Bringing Social Networking Into the Classroom Dave Jellicoe – IT Faculty, IT Campus

Group Brainstorming Discuss your social networking technology in your group. Share your experience. How will your Social Networking technology emerge in this session? How often? In what form? How long does it take to consume? Does is require your participation or engagement? Now, as a group, do it until I blow the whistle 5 minutes

Discuss your social networking technology in your group. Share your experience.

How will your Social Networking technology emerge in this session?

How often?

In what form?

How long does it take to consume?

Does is require your participation or engagement?

Now, as a group, do it until I blow the whistle

The Dilemma… Owned by the students alone You and your delivery can be marginalized. Engagement is reduced Learning is reduced Social Networking Owned by YOU and the students You speak with currency and respect You reach them where they are. You capitalize on the intrinsic value they already recognize. ?

Generations Boomer Echo Millennial - Gen Y Gen X Baby Boomers Silent Digital Immigrants Digital Natives Reactive Adaptive Generation Name <9 yrs (16-20) 9-27 49-66 28-48 Age Now 1982-2000 1961-1981 1989-1993 1943-1960 2001-present Year Born

Contents What is happening here now? 1 What is out there? 2 How do we use it? 3 What happens next? 4

What is Social Networking A site in which: Members have a public or semi-public profile within an account-specific environment Share a connection with other members Friends Colleagues Contacts View & contribute to a list of activities, resources or narratives of other members

A site in which:

Members have a public or semi-public profile within an account-specific environment

Share a connection with other members

Friends

Colleagues

Contacts

View & contribute to a list of activities, resources or narratives of other members

What is out there? Flickr.com – Image Streams 12Second.tv – Video Streams Youtube.com – Video Repository Twitter.com – Thought Streams Delicious.com – Surfing Experiences Reddit.com – Reading Experiences Facebook.com – Personal/Project Space Wordpress.com – Reflective Blogging EPNWeb.org - Audio/Video Podcasting Digg.com – viral weighting of any web content

Flickr.com – Image Streams

12Second.tv – Video Streams

Youtube.com – Video Repository

Twitter.com – Thought Streams

Delicious.com – Surfing Experiences

Reddit.com – Reading Experiences

Facebook.com – Personal/Project Space

Wordpress.com – Reflective Blogging

EPNWeb.org - Audio/Video Podcasting

Digg.com – viral weighting of any web content

How Many SNS are there?

Social Networking Sites Reddit Delicious

Reddit

Delicious

Social Networking Sites Wordpress Youtube

Wordpress

Youtube

Social Networking Sites Twitter Flickr

Twitter

Flickr

Social Networking Sites Facebook 12Seconds

Facebook

12Seconds

Youtube Image-based learning resources Sharable content Revision 01

Image-based learning resources

Sharable content

Yet More Orkut: is an internet social network service run by Google. It is similar to Facebook and Myspace, it is mostly used in Brazil. LinkedIn: Used For Professional Networking. It is a profitable site and used Just for Business

Orkut: is an internet social network service run by Google. It is similar to Facebook and Myspace, it is mostly used in Brazil.

LinkedIn: Used For Professional Networking. It is a profitable site and used Just for Business

Still More Friendster It was created in California by Jonathan Abrams in March 2002 . It currently has about 50 million users . It was offered to be sold out by Google for $30 million but was turned down. It is based on a circle of friends (Social Network) and Web of Friends techniques for networking individuals in virtual communities

Friendster

It was created in California by Jonathan Abrams in March 2002 . It currently has about 50 million users . It was offered to be sold out by Google for $30 million but was turned down. It is based on a circle of friends (Social Network) and Web of Friends techniques for networking individuals in virtual communities

More – The Sequel Plaxo: Is an online Address book serviced by Napster. Ning: Is a company used for creating social websites and social networks. The websites running on its service are built in standard PHP and the platform itself is run by Java

Plaxo: Is an online Address book serviced by Napster.

Ning: Is a company used for creating social websites and social networks. The websites running on its service are built in standard PHP and the platform itself is run by Java

More Yet Again My Space The very first MySpace users were E-Universe employees. The company held contests to see who could sign-up the most users. The company then used its resources to push MySpace to the masses. eUniverse used its 20 million users and e-mail subscribers to quickly breathe life into MySpace, and move it to the head of the pack of social networking websites. Some employees of MySpace including DeWolfe and Berman were later able to purchase equity in the property before MySpace, and its parent company eUniverse (now renamed ‘Intermix’), were bought in July 2005 for US$580 million by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation

My Space

The very first MySpace users were E-Universe employees. The company held contests to see who could sign-up the most users. The company then used its resources to push MySpace to the masses. eUniverse used its 20 million users and e-mail subscribers to quickly breathe life into MySpace, and move it to the head of the pack of social networking websites.

Some employees of MySpace including DeWolfe and Berman were later able to purchase equity in the property before MySpace, and its parent company eUniverse (now renamed ‘Intermix’), were bought in July 2005 for US$580 million by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation

More IV Photolog In Spring 2006, a book of photographs from fotolog.com was published by the UK publisher Thames & Hudson titled fotolog.book: A Global Snapshot for the Digital Age . Edited by Andrew Long and containing text contributions by Nick Currie, the book is organized in sections highlighting several themes that arose in the site's community of photographers and several individual photographers from some of the major cities and countries with many fotolog users. On Sunday, July, 29th, 2007 Fotolog hit a milestone of 10,000,000 users. To celebrate they awarded to its 10 millionth user 10 years of free Gold Camera membership and 25 memberships to be given out to friends, also the &quot;Reverse Friends/Favorites&quot; list, which used to be exclusive for paying members, is now open to everyone.

Photolog

In Spring 2006, a book of photographs from fotolog.com was published by the UK publisher Thames & Hudson titled fotolog.book: A Global Snapshot for the Digital Age .

Edited by Andrew Long and containing text contributions by Nick Currie, the book is organized in sections highlighting several themes that arose in the site's community of photographers and several individual photographers from some of the major cities and countries with many fotolog users.

On Sunday, July, 29th, 2007 Fotolog hit a milestone of 10,000,000 users. To celebrate they awarded to its 10 millionth user 10 years of free Gold Camera membership and 25 memberships to be given out to friends, also the &quot;Reverse Friends/Favorites&quot; list, which used to be exclusive for paying members, is now open to everyone.

Social Networking for Teachers

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How Could It Be Used? Christian Beauclair and Rick Claus Microsoft Trainers World Championships

Christian Beauclair and Rick Claus

Microsoft Trainers

World Championships

What Is Happening At NSCC Now? Chris, at the new campus, is podcasting content for his technology course Victoria, in Health and Human Services, requires students to read and contribute to a threaded discussion about diseases Peter , at IT campus, requires change logs for software projects to be accessible on an online blog Brent, in Trades, suggests that his students keep a Flickr image stream of the construction project they have been on Doug, in Burridge campus, has students create and control Sharepoint collaboration sites to manage their team projects. Sue, in Office Automation, has a project where students track their research and annotate their surfing with Reddit Ian maintains contact with administration at NSCC using Facebook friends and groups. Zoran, in NSCC International, maintains a personal blog of events happening with the Tanzania project Gord , in Truro, hosts his hybrid, online course website on Moodle to make it available 24/7

Chris, at the new campus, is podcasting content for his technology course

Victoria, in Health and Human Services, requires students to read and contribute to a threaded discussion about diseases

Peter , at IT campus, requires change logs for software projects to be accessible on an online blog

Brent, in Trades, suggests that his students keep a Flickr image stream of the construction project they have been on

Doug, in Burridge campus, has students create and control Sharepoint collaboration sites to manage their team projects.

Sue, in Office Automation, has a project where students track their research and annotate their surfing with Reddit

Ian maintains contact with administration at NSCC using Facebook friends and groups.

Zoran, in NSCC International, maintains a personal blog of events happening with the Tanzania project

Gord , in Truro, hosts his hybrid, online course website on Moodle to make it available 24/7

How Do We Use IT? ? Reflective blogging ? Facebook Groups ? Remedial Captivate Training Enrich Your Delivery

One Example of SN in the Class Your Classroom You and your students access this space remotely 24/7 TLM Twitter Blogs Podcasts Sharepoint Course materials Course management and grades Dynamic Team communication Reflective learning journals Remedial Delivery

Group Brainstorming What activity that you teach or participate in could be enriched by a Social Networking technology? Write a couple down and be prepared to share 5 minutes

What activity that you teach or participate in could be enriched by a Social Networking technology?

Write a couple down and be prepared to share

How do we change delivery? What’s Cool What do You Know? What Works What allows Learning

Site Links Cool Links Facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=60430369664#/group.php?gid=2318674969&ref=mf Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/cgc/page417/ Vlogging http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2005/07/68171 Podcasting http://epnweb.org/ Twitter http://thechronicleherald.ca/ArtsLife/1122488.html Digg http://digg.com/about/

SNS Resources Teacherade NEA – Online Social Networking for Educators NextGen Teachers BPS TILT SNS ASCD – SNS are the R&D Teams of the Future Weblogg-ed – The Added Value of SNS PBS Teachers – Teachers Embrace SNS Wired – Don’t Tell Your Parents: Schools Embrace SNS

Teacherade

NEA – Online Social Networking for Educators

NextGen Teachers

BPS TILT SNS

ASCD – SNS are the R&D Teams of the Future

Weblogg-ed – The Added Value of SNS

PBS Teachers – Teachers Embrace SNS

Wired – Don’t Tell Your Parents: Schools Embrace SNS

Thank You ! Questions?