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started by Bruce Wolcott on 04 Feb 11
  • Bruce Wolcott
    #1 Bruce Wolcott on 04 Feb 11
     
    Last night I had a great conversation with Jennifer during her office hour on Elluminate (Thursdays from 8-9PM). This was a very valuable experience for me! Jennifer gave me an overview of Elluminate, and then proceeded to demonstrate screen sharing by showing me how she makes use of Twitter to filter information, and connect with a wide variety of different communities of interest. The demo itself, which allowed me to view her screen while she surfed the Web, was a great example of one useful form of real-time online instruction. I filled up two full pages of notes during our conversation, with a wide variety of links and keywords to investigate over the next week.
    Today, in a subsequent email conversation, Jennifer generously has offered to cover the Twitter overview next Thursday during her class office hour. I think you'll find this as valuable as I have - and I'm planning to rejoin her next week during another live class session. I hope you all can make it!

    Here's the link to the Elluminate session:
    Thursdays 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM in Elluminate Live! : http://bit.ly/EDUC251
  • ann stephens
    #2 ann stephens on 05 Feb 11
     
    I also was at the office hour session. Thank you so much Bruce for the lively and interesting dialog you had with Jennifer. What I found particularly interesting was. She indicated there is always more information out there and so does not usually bookmark sites. . She also said that studies indicate we can keep up with about 150 people in a social network. She indicated she often purges her twitter account, but more always want to join. It was interesting to me to see how integrated in the internet is in Jennifer's professional life and how it seems to come naturally to her. She is a generation younger, so it goes to the previous discussions it might be in our human DNA to use technology.
  • Jennifer Dalby
    #3 Jennifer Dalby on 05 Feb 11
     
    It's definitely not DNA. Thanks, both of you. It was a lot of fun. It's more that I've made a career of my hobby. I'm enthusiastic, because it's interesting to me and there's always more I want to learn. If you sit down with anyone for an hour and ask them about something they really enjoy, you'll have a similar experience :) (And I'm not from a different generation. This year's the big 40.)
  • Joy LaJeret
    #5 Joy LaJeret on 05 Feb 11
     
    I want to join this session. I am usually so tired by then I am confortably resting; but I want to do this. I want to learn more about Twitter. I haven't tried it yet.

    Also I need picture that are free!! I need help locating these...
  • ann stephens
    #6 ann stephens on 06 Feb 11
     
    Jennifer's virtual office hours are Thursdays, 8-9, http://bit.ly/EDUC251
  • Helen Maynard
    #7 Helen Maynard on 06 Feb 11
     
    Sounds like a missed a great opportunity! Thursday evenings are my best. Earlier in the week, it's very fragmented.
    I would love to join everyone this coming Thursday, but I will be on the eastcoast with a 3 hour difference in time.
    Any suggestions?
  • Jennifer Dalby
    #8 Jennifer Dalby on 07 Feb 11
     
    I'll record it and you can watch it later. Unless you want to nap and log in really late :)

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