Social Networking: Sharing Your Life

By the End of the Session you will:

• Know the terminology: social networking, facebook, myspace, twitter, tweet, retwteet (RT), direct message (DM), mobile device, app, etc.
  
• Know at least 5 uses for these tools: personal, professional, or academic
• Be signed up for a Twitter account, have tweeted, and following one of each of the above topics
• Have tweeted about: the most interesting item you learned about in social networking today, one way you might use social networking in your personal life, professional life, and classroom
  

Social Networking is many things:

• Interaction between a group of people who share a common interest
• A broad class of web sites and services that allow you to connect with friends, family, and colleagues online
• Interactive communication in which participants in online communities such as Facebook share thoughts, photos, etc.
• A way to make our disconnected world a little more personal

Some Examples of Social Networking Sites:
MySpace
Facebook
Twitter
Plurk
Ning
Flikr
YouTube
TeacherTube
WordPress
Blogger
Linkedin

Social Networking is a new(er) term. It is not a new idea. The tools may have become easier to use, but the concepts have been around for decades:

• Town Criers
• Newspapers
• Bulletin Boards
• Networking Groups
• Student Journals
• Photo Albums

Videos worth Watching:
Social Networking: In Plain English
Twitter: In Plain English
Twitter: How To
Twitter: Trouble with Twitters
Twitter: Experiment

Educational Implications:
Tweeting your Way to Better Grades
ISUTeach Pro/Cons List
Twitter in Academia
Pass Notes During Class
Twitter your way into Employment - Student in Eng 239 @ ISU uses Twitter to get Internship
What Can You Do with Twitter?
Nine Great Reasons Teachers Should Use Twitter