Diane Rehm Radio Show/Podcast on Social Networking
Written by David Carpenter on May 13, 2008 – 4:52 pm
U.S. radio host Diane Rehm interviews several guests including Gina Bianchini, co-founder of Ning, about what is happening in social networking. They offer an understandable explanation for folks new to social networking while expanding the conversation noting the power of connectivity for businesses and non-profits.
Listen to the show at Diane’s site.
But assignments in Michael Wesch's anthropology classes at Kansas State University have been seen around the world and by as many as 1.5 million other people.
The video is up for a YouTube award for most inspirational video of 2007.
The other video assignment is more research-based, Wesch said.
the students' work gets exposure in a way that traditional classroom assignments don't.
Bohannon's video skills led to a job with Diigo, an online research tool that's better explained through video than through words. That's why Diigo had Bohannon create a video to explain what it's all about. The video can be viewed at http://www.diigo.com/
"That gets at the complexity of today's media environment," Wesch said. "The students don’t advertise. They get the videos out on blogs, people start linking to them, and other people find them."
A companion to the Vision of Students Today, done by the same anthropology class. Not as viral, clearly, but also very thought provoking. Students don't need us to provide information, they need us to teach them how to make knowledge of information.