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.”
Participatory
Collaborative
Integrated, often using RSS
Real Simple Syndication
Virtual Worlds
Wiki=fast
Collaborative websites
Wikis in Plain English
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
No slides – go to http://fdlfiresouls.wetpaint.com
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 Firefox Safari IE Google Yahoo
When you browse Second Life….
Second Life accounts are free.
Internet Second Life Client Second Life http://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 use
Evaluate Build vs. Buy options
Resist 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/
Alternative Worlds
Online Bookmarks
Can be accessed by any computer using the Internet
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