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Welcome to the Brown Bag Lunch Series

Welcome to the Brown Bag Lunch Series. Web 2.0 & Social Networking. July 22, 2010. Agenda. What is all this stuff? Why its important? Trends Resources K-12 Education. What is all this stuff?. Ning – place to gather and talk (like a sandbox), costs $

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Welcome to the Brown Bag Lunch Series

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  1. Welcome to the Brown Bag Lunch Series

  2. Web 2.0 & Social Networking July 22, 2010

  3. Agenda • What is all this stuff? • Why its important? • Trends • Resources • K-12 Education

  4. What is all this stuff? • Ning – place to gather and talk (like a sandbox), costs $ • Wiki – interactive bulletin board – all members can create; quick edits; list of web pages • Moodle – Course Management System; open source version of Angel or Blackboard • Twitter – share and discover what is happening right now; instantly updated; microblogging service • Tweet - is a post or status update on Twitter • Twitterfeeds - Offers to tweet the last posts published in a blog • Plurk – another microblogging site • LinkedIn - strengthens and extends your existing network - great tool for business professionals • Delicious - Keep, share, and discover the best of the Web using Delicious, the world's leading social bookmarking service.

  5. More… • Digg - a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web • FaceBook - social utility that connects people with friends and others • Friendster.com - a leading global social network • Myspace - is one of the world's largest social networks • hi5 – Social Networking with social entertainment – playing games • Second Life- is a free 3D virtual world where users can socialize, connect and create using free voice and text chat.

  6. Why is it important?

  7. What kids are saying & doing? • Email is passee • They forward all email to twitter • Or they text • They are moving away from facebook – because we are all on it! • Digg is big!

  8. Concerns • Digital Footprints • What we post? • What others post about us? • Privacy • Facebook CEO has said publicly that people don’t care about privacy • Companies will sell and / share your information • Its like leaving your diary on a park bench for all to read!

  9. Resources… • Web 2.0 Glossary • GI Admin wiki

  10. K-12 Education… • Edmodo - is a private micro-blogging platform built for use by teachers and students for use in the classroom. • Caution - many sites have age restrictions, some require student email

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