status

Hi Folks,
Here’s the unofficial status of the course; last three #s in your student #.

Thanks for your comments in your blogs.
have a good summer!

Last Blog Post

This is a simple one.
Provide some commentary about the course, the use of social media and what you learned. Also, some final comments about your thoughts about the information society.
thanks

Blog Work

Hi Folks:

Personal Blogs: All your personal blog work for this course will be due APRIL 10th (by noon).

Grading: If you’re doing the blog work that’s requested of you each week, than you’re giving what you should, which puts you at a B+. If you’re doing extra Blog posts, such as critical commentary about things we’ve talked about, or personal insights & experiences about the social media we’re discussing, you’re going beyond what’s expected of you – this puts in you in the “A” area for grades. This framework is guided by the department’s grading standards.

tid bits

This week’s ‘collection of tid-bits’ is themed around privacy & social networking sites. I’d like you to find some articles/info/blog posts etc that are related to this theme; perhaps infringements of privacy or other issues

stuff I’m missing from you

Hi Folks,
There are some of you who still need to send me things. I’m listing what I’m missing from you here by the last three (3) digits of your student number:

Blog URL: 759
Twitter username: 759
Social Bookmarks username/url: 759, 047, 107, 688, 160, 848, 446
LinkedIn url: 047, 107, 527, 855, 309, 688, 759, 848, 430, 220

Please send me the info asap.
thanks
t

social networking for jobs

This week’s ‘collection of tid-bits’ is themed around work/employment & social networking sites. I’d like you to find some articles/info/blog posts etc that are related to this theme; people finding work via SNS or how to use SNS for employment etc.

blogs gone bad

This week’s ‘collection of tid-bits’ is themed around ‘blogs gone bad’. I’d like you to find some articles/info/blog posts etc that show some of the ‘unintended consequences’ of blogging. We talked about some examples in class – what’s out there that talks about blogging pitfalls?

(this week’s blog tasks are posted on the weekly tasks page).

Blog work & tasks

-How do manage and organize your bookmarks or favourites right now? Does it work for you? benefits/constraints?
-Check out/explore the following social bookmarking sites:
Delicious
Digg
Diigo
-Sign up for one SB site and add 5 (five) bookmarks that are course related, tag the sites (blog about the sites you chose, what you added, what you found – and some reflections about using the SB sites). Email your username & SB site to Tracy
-Pick a tag (topic/word) of your choice (ie hockey, web 2.0, flowers, twitter etc – anything), Search for this tag on Delicious, Digg and Diigo

-Blog – What kind of differing info (or same?) did you find? is it useful/not? why/not? did you get different info then say, a google search? What do you think of these SB sites? Personal and critical commentary is good.

NOTE: I didn’t post a blog comment this week.

Obama & social media

The (new) US Government – and Barak Obama – are avid ict & social media users/producers. I found some cool stuff:

The Presidential Inaugural Committee 2009 YouTube Channel. It’s really good. Here’s their website and their twitter profile. The White House’s Blog.

What other info can you find out about Barak Obama, the inauguration, election, US government etc with respect to using social media. Obama is all about reaching people and connecting with him. How did he do it? What do you think of all this? (click the comment button to contribute).

Also, because I have limited experience with wikis, I thought I would try and play around. So, I created a wiki page with all course tasks, with some links and info: http://proftracy.pbwiki.com/comm2p26. Let me know what you think. handy? (tho it’s not interactive/collaborative at this point).

Blog Work

Find, read & explore some wikis
Marketing: http://www.stephanspencer.com/wikis/wikis-for-marketing
Educational: http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/page/How+we+use+wikis+in+class?t=anon
List of wikis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wikis

Businesses & wikis
How To Use Wikis For Business
Wikis Are Now Serious Business
Would Your Business Benefit from a Wiki?

Wiki:
Comment on the wiki’s you’ve looked at
What do you dis/like about the use of wikis?
Would you ever use/create one?
How are wikis good for businesses?

Twitter:
Comment on how tweeting is going for you, any interesting things you’ve come across, and the tweets you are reading. Find a way to tweet that works for you – check out these suggestions:
Top ten types of Tweets
Six Types of Tweets
Get Twhirl and try using that interface to tweet instead.

Experiment with #Hashtags at http://hashtags.org
Find something you’re interested in and see what’s being tweeted about it.