26 November 2008
Thing 7: Online Collaboration Tools
11/26/08 I have sent my email requests to be added as an online contributor to make edits to the documents. I encountered a little communication error with Item #1 - I was not able to make edits prior to sending an email request for the Google docs. I clicked the "request to be added" link, and the also sent an email. This may have been redundant, but I wanted to make sure my request went through so that I could complete my Thing 7. I will revisit this blog entry when I receive my ok to proceed.
Thing 5: Beyond MyFaceSpaceBooking
I actually set up my Plurk account some time ago and just realized that I had not blogged about it.
Blog Prompts
1. Which social journal did you choose? Why?
I Chose Plurk because it was promoted as being good for beginners. I am certainly a beginner and Twitter seemed a little out of my league, or rather not exactly what I was ready to do.
2. What is unique about the online journaling experience?
It is very immediate. Real time. And at the same time deceptive. Are people really promoting themselves as they really are or are they making themselves into something completely fabricated. I guess the most unique thing about the online journaling experience is that there doesn't seem to be any checks and balances.
3. Can you see this having some application to school work or professional development?
If I was in school or working in an environment where it was to my personal advantage to promote my projects or images I could see this being a great source of free advertising.
4. What are some ways that these tools could be used for evil, instead of good?
As I mentioned earlier there doesn't seem to be any checks or balances in online promotion. It would be just too easy to promote yourself or others in a false light. And once it is out there it can be changed and morphed into anything someone wants it to be with the original source never being revealed or removed.
Blog Prompts
1. Which social journal did you choose? Why?
I Chose Plurk because it was promoted as being good for beginners. I am certainly a beginner and Twitter seemed a little out of my league, or rather not exactly what I was ready to do.
2. What is unique about the online journaling experience?
It is very immediate. Real time. And at the same time deceptive. Are people really promoting themselves as they really are or are they making themselves into something completely fabricated. I guess the most unique thing about the online journaling experience is that there doesn't seem to be any checks and balances.
3. Can you see this having some application to school work or professional development?
If I was in school or working in an environment where it was to my personal advantage to promote my projects or images I could see this being a great source of free advertising.
4. What are some ways that these tools could be used for evil, instead of good?
As I mentioned earlier there doesn't seem to be any checks or balances in online promotion. It would be just too easy to promote yourself or others in a false light. And once it is out there it can be changed and morphed into anything someone wants it to be with the original source never being revealed or removed.
21 November 2008
Thing 6: Digg & Reddit...[et al].
Blog Prompts
1. How can you use Digg to collect research for your next report or design project?
Find an article, digg it, and create a history. Customize the article you want to see.
2. How can you use Digg to establish your reputation and credibility?
By choosing articles and recommending them or burying them. Activly participate and do it a lot. Also build a network so that you can do this on an even larger scale.
3. How can you connect your other social media circles to Digg and increase your popularity?
By creating a profile and adding links to you Facebook or Myspace page. Give your opinions about articles. Add your friends and communicate.
4. Reddit is using Twitter. Discuss what combining the experience means to you in terms of saving your oh so "precious time"?
This helps refine and find the exact things that you are looking for. It allows an even more substantial network to share information to your specific interest.
5. How can you ensure that information on an open source website like Reddit is credible?
You can't, not really. You can click the links to who posted articles and in essence work your way backwards, but unless you do a lot of footwork" yourself you have to either trust or not trust. It is the same for the old fashioned methods of reporting it is just that there are more established checks and balances in place.
Challenge (optional)
Dig deeper into these social media sites by creating an account in one or more of them. Each site offers suites of tools that allow you to comment, chat, create your own news column, and more. Having an account lets you be a participatory member of that community.1. Create the account(s) and explore the tools.2. Blog about the various tools and any uses you see for your library or media center. Let us know what you do!
1. How can you use Digg to collect research for your next report or design project?
Find an article, digg it, and create a history. Customize the article you want to see.
2. How can you use Digg to establish your reputation and credibility?
By choosing articles and recommending them or burying them. Activly participate and do it a lot. Also build a network so that you can do this on an even larger scale.
3. How can you connect your other social media circles to Digg and increase your popularity?
By creating a profile and adding links to you Facebook or Myspace page. Give your opinions about articles. Add your friends and communicate.
4. Reddit is using Twitter. Discuss what combining the experience means to you in terms of saving your oh so "precious time"?
This helps refine and find the exact things that you are looking for. It allows an even more substantial network to share information to your specific interest.
5. How can you ensure that information on an open source website like Reddit is credible?
You can't, not really. You can click the links to who posted articles and in essence work your way backwards, but unless you do a lot of footwork" yourself you have to either trust or not trust. It is the same for the old fashioned methods of reporting it is just that there are more established checks and balances in place.
Challenge (optional)
Dig deeper into these social media sites by creating an account in one or more of them. Each site offers suites of tools that allow you to comment, chat, create your own news column, and more. Having an account lets you be a participatory member of that community.1. Create the account(s) and explore the tools.2. Blog about the various tools and any uses you see for your library or media center. Let us know what you do!
Thing 2 revisited
I haven't been able to work on my 16 Things lately as work ebbs and flows with business, but I wanted to acknowledge that I had figured out Thing 2!
I am getting better at this. I have also started to follow some other blogs and am learning from what I see out there.
I am getting better at this. I have also started to follow some other blogs and am learning from what I see out there.
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