Brave New World of the Social Web Are You Participating Yet? Michael Yue, M.Ed. Project Coordinator Vancouver Community College

Background Project Coordinator, Vancouver Community College Managed a federal government-funded employment resource centre for 5 years, during which time I began to learn and adopt Web 2.0 tools in my work. I’ve presented on this topic in various training sessions and conference workshops.

Project Coordinator, Vancouver Community College

Managed a federal government-funded employment resource centre for 5 years, during which time I began to learn and adopt Web 2.0 tools in my work.

I’ve presented on this topic in various training sessions and conference workshops.

The Social Web (Web 2.0) Community: Building relationships, networking Collaboration: Working together to achieve common goals Contribution: Adding to the common knowledge base Are these functions relevant to career service and education?

Community: Building relationships, networking

Collaboration: Working together to achieve common goals

Contribution: Adding to the common knowledge base

Are these functions relevant to career service and education?

Common Web 2.0 Tools Blogs (or weblogs) Wikis Social Networks Has anyone used or heard of these tools before?

Blogs (or weblogs)

Wikis

Social Networks

Has anyone used or heard of these tools before?

Blogs You don’t need to be “technically savvy” to create and operate a blog. Blogs are like journals - messages are posted and organized in chronological order (most recent posting first). You can post text, audio, video, picture. Viewers can comment on your postings (if you let them). Blogs can be managed by one person, or a group of people .

You don’t need to be “technically savvy” to create and operate a blog.

Blogs are like journals - messages are posted and organized in chronological order (most recent posting first).

You can post text, audio, video, picture.

Viewers can comment on your postings (if you let them).

Blogs can be managed by one person, or a group of people .

Examples of Blog Western Edge (U of Western Ontario Career Centre Blog) http:// atwestern .typepad.com/western_edge/ Career Experts (UBC Career Services Staff Weblog) http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/careerexperts/ The Career Services Informer (SFU Career Services) http://blog. lidc . sfu .ca/ careerservices /

Western Edge (U of Western Ontario Career Centre Blog)

http:// atwestern .typepad.com/western_edge/

Career Experts (UBC Career Services Staff Weblog)

http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/careerexperts/

The Career Services Informer (SFU Career Services)

http://blog. lidc . sfu .ca/ careerservices /

More Examples of Blog IMDIVERSITY Career Center Blog http:// diversitycareers . blogspot .com/ Bold Career Blog http://www. boldcareer .com/blog/ Recruiting.com (A Recruiting Community Portal) http://www.recruiting.com/blogs

IMDIVERSITY Career Center Blog

http:// diversitycareers . blogspot .com/

Bold Career Blog

http://www. boldcareer .com/blog/

Recruiting.com (A Recruiting Community Portal)

http://www.recruiting.com/blogs

More Blog Examples Career Centre Blog http://www.careercentre.org/blog/ COMPASS: Setting Career Directions http://workprospects.typepad.com/ Labour Market Information Blog http:// lmi . careeropportunities .ca/

Career Centre Blog

http://www.careercentre.org/blog/

COMPASS: Setting Career Directions

http://workprospects.typepad.com/

Labour Market Information Blog

http:// lmi . careeropportunities .ca/

Blogging Tools Free web-based hosting Blogger ( http://www.blogger.com ) WordPress ( http://wordpress.com ) BlogSavy ( http:// blogsavy .com/) - powered by WordPress You can also pay blog hosting service to have fuller control of your blog, such as having a unique URL (web address).

Free web-based hosting

Blogger ( http://www.blogger.com )

WordPress ( http://wordpress.com )

BlogSavy ( http:// blogsavy .com/) - powered by WordPress

You can also pay blog hosting service to have fuller control of your blog, such as having a unique URL (web address).

Wikis The famous Wikipedia ( www.wikipedia.org ) Collaboration and sharing at its best and easiest wiki wiki = “fast” in Hawaiian language The tool allows a community of people to work together by adding to or modifying (i.e. eduting) one another’s contributions Check out the various examples to see how wikis are used

The famous Wikipedia ( www.wikipedia.org )

Collaboration and sharing at its best and easiest

wiki wiki = “fast” in Hawaiian language

The tool allows a community of people to work together by adding to or modifying (i.e. eduting) one another’s contributions

Check out the various examples to see how wikis are used

Examples of Wiki Library Success (A Best Practice Wiki) http://www. libsuccess .org Human Resource Management Wiki http:// competencywiki . ihrm .ca EduWikis http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com Service Provider Joint Marketing Project http:// jointmarketing .wikispaces.com

Library Success (A Best Practice Wiki)

http://www. libsuccess .org

Human Resource Management Wiki

http:// competencywiki . ihrm .ca

EduWikis

http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com

Service Provider Joint Marketing Project

http:// jointmarketing .wikispaces.com

More Examples of Wiki Wiki-Teacher http://www.wiki-teacher.com National Society of Experiential Education http:// nsee . pbwiki .com CareersWiki (by the Biology Careers Development Group @ the University of York, UK) http://bioltfws1. york .ac. uk / PhDwiki /

Wiki-Teacher

http://www.wiki-teacher.com

National Society of Experiential Education

http:// nsee . pbwiki .com

CareersWiki (by the Biology Careers Development Group @ the University of York, UK)

http://bioltfws1. york .ac. uk / PhDwiki /

Wiki Tools Wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com BluWiki http://bluwiki.com PBWiki http:// pbwiki .com/ EditThis.Info - powered by MediaWiki http://www. editthis .info/ MediaWiki (needs to be downloaded and installed) http://www. mediawiki .org

Wikispaces

http://www.wikispaces.com

BluWiki

http://bluwiki.com

PBWiki

http:// pbwiki .com/

EditThis.Info - powered by MediaWiki

http://www. editthis .info/

MediaWiki (needs to be downloaded and installed)

http://www. mediawiki .org

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Social Networks Online communities that integrates various web tools to facilitate exchange and interaction in a more closed-knit and secure environment. Build your profile first, and link with the others. Different systems offer different functions.

Online communities that integrates various web tools to facilitate exchange and interaction in a more closed-knit and secure environment.

Build your profile first, and link with the others.

Different systems offer different functions.

Social Network Examples LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com EduSpaces http://www. eduspaces .net Facebook http://www. facebook .com

LinkedIn

http://www.linkedin.com

EduSpaces

http://www. eduspaces .net

Facebook

http://www. facebook .com

3 degrees of connection

End Notes Online tools do not replace the human connection. On the contrary, it strengthens the human connection by extending our capacity across time and space. Learning by doing - you won’t understand these tools unless you use them. To download this presentation, go to: http://www. slideshare .net/mcbyue/

Online tools do not replace the human connection. On the contrary, it strengthens the human connection by extending our capacity across time and space.

Learning by doing - you won’t understand these tools unless you use them.

To download this presentation, go to: http://www. slideshare .net/mcbyue/

Embrace Technology Your Sandbox http:// embracetechnology .bluwiki.org Use this to share your experience with Web 2.0 tools in your work

Your Sandbox

http:// embracetechnology .bluwiki.org

Use this to share your experience with Web 2.0 tools in your work

Connect With Me [email_address] http://www.linkedin.com/in/mcbyue http://eduspaces.net/mcbyue Also on Facebook :) - email me an invitation at mcbyue@hotmail.com

[email_address]

http://www.linkedin.com/in/mcbyue

http://eduspaces.net/mcbyue

Also on Facebook :) - email me an invitation at mcbyue@hotmail.com