This document provides an overview of a lecture on best practices for using social networking to learn, master, and teach Black/Africana studies. The lecture covers topics like exploring social networking applications, microblogging, Twitter, why educators should use social media, and tools like blogging and podcasting. The goal is to help attendees understand how to interact and share knowledge online as "prosumers" in virtual communities using various social media platforms and applications.

1. Best Practices in Web 2.0
RBG Communiversity
Education (Social Networking)
Presenter: RBG Street Scholar
Aka, HOW TO USE THE INTERNET TO
LEARN, MASTER AND TEACH BLACK /
AFRICANA STUDIES Part II
For: BEPAA,
Board for the Education of People of African Ancestry
Lecture and Workshop
Saturday, June 30, 2012
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2. RBG Communiversity
How to Use the
Internet
To Learn,
Master & Teach
Black Black/
Africana
Studies Part II
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3. Topics Covered:
1) Exploring Best Practices in Social Networking
2) Computer Revolution / Communication / Information age
3) What is Social Networking?
4) The Conversation: The Art of Listening, Learning and
Sharing
5) Social Networking Applications
6) Microblogging “tweets” Link to cell phone
7)Twitter, Known as the Swiss Army of Social Media
8) Why Educators/Organizers/Activist/Movements Need Go
Social
9) Marketing, recruitment, Monitoring conversations
referencing your group
10) Blogging
11) Podcasting
12) Platform for creating your own social network very easy
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4. Exploring Best Practices in Socio-
RBG Communiversity Educational Networking
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5. RBG Communiversity Exploring Best Practices in Socio-
Educational Networking (2)
How many people have/use any of these social networks/tools?
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6. The Computer Revolution /
RBG Communiversity Communication / Information Age
Did You Know? We live in the Computing and the Information
Technology Age, Change is Permanent
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Age
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7. What is Social Networking?
RBG Communiversity
The interaction between a group of people
who share a common interest
Web 2.0 is a concept that takes the
network as a platform for information
sharing, interoperability, user-centered
design, and collaboration on the World
Wide Web. A Web 2.0 site allows users to
interact and collaborate with each other in
a social media dialogue as creators
(prosumers) of user-generated content in a
virtual community, in contrast to websites
where users (consumers) are limited to the
passive viewing of content that was created
for them.
From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0
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8. RBG Communiversity
What is Social Networking?(2)
Examples of Web 2.0 include social networking sites, blogs, wikis,
video sharing sites, hosted services, web applications, mashups
and folksonomies /social tagging.
What is social media?
A category of sites that is based on user
participation and user-generated content.
Software tools that allow groups to generate
content and engage in peer-to-peer
conversations and exchange of content.
 Multi-Dimensional,
 Involve,
 Create,
 Discuss,
 Promote,
 Measure
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9. RBG Communiversity
Social Networking Applications
“These are the 6 that make RBG Communiversity Tick”
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10. The Conversation:
RBG Communiversity
The Art of Listening, Learning and Sharing
RBG-BLAKADEMIXTAPE-VOL 2-NU-AFRIKAN-EDITION
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11. RBG Communiversity
Microblogging “tweets”
rbg4lif (@rbg4lif) on Twitter
twitter.com/rbg4lif
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12. Known as the Swiss Army of Social Media
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13. Why Educators/Organizers/Activist /
Movements Need Go To Social
Improve instruction
Global collaboration
Sharing of resources
Discussion
Knowledge acquisition
Why Schools/Universities Use
Twitter
Communication,
Events,
Meetings School closings,
Awards Announcements , /Updates
Campus, Weather,
News/RSS feeds,
Emergency information
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14. Publishing, Marketing, Recruitment,
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
“Monitoring”
Agency overview
Formed 1958
Headquarters Arlington, Virginia
Employees 240
Annual budget $3.2 billion
Dr. Kaigham J.
Agency executive
Gabriel[1], Director
Department of
Parent agency http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
Defense
ki/History_of_the_Internet
Website
DARPA.mil
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15. Blogs: “Speak Your Mind,
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Express Your Passion”
Ex. http://rbg-street-scholar-multi-media-e-zine.blogspot.com/
RBG Street Scholars Think Tank Multi-media e-Zine
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16. RBG Communiversity
Blogs(2)
RBG Worldwide 1 Nation EduBlogs/Lessons
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17. RBG Communiversity
Podcasting
Example: BlogTalk Radio
A podcast is a type of digital media consisting of an episodic series of
audio files subscribed to and downloaded through web syndication or
streamed online to a computer or mobile device. The word is a
neologism derived from "broadcast" and "pod" from the success of the
iPod, as podcasts are often listened to on portable media players.
Example:
RBG4Lif Report | Blog Talk Radio Feed
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rbg4lif
www.blogtalkradio.com/rbg4lif.rss
An RSS feed icon, commonly used to indicate the Web feed for a podcast
A list of all the audio or video files currently associated with a given series is maintained
centrally on the distributor's server as a web feed, and the listener or viewer employs
special client application software, known as a podcatcher, that can access this web feed,
check it for updates, and download any new files in the series. This process can be
automated so that new files are downloaded automatically. Files are stored locally on the
user's computer or other device ready for offline use, giving simple and convenient access
to episodic content. In this way it is contrasted to webcasting (Internet streaming).
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18. Creating your own
RBG Communiversity
social network
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19. Creating your own social network (2)
Frontline/Goals Quick Look/Campus Map/Your Page/EduBlogs/Lessons/ Asafo/Top 100
RBGz/ Flicks/Evidence/RBGz Livin Ztrong 100/ Master Teachers Player/MAAFA &
Reparations Class/Discussions/Platoons/Leaders/Recruitment/Library/RBG Blakademics
TV/Education Wikizine/Multi-Media e-Zine/4RBG Scholars Only/RBG SlideShare/ Donate to
RBG Edu. Fund/RBG Communiversity FB/ Revol Productionz
Menu/Events/Chat/Headquarters
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20. SUMMARY: Take Home Points
RBG Communiversity
Best Practices for Educators/ Schools, Organizers, Leaders, Activist:
Keep it Professional
Remember your role within the community
Think before you post to the internet, Digital footprint
(DARPPA Track and Trace)
Policy Development within your group
Why You Should Use Social Media
 Communication
 Public Relations
 Professional Growth
 Branding
 Opportunity
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21. Ex. 1 “Its about Creativity, Imagination,
RBG Communiversity Intellect and Historical Accuracy”
http://www.slideshare.net/rbgstreetscholar1/intro-to-
africana-studiescheikh-anta-diop-and-black-scholars
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22. Ex. 2“Its about Creativity, Imagination,
RBG Communiversity Intellect and Historical Accuracy” (2)
http://www.slideshare.net/rbgstreetscholar1/free-your-
mind-return-to-the-source-african-origins-dr-asa-g-hilliard-iii
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23. THE END,
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RBG Documents Repository/ Reading Room/ Download Center
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