project overview
Explores the relationship between social networking environments and instruction and learning.
Tagging and Folksonomy (tagcrowd.com) and Social Media Prism (ethority.de)
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
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EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative. (2008). 2008 Horizon Report. Austin, TX: New Media Corsortium.
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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