN OTHER SITES GEOTAGGING FLICKRVISION (HTTP:// FLICKRVISION.COM/)

FLICKR: ONE COOL EXAMPLE SMARTHISTORY FLICKR GROUP PLUS PODCAST AND OTHER RESOURCES WEB SITE: HTTP:// SMARTHISTORY.ORG

AUDIO: PODCASTING WHAT PODCASTS DO YOU LISTEN TO? ITUNES/ITUNES U OTHER SOURCES FOR PODCASTS NPR, LEARNOUTLOUD.COM, PODCASTALLEY.COM LIBRAVOX (OPEN SOURCE AUDIO BOOKS)

CREATING PODCASTS ONLINE TOOLS ODEO, HIPCAST, GCAST DESKTOP TOOLS AUDACITY, GARAGEBAND A PARTIAL LIST: HTTP://WWW.MASTERNEWMEDIA.ORG/ AUDIO_MUSIC_PUBLISHING/PODCASTING/PODCASTING- AND-AUDIO-EDITING-TOOLS-GUIDE-20070311.HTM LET’S TRY ONE.

VIDEO YOUTUBE FINDING VIDEO IN YOUTUBE CREATING PLAYLISTS OTHER PLACES FOR VIDEO HTTP://WWW.TED.COM/ HULU.COM VIMEO.COM XTRANORMAL.COM

POTENTIAL VIDEO ASSIGNMENTS GROUP VIDEO PROJECTS INTERVIEWS SKITS TV SHOWS (NEWS, REALITY) DEMONSTRATIONS/EXPLANATIONS ONE EXAMPLE: UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND (HTTP:// ITECH.UPS.EDU/SHOWCASE/LYNETTE-CLAIRE-FILM)

OTHER SOCIAL MULTIMEDIA TOOLS VOICETHREAD SLIDESHARE SKYPE DIMDIM

GAME: A FOUR LETTER WORD?

VIRTUAL WORLDS/GAMING GAMING AS A METAPHOR FOR LEARNING FRAMEWORK VS. FACTS ATTITUDES OF GAMERS FAILURE AND LEARNING

SECOND LIFE SLED (SECOND LIFE IN EDUCATION)--HUGE GROUP OF EDUCATORS USING SL HTTP:// SLEDUCATION.WIKISPA CES.COM/ EDUCATIONALUSES

INTERESTING PLACES IN SECOND LIFE

WRAP-UP WHAT QUESTIONS/ISSUES DO YOU STILL HAVE? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TRY THIS SEMESTER? NEXT SEMESTER? WHAT INFORMATION/HELP DO YOU NEED TO GET STARTED?

HOW TO FIND THE RESOURCES ME: LBLANKEN@GMAIL.COM RESOURCE LINKS POSTED AT HTTP:// EMERGINGTECHNOLOGIESCONSULTING.COM/2009/01/12/ SOCIAL-SOFTWARE-IN-TEACHING-AND-RESEARCH/ ALSO CHECK NITLE.ORG

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