Slides from my presentation to the Teaching With Technology community of practice (CHEP - University of Delaware). Related blog post: http://tinyurl.com/nnuq2q

1. Facebook, Twitter,
and All Other Web Two-O Thingies…
What’s In It For Me?
Presentation to the Teaching With Technology CoP – CHEP– 3-9-2009
Mathieu Plourde, Instructional Designer, LMS Project Leader
IT-User Services

2. Disclaimer
• This presentation is not a recipe for
success using web 2.0 technologies and
social media.
• Your mileage may vary.
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3. A Quick Poll
1. Do you have a Facebook account?
• Yes.
• No.
2. Do you have a Twitter account?
• Yes.
• No.
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4. A Quick Poll
3. Have you ever subscribed to a RSS feed?
• Yes.
• No.
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5. It All Started With Me…
• Moved to a new
country.
• Isolated from my
friends and family.
• Main computer
usage:
• Desktop apps
• Email
Me – Circa 2007 • Blog posts: 3
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6. My First Web 2.0 Trigger
• “RSS in Plain English”
• “Social Bookmarking in Plain English”
• “Wikis in Plain English”
http://www.commoncraft.com/
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7. Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
• Almost every web site
generates a RSS feed
nowadays…
• You get a notification when
there is something new.
Attribution: jrhode on Flickr.com
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8. Bookmarks
Can you imagine having almost 2,000
bookmarks in your browser?
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11. Facebook
• Good way to keep in
touch with friends
from Québec.
• Mix of personal and
professional
contacts.
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12. Wikis
Author/
Audience
Author/ Web Author/
Audience
Page Audience
Author/
Audience
Reference: Grenier (2007)
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13. My Second Trigger: Conferences
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14. Twitter
• Opt-in system: you
pay attention if you
want to.
• How would you
drink from a fire
hydrant (a real one)?
Attribution: rustytanton on Flickr.com
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17. A Quick Poll
4. Are you afraid of sharing your ideas
online?
• Yes.
• No.
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19. If Information Was Made of Light…
EXTERNAL
INFORMATION
RECEIVED SOURCE
INFORMATION
FORWARDED
INFORMATION
STORED
INFORMATION SHARED
INFORMATION
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20. Roles in Communities
Leaders/
Gurus
Active
Members
It’s OK to
Lurkers
be a lurker!
Outsiders
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21. The Network Effect Affects Your Toolbox
120
100
80
60
40
20
0 Monthy visits (10M)
Users (M)
Facebook
MySpace
Twitter
LinkedIn
Source: Compete, January 2009.
http://blog.compete.com/2009/02/09/facebook-myspace-twitter-social-network/
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22. A Critical Mass: Set Your Expectations…
Mass of Social Media Users Interested in…
Current Events (News)
Web 2.0 Technologies
Education
Visual Design
Wikis in Higher Education
LMS Documention Policies
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23. Less Intrusive Than a Phone Call…
Share your
identity in
the physical
world!
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24. … and It Continues with Me!
• Established a network of
people with similar
interests.
• Access to a human search
engine.
• Web identity:
• 14 blog posts
• 4 YouTube videos
• 1,485 Flickr pictures
• 2,000 bookmarks
• 1,000 tweets
• Hundreds of comments
• Thousands of wiki edits
Me – March 2009 • Many more…
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25. Personal Learning Networks
Attribution: Alec Couros (courosa) on Flickr.com
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26. My Personal Learning Network
http://www.mindmeister.com/16624261
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27. Where Do I Find The Time?
“You’ve got a job, which is what you do to
pay the bills. You have a career, which is
where you advance in pay, position, and
prestige. And finally, you have a calling,
where you passionately do what you were
put on earth to do.”
Jay Cross, in Informal Learning (page 113).
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28. Thank You!
• Questions, Comments?
• Mathieu Plourde
Instructional Designer, LMS Project Leader – IT-User Services
mathieu@udel.edu
302-831-4060
• http://udel.edu/~mathieu/
• http://twitter.com/mathplourde
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/mathplourde/
• Facebook, LinkedIn: Mathieu Plourde
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