Reddit is a unique type of news and message board site that is built for users by users. It is an aggregate for memes, music, news, and other user generated content. It has also been in the news for several high profile “Ask Me Anything” sessions with individuals like President Barack Obama, Bill Gates and Stephen Colbert.
Imgur is a popular image sharing site with over 23 million images shared monthly. It is similar and often integrated with Reddit.
Join us as we learn about how these sites work and what makes them so popular. In addition, we will discuss ways you can use them for your library and for professional development.
#Interdisciplinary: Teaching interdisciplinary concepts in a course about soc...Mike Berta
In the Spring ‘14 semester, we collaborated to design and deliver a course at Daemen College entitled, “Social Media Fundamentals.” By developing a student-led social media marketing project, course participants engaged real-world social justice issues using real-world tools and techniques. Engaging diversity issues on their own campus, students applied their knowledge through creating their own digital presence, interpreting community norms and standards in virtual worlds, examining legal and justice issues, analyzing common Internet analytics, and appraising their own social media campaign. What was learned was that an expansive interpretation of “classroom space” that included all interactions between participants afforded an interdisciplinary playground for students to explore. This session will demonstrate to participants how the course evolved into an interdisciplinary learning experience, how we mapped the study of social media to interdisciplinary studies, and how we addressed issues of student engagement when introducing new technologies.
Reddit is a unique type of news and message board site that is built for users by users. It is an aggregate for memes, music, news, and other user generated content. It has also been in the news for several high profile “Ask Me Anything” sessions with individuals like President Barack Obama, Bill Gates and Stephen Colbert.
Imgur is a popular image sharing site with over 23 million images shared monthly. It is similar and often integrated with Reddit.
Join us as we learn about how these sites work and what makes them so popular. In addition, we will discuss ways you can use them for your library and for professional development.
#Interdisciplinary: Teaching interdisciplinary concepts in a course about soc...Mike Berta
In the Spring ‘14 semester, we collaborated to design and deliver a course at Daemen College entitled, “Social Media Fundamentals.” By developing a student-led social media marketing project, course participants engaged real-world social justice issues using real-world tools and techniques. Engaging diversity issues on their own campus, students applied their knowledge through creating their own digital presence, interpreting community norms and standards in virtual worlds, examining legal and justice issues, analyzing common Internet analytics, and appraising their own social media campaign. What was learned was that an expansive interpretation of “classroom space” that included all interactions between participants afforded an interdisciplinary playground for students to explore. This session will demonstrate to participants how the course evolved into an interdisciplinary learning experience, how we mapped the study of social media to interdisciplinary studies, and how we addressed issues of student engagement when introducing new technologies.
1. Web 2.x Tools to Make You Look Cool Dudenhoffer – MLA 2010 10/7/2010 The Internet Strikes Back! 1
2. These tools are all .com unless otherwise stated! They are all free, web based and require no downloads. Many of them are cooler if you use igoogle, an RSS reader, blog, tweet, etc. Many are cooler if you choose to buy the “pro” version 10/7/2010 Dudenhoffer – MLA 2010 2 But First!
11. T, U, V Visualizing.org TotSpot 10/7/2010 Dudenhoffer – MLA 2010 11
12. W, X, Y, Z Xsketch Yourfonts (requires a scanner!) YTTM ZamZar 10/7/2010 Dudenhoffer – MLA 2010 12
13. Thanks! 10/7/2010 Dudenhoffer – MLA 2010 13 Cynthia DudenhofferDir. of Information ResourcesSmiley Memorial LibraryCentral Methodist University411 CMU Square Fayette, MO 65248 660-248-6292 cmdudenh@centralmethodist.edu Find Me on the Web librarian.cyn librarian_cyn librarian_cyn