brad mehlenbacher, phd

associate professor, nc state university

presentations

November 6th, 2008: presented Me, myspace, and
the changing face of
higher education
for the NC State Finance & Business Senior Leadership Team.

project overview

Explores the relationship between social networking environments and instruction and learning.
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Tagging and Folksonomy (tagcrowd.com) and Social Media Prism (ethority.de)
Tags Social Media Prism
Community-based non-hierarchical organization of information or objects on Web
and a Graphical Representation of Social Media on the Web

settings for social networking @ nc state university, raleigh, nc, & beyond

8tracks, founded in 2006 and launched 2008, for creating and sharing music mixes
animoto, view slideshow maker with music
bebo, launched 2005, social networking acronym for "blog early, blog often"
blogger, in this case, an appIication I am using to produce bradmehlenbacher.blogspot.com
connotea, online reference management for all researchers, clinicians, and scientists
delicious, launched 2003, allows users to tag, save, manage and share web pages
digg, Web content organized around user sharing and voting
diigo, Web highlighter and sticky notes, bookmarking, annotation, learning network
doodle, incorporated in 2008, for coordinating group events and polls
dopplr, for sharing personal and business travel plans with people you trust
facebook, launched 2004, supporting 132M visitors in June, 2008
grouply, a feature-rich, ad-free community platform for education
grou.ps, for creating your own social network
flickr, launched 2004, image and video hosting Website that claims 3B images
galaxy zoo, user-generated classification of images/data provided by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
glogster, for creating multimedia collages
go2web20, largest web2.0 directory available, including over 3000 services
google docs, rolled out 2005-2007 as separate pieces of collaborative "office" applications
google sites, for creating new websites
grouply, for creating your own social groups
jalbum, for creating professional online photo albums for any website
jing, for sharing screenshots or videos of onscreen action
linkedin, launched 2003, as business-oriented social networking site (3.2M visitors)
livebinders, for gathering and sharing information
meetingWizard, for scheduling your meetings and events with ease
minekey, founded in 2005, discussion network spanning other top social networks
myspace, launched 2003, social networking Website in competition with facebook for users
newsmap, visually reflecting the daily space of the Googe News aggregator
ning, launched 2005, serving more than 275,000 networks
originalsignal, transmitting web 2.0.
pearltrees, the social curation community for organizing, discovering, and sharing

Re-Imagining Learning in the 21st Century



From DML News & Info Search - MacArthur Foundation (March 2010)

more settings for social networking

pandora, launched 2000, part of the Music Genome Project (capturing ~400 music attributes)
pbworks, for shared online team collaboration
photobucket, allowing shared photographs and videos, tagging, commenting
playlist, founded in 2006, for music search and sharing
plaxo, reporting 20M users in May 2008
popurls, genuine aggregator
prezi, for creating presentations live on the web
quizlet, for creating and sharing flashcards with others
readwriteweb, web apps, web technology trends, social networking and social media
reddit, describing itself as "customizable front page of the Internet and epic waster of time"
screencast, online video sharing
slideshare, for uploading and sharing PowerPoint presentations
shelfari, supporting social cataloging, tagging, discussion of books
spicynodes, a way to visualize bits of information (text, links, photos) into nodes
toCloud, a free online word cloud generator
twendx, exploring twitter conversations and sentiment (searching for "learning")
twitter, allowing "micro-blogging" or short messages to a network of people
ustream, social space for broadcasting and discussing videos
vimeo, for sharing videos
voicethread, group conversations around images, documents, and videos
vuvox, slideshows, photo, video and music sharing, Myspace codes
vyew, for real-time collaboration and live Web conferencing
wallwisher, for creating an online notice board maker
webs, for creating free websites, free hosting, and community building
wikispaces, for creating classroom wikis
wiziq, for online teaching and e-learning with web conferencing
wordle, for generating "word clouds" from text you provide
youtube, allowing shared videos, tagging, and commenting
zigtag, for saving, sharing, finding Websites via semantic tagging
zoho, supporting shared editing of spreadsheets, presentations, databases, documents
zotero, for collecting, organizing, citing, and sharing your research sources.

Did You Know?



From Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod, and Jeff Bronman

articles and stories on social networking

√ Angwin, J., & Fowler, G. A. (2009). Volunteers log off as Wikipedia ages. The Wall Street Journal: Technology, November 23.
√ Chelan, D. (2007). Working the Web. University Business: Solutions for Higher Education Management, April.
√ Chen, B. X. (2009). How the iPhone could reboot education. Wired.com: Gadget Lab, December 8.
√ Coldewey, D. (2009). Why I don't use Twitter. TechCrunch.com, August 17.
√ CTV News Staff. (2007). Ontario government employees blocked from Facebook. CTV.ca, May 3.
√ Harris, S. D. (2008). Facebook, Salesforce.com collaborate. Mercury News, November 3.
√ Hoffman, C. (2008). The battle for Facebook. RollingStone.com, June 26.
√ McKee, J. (2009). The 90-9-1 principle: How users participate in social communities. Ant's Eye View and CommunityGuy.com.
√ McKeon, C. (2009). 5 famous last status updates. Collegehumor.com, November 17.
√ Pinker, S. (2010). Mind over mass media. New York Times, June 10.
√ Powell, R. S. (2009). Who is on the other end of Facebook? Advice, The Chronical of Higher Education, October 9.
√ Richtel, M. (2010). Hooked on gadgets, and paying a mental price. New York Times, June 6.
√ Schmidt, T. S. (2006). Inside the backlash against Facebook. Time.com, September 6.
√ Siemens, G., & Cormier, D. (2009). Social media: Trends and implications for learning. EdITLib, August.
√ Thompson, C. (2008). Brave new world of digital intimacy. The New York Times, September 5.
√ Waters, R. (2009). Birth of a cloud that will never forget. 2000-2009: the decade in review. Financial Times, December 30.

The 21st Century Learner



From Multimedia Library - MacArthur Foundation (17 May 2010)

websites and resources on social networking

√ EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative. (2008). 2008 Horizon Report. Austin, TX: New Media Corsortium.
√ EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative. (2009). 2009 Horizon Report. Austin, TX: New Media Corsortium.
Gizmodo: the Gadget Guide
Mashable: The Social Media Guide.
√ Ollerton, T. (2011). The Future of Social Media? iab (Internet Advertising Bereau) / Skive.
√ Shah, R. (2011). Future Tech Jobs: We Need Social Science Graduates. Forbes, June 22.
Social Media Today: The Web's Best Thinkers on Social Media and Web 2.0.
Tech Tuesdays on Ustream: Student/instructor professional development.
√ Wikipedia. (2008). List of social networking Websites. Wikipedia, November 6.

A Vision of Students Today



From Michael Wesch's http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg