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Prolango - 4 views

www.prolango.com/videos
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  • Jennifer Dalby on 28 Jan 11
     
    Check out some of the videos here about how your social networking affects your job prospects.
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  • ann stephens on 29 Jan 11
     
    It is interesting how quickly and pervasive how information accessibility has changed things. These videos on job hunting underline that. With the advent of massive databases that can maintain thousands upon thousands of resumes, job searches and hunting become about keywords and what I will call "information commercials". You have to understand how computers "see" your resume. The other highlight that stood out for me in these videos was how the personal relationships between the hiring manager and recruiter became more impersonal - as technology is inserted into the process.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 29 Jan 11
     
    I've got a document from one of the hiring software companies about how to optimize your resume for those systems. I'll see if I can dig it up to share.
  • Joy LaJeret on 31 Jan 11
     
    I for one, would like to see that resume. I want to rebuild my eportfolio as well. Listening to Prolange gave me some food for thought, regarding how one is seen through their resume vs social media or porfessional media like Linkedin,
  • Joy LaJeret on 01 Feb 11
     
    I thought I would share this as food for thought: 1st Amendment Rights: Consequences of Using Cyberspace Technology on Future or Current Employment http://joystechtool.blogspot.com/2010/10/1st-amendment-rights-consequences-of.html
  • Jennifer Dalby on 01 Feb 11
     
    I'll attach the file to the email I send today.
  • Joy LaJeret on 01 Feb 11
     
    Thanks Jen.
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eLearning for Kids! - 1 views

www.e-learningforkids.org/courses.html eLearning onlinelearning teaching online
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  • hyerin suk on 01 Feb 11
     
    I found this website while I was searching for some information about eLearning. I think this website will help many kids who study online! :)
  • Jennifer Dalby on 01 Feb 11
     
    This looks like lots of fun. I'll have to share it with my kids. They love online learning games.
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advantages and disadvantages of eLearning - 8 views

www.about-elearning.com/antages-and-disadvantages.html eLearning onlinelearning online
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  • hyerin suk on 01 Feb 11
     
    this page shows the advantages and disadvantages of eLearning!
  • Jennifer Dalby on 01 Feb 11
     
    You've got to be cautious about sites like this. When you see a page full of ads and links, it's likely not a very reliable resource. You'll notice they don't provide information about who runs the site. If you click on their blog link, they haven't posted since 2008. This is probably a site making money off pay-per-click ads. There are lots of sites like this, as well as aggregator/collector sites. Those sites actually harvest content from legitimate sites, and put it all together on their site, where they make money off ads.
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Washington State eLearning Network - 3 views

www.dop.wa.gov/...elearning.aspx eLearning onlinelearning online
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  • hyerin suk on 01 Feb 11
     
    There is a website that shows about the eLearning network in Washington state! :)
  • ann stephens on 01 Feb 11
     
    The trend for businesses to go online with learning seems to have really taken hold. I know University of Washington also uses an on-line training system, both for optional and mandatory training.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 01 Feb 11
     
    Interesting. I don't remember ever seeing that before. I'll have to check it out some more.
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Evan Sveum's Instructional Design Blog - 3 views

act.uwstout.edu/...5--instructional_design.html Sveum Design
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  • Joy LaJeret on 31 Jan 11
     
    This article seems to be a good example of the type of design I hope to accomplish. Evan is a fellow University of Wisconsin graduate and has pursued an interesting career in design. His resume/blog was well worth the time it took me to explore and read it.
  • Bruce Wolcott on 01 Feb 11
     
    Joy, I really appreciate your link to Evan Sveum's blog, especially this week when we're taking a look at how to organize and present an online curriculum. Initially, as I was moving through his opening page review, I was struck by the following item: "Voice Recognition (Dragon NaturallySpeaking). Talk-to- type has been a huge efficiency for me! I very rarely use the keyboard on my computer anymore". I used Dragon software about 8 years ago, and found it to be very unsatisfying to use. However recently, I've been hearing good reports back about it. I'd be curious to know if anyone in the class has been using voice-to-text in their work...
  • ann stephens on 01 Feb 11
     
    The tab in Sveum's blog regarding eLearning technology was useful - a good overview of different types of technologies one needs, with the practical tools highlighted.
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PLE Conference - 4 views

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  • Jennifer Dalby on 01 Feb 11
     
    Here are a bunch of resources about PLE from a conference that happened last year.
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Module #3 Post - 3 views

colleen-onlineclassblog.blogspot.com/...module-3.html #Portfolio3
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  • ann stephens on 31 Jan 11
     
    The issue you proferred in you blog - being able to quickly address technology issues - is one I deal with personally and is both easier and harder in the professional environment. In the professional enviornment, there is staff who is responsible for the technology and has expertise and focus that I don't. Yet, it is often working through others, where their priority or objectives might be different (like not standardizing on a tool that I prefer) that makes the situation even more frustrating.
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Colleen's Online Blog - 2 views

colleen-onlineclassblog.blogspot.com
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  • Colleen Dixon on 30 Jan 11
     
    This is a continuation of a blog started last summer with the first course.
  • Colleen Dixon on 30 Jan 11
     
    Oops - should have said Online Class Blog. Can't locate a tool to change it...
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Instructional Design: On the road to learning: The New Age Instructional Designer - 4 views

road-to-learning.blogspot.com/...ge-instructional-designer.html
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  • Mary Ann Simpson on 30 Jan 11
     
    Hmmmm. . . .I'm digesting this one to determine its relevance to instructional design for elementary and middle school students. More later.
  • Helen Maynard on 30 Jan 11
     
    (Oops! Please disregard my accidental "bookmarking." I have been having problems with my Diigo site not listing the "comment" button. I was fooling around with it this morning.) Thanks, Jennifer for finding this wonderfully concise blog on the role of ID's in training and education. I have been volunteering to design a training product simply to learn more tech skills and have been thinking about ID work. Although I can easily make the distinction between a "training course" and an on-line course, there remain some fundamental considerations for how instructors "deliver" information and "design" learning activities which influence both professions. When blogger, Syreya Dutta, states " . . . the fact is that the way people are learning today has changed phenomenally due to the increased access to social media tools and advanced mobile devices. Twitter, blogs, wikis, and discussions have become the new age learning methods." So my question - "If social media networks enable better knowledge feedbacks, do educators have to be active users of each and how many should be incorporated into the learning activities of the courses they design ?"
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PdF 2010 | Howard Rheingold: Rethinking Community, Literacy and the Public Sphere - 1 views

www.youtube.com/watch #EDUC251 infotention literacy mindfulness community
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  • Jennifer Dalby on 29 Jan 11
     
    Interesting perspective on attention. This addresses some of the issues we've discussed this week. I'd be interested to know if you're able to watch the entire video without doing anything else. I'm 6 minutes into it, and I'm composing an email for work, writing this, and texting a friend in the UK.
  • Bruce Wolcott on 30 Jan 11
     
    I finally had a chance to watch this talk by Rheingold. He's covering some of the issues that we've already discussed over the past couple of weeks. One of them is the need for our educational institutions to change in response to global communications changes (1 billion online users, 2 billion cell phone users). He says we need new forms of literacy both in terms of how to use these new technologies, as well as how to communicate effectively using them. He said this isn't a new situation - in the past, societies had to adapt to the technologies of the phonetic alphabet, the printing press, telephone, television, etc. One interesting quote: "Our educational system, our schooling system is very well tuned to creating good citizen workers for 19th and 20th Century industries."
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Sharing & Privacy: Can We Have Our Cake And Eat It Too? - 5 views

www.readwriteweb.com/...ave_our_cake_and_eat_it_to.php #EDUC251 presence privacy
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  • Jennifer Dalby on 27 Jan 11
     
    "It's often said that services like Facebook, Foursquare, Twitter - you name it - are not the product, you are. Each and every bit of information you share and action you take is used to create a profile of user behavior, which is used then to either advertise directly to you or to people on a whole. But how can we ride the fine line? How can we have great, world-changing services at a price (read: free) everyone can afford without completely selling out the end user?"
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  • Susan Kolwitz on 27 Jan 11
     
    Quick read. The bottom line one needs to ask, will companies find that balance and then abide it? I am not optomistic that will happen. There seems to be a mentality that it's OK to collect all this personal data. There has been some backlash of late, specifically Google and Facebook appear to be 'trying' to implement some safeguards. It will be interesting to see how things look in 12 months from now.
  • ann stephens on 28 Jan 11
     
    I often wonder how privacy can ever be achieved on the internet. Although there may be more gates, access, and checkpoints added, there will always be a server somewhere that is recording our inputs and gathering data and stored.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 29 Jan 11
     
    I think it's going to have to be redefined. But I also think we're in the process of defining new commodities. We need to decide what we value.
  • Bruce Wolcott on 29 Jan 11
     
    I think this issue of privacy and use of personal information by online service companies is a very big deal. I'm also beginning to make use of some of these cloud-based applications (especially from Google) as part of my standard approach to teaching hybrid classes. Up until this past year, I've relied on the tried and true Vista/Blackboard to manage student projects and interactions, but I've found it to be sort of a dinosaur compared to the speed and ease of use of other Web2.0 apps. But if I'm working outside of Vista/Blackboard, I need to be especially careful of privacy policies and procedures of the companies behind these online apps. In the 'Sharing and Privacy' article, Mike Melanson makes some interesting points. He says: "...the companies themselves - the Googles and Facebooks and Twitters of the world - realize that correctly handling these issues of privacy are center to their continued success." and... ""All things equal, the company that's going to want to win in the next couple years will have the best privacy model." When I was doing my own investigation into this issue last winter, I asked myself, "What are the most conservative and and security conscious organizations using for social networking tools?" So I went up to the US Army website to find out. Certainly they have a heightened need to be careful what companies they choose for their social networking tools. I posted the results of this online research on my Web2.0 Chronicle blog. The results aren't surprising... Google, Facebook, Twiter, Wordpress, Flickr... among others. I see no need to rush into this area, and am willing to wait until the dust settles and user results come back from dependable sources. Jennifer's recommendation of Diigo is a good example of this. For myself, I've already left a significant "digital footprint" over the past 15 years - which is now out
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Behind Door Number Four - 8 views

injenuity.posterous.com/behind-door-number-four #EDUC251 eLearning teaching
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  • Jennifer Dalby on 24 Jan 11
     
    My reflections on Module 2, and some questions about the future.
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  • Joy LaJeret on 24 Jan 11
     
    Interesting comments. The postings in Diigo are very interesting as well. In a strange sort of way they do fit the course topics of the week. Each person is building on their own finds and thinking about the others perceptions and contributions. As for myself, I just want to know how to put a course together and make it the best possible learning experience. Sorting and read all the material is just loading my computer ( memory tapes) and eventually there will be a focus point to download what I am learning on to paper or a course in progress.
  • ann stephens on 25 Jan 11
     
    One of the main advantages I find in taking in course is that someone has organized the vast amount of data in a focused a way for me to expand my own knowledge in an area. So in response to the question on the blog, I prefer and would use in my course design the one-at-time posting approach. I find it to be focusing in an environment (the internet) that lets me be expansive.
  • Colleen Dixon on 26 Jan 11
     
    I too am finding the organization of the course very helpful - and Diigo especially - in viewing and thinking about the material. I anticipate that the aggregate of the readings, responses, and activities will help in my understanding of how to construct an online course.
  • Mary Ann Simpson on 27 Jan 11
     
    I left a comment at the bottom of your In post in Behind the Scenes.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 29 Jan 11
     
    Thanks for all your feedback. I'm glad you feel comfortable sharing so honestly. I'm very fortunate!
  • Susan Kolwitz on 29 Jan 11
     
    Appreciate you showing us, from the instructor side, how the class is going and asking for our input. I'm taking notes as how to incorporate this into my online classes.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 29 Jan 11
     
    What we really need is for something to go terribly wrong so we can solve it together. Maybe this week I'll share what's been going on in my day job, so you can learn what not to do!
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Presentation Zen - 8 views

www.presentationzen.com #EDUC251 eLearning design presentation
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  • Jennifer Dalby on 23 Jan 11
     
    This is my favorite site to learn about powerful presentation techniques.
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  • Mary Ann Simpson on 23 Jan 11
     
    Not only is this a good site to teach more about the art of presentation, but Mogi, the presenter is an amazing man! I was in love with his slides that spoke about the need to keep "the sense of wonder" alive and that "curiosity" is what has brought us to this point. These are the very same words that I always used with my science students in middle school and college! I even had them in my syllabus! I've always held that we all come into this world as scientists because we all share the one common characteristic that all practicing scientists have: CURIOSITY. Kids were pretty amazed that they were already scientists before they even embarked on the great science learning adventure! Rachel Carson, the famous environmental scientist of the '60's wrote a book titled, "The Sense of Wonder" in which she expounded on the idea that every child needs at least one person (adult) to nourish and share his/her innate sense of wonder in order to keep it alive. I resonated with this man and now plan to read/see more of his stuff! Moreover, the new learning module in my ED250 class is a collaborative presentation of a topic using Google Presenter. I think the Presentation Zen site I just looked at may have some implications for that assignment! Thanks once again, Jennifer! I find myself thoroughly enchanted!
  • ann stephens on 24 Jan 11
     
    The concept of maintaining curiosity as the catalyst for true education and joy in life resonates. The challenge for me is the line between enterntainment and education. One of the comments to this article restated the debate is education to train one for a profession or to be educated and think. Why can't it be both?
  • Mary Ann Simpson on 24 Jan 11
     
    I believe it can be both, Ann! Sometimes the "Experts R Us" and not those folks out there engaging in philosophical debates!
  • Jennifer Dalby on 24 Jan 11
     
    Ann and Mary Ann, I think you've touched on one of the challenges we find so frequently in discussing these things. It's not black and white. There isn't necessarily a right or a wrong. It's like potato salad. (Holy cow! I just made that up.) How many recipes are there for potato salad? People will argue about what it "should" have in it, but what really matters is the experience. And the experience isn't just in the taste. There's context around making it. There's a different context around the environment where we eat it, and our emotional state. We're not just training someone for a profession or to be educated and think. And even if those are our goals, where is the agency? What is the student's responsibility for learning? These are all complex issues, and I'm glad to see you all opening your minds and expressing both your gut reactions, and your own values. (Please forgive me for the potato salad. I maybe leaned to far on the entertainment side this time...)
  • ann stephens on 25 Jan 11
     
    The potato salad metaphor is a good one. In reading the post, it got my attention in a way that dry message might not. There is so much information (noise) out there, that it is important, maybe even mandatory, that information has something to catch us. What is a challenge for me as an educator, also with limited time, is the how much effort I put in to this "rising above the noise".
  • Joy LaJeret on 25 Jan 11
     
    Great now I am hungry for potato salad!! Actually, a little humor now and then would be nice! Even songs need a hook and that is what I hear you saying Ann. I argee with that concept. Set up a "hook!"
  • Joy LaJeret on 27 Jan 11
     
    I like the idea proposed by the potato salad metaphor. However, I may not forgive you Jen...LOL! I still want it! I like mine bland, no vinegar!
  • Jennifer Dalby on 27 Jan 11
     
    I want it too, and the more you keep saying it, the more I want it! I want mine with bacon and spicy mustard! You may just have to take a diet break, while we develop a collaborative potato salad recipe. P.S. Will you hate me if I post the site I used when I learned to make croissants from scratch?
  • Joy LaJeret on 27 Jan 11
     
    Wonderful! Now I want potato salad and croissants! Okay I am open to recipes. Now I hope this does not get us off our intellectual track of study. Slogging through recipes might side track the ladies in the group: and reduce me to a helpless food addicted, potato salad craving croissant vixen. ::::sigh::::I am suffering from brain overload!
  • Jennifer Dalby on 27 Jan 11
     
    My philosophy is that I'm happier when I'm chubby and doing things I want, then (than?) I would be if I were torturing myself and trying to resist temptation. It's a balance thing. Do I beat myself up more for breaking a goal, or for having to haul my bigger clothes out of the basement. (Just did that.) This isn't an intellectual track of study. It's play. People learn by playing. In fact, I'm going to inject some more fun in this course. (If I ever catch up on the grading.)
  • Susan Kolwitz on 27 Jan 11
     
    Looks like a good site to go back to for good techniques for our presentations.
  • Joy LaJeret on 28 Jan 11
     
    I think it is than...
  • Mary Ann Simpson on 29 Jan 11
     
    I'm a little slow on the uptake, but the potato salad discussion was great!! I like bacon and sour cream in mine--but on the serious side--life, education, teaching, learning, ad infinitum, are rarely black and white; you are so correct, Jennifer, in the longer comment you addressed to Ann and me about the challenge centering around these things not having to be one way or the other because there are so many other factors involved.
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Microsoft "Surface" the Possibilities - 2 views

www.youtube.com/watch Microsoft Surface
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  • Joy LaJeret on 27 Jan 11
     
    The future of computers are not only surface with multi points of movement but holograms or actually virtual picture of the people talking or instructing. You might want to look at what the futurist are saying and predicting. This is what our students will be working with and then some. Nano tech will make it even better with less.
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  • Jennifer Dalby on 27 Jan 11
     
    It's certainly fascinating! I wonder, though, if some of our habits will be too ingrained for the holograms to be widely accepted. I'm thinking particularly of multi-tasking. If we're used to checking email and facebook and our phone at the same time, are we going to be open to a technology where we have to stop what we're doing and concentrate on one thing?
  • Joy LaJeret on 27 Jan 11
     
    I think it depends on the hologram presentation and how it interacts within the application. I think we will have to wait and see what they do with this in the future. Do to te secrecy involved, we don't have answers yet.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 27 Jan 11
     
    It's already here :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAIDXzv_fKA Try a search for telepresence.
  • Joy LaJeret on 27 Jan 11
     
    I am at the EDVP right now and am dying to click on that link. Unfortunately, they do not have the ability to watch videos on their computer. I have to wait until tonight, since the college will not allow us to go on line.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 27 Jan 11
     
    So there's another learning moment. As an instructor, what are our expectations about student access to technology? We used to have to be much more selective about the tools we used. We had to assume the lowest tech skills, and connections. It's not that rigid any more. Also, institutions have different guidelines. Have you seen this page? http://bellevuecollege.edu/distance/skills.asp
  • Joy LaJeret on 28 Jan 11
     
    Oh I loved the DV telepresence Immersion Room. What a great way to teach in the future. I think touchable holograms is even better! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3seTlvQtIgc&feature=related
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The Machine is (Changing) Us: YouTube and the Politics of Authenticity - 1 views

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  • Jennifer Dalby on 27 Jan 11
     
    This is one of Wesch's more popular presentations. Definitely worth a look!
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  • Bruce Wolcott on 27 Jan 11
     
    I enjoyed Michael Wesch's comparison of Orwell's 1984 versus Huxley's Brave New World. He referenced Neil Postman who said that "Big Brother does not watch us, by his choice. We watch him, by ours. There is no need for wardens or gates or Ministries of Truth ..." Based on the audience's response and Wesch's to his own comments, I had the impression that he believes we're out of the woods regarding these scenarios; that the Web has given us all a voice to talk back to Big Brother, and keep him under a watchful eye. As an example, Weschl points to YouTube as a growing population of contributing users - many of whom address each other as part of a larger community. I think the jury is out for both the Orwell and Huxley scenarios - since our private lives are increasingly more transparent, and the lures of interactive electronic entertainment and other distractions are becoming more compelling.
  • Joy LaJeret on 27 Jan 11
     
    I am not certain "1984" isn't happening with the ability to spy in chat rooms and all online applications by the government. Also, think about the video cameras for controlling traffic at stop lights! Ouch! Anyway, we seldom hear about what Homeland Security is up to. That worries me. Abuse happens and has happened in the past...Watergate, etc...just read WIKI Leaks ( I have not) to get a feeling for what government does behind the scenes, not to even mention torture. The problem with security clearances and top secret info is it usually keeps info from citizens, our enemies already know what we're up to!
  • Jennifer Dalby on 27 Jan 11
     
    I think a lot of times people are afraid of internet technologies, because they see the data they leave behind. Most people don't think twice about the data they leave every place else. (Grocery club cards, credit and debit cards, library cards.) The Numerati, by Steven Baker, is an interesting book about how our data are tracked and used.
  • Joy LaJeret on 27 Jan 11
     
    I think credit cards have chips to track your purchases and maybe even your what-a-bouts! Not to mention my Safeway, Albertson's and etc...discount cards. I will have to locate that book on break.
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You Digital Presence - 9 views

www.geek.com/...e-before-they-are-born-2010108 #EDUC251 presence online
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  • ann stephens on 26 Jan 11
     
    Jennifer's email to us was a catalyst for this post to inquire about your digital prescence experience. I, like Jennifer, have aliases that I use on social networks. It is a challenge, though, to manage multiple presences and even when I do, often have a feeling of unease about the information. For example, in this course a suggestion was for us to update our profile. Although I don't feel secrative that I am taking a course at Bellevue College, the email/signature I use for this course is also the one I use for some other professional endeavors (such a technology consulting). I is not something that is a "need to know" by everyone. I chose, in this situation, not to update my general profile. When we are conscious of what/how we are posting and putting up, is one thing. Often though, I get on a mailing list, that I have no idea how I was included, as I probably forgot to check a "do not include me" box on something I have bought on line. This article was particularly interesting to me, as it talks about a survey that 23% of children get a digital presence even before they are born - having a lasting imprint.
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  • Mary Ann Simpson on 26 Jan 11
     
    Ann, the information contained in this article (digital presence sometimes even before birth) was a bit shocking. The lasting imprint you refer to is definitely a reason to instruct our children/grandchildren/students to carefully consider what they want broadcast to the world before they publish it! Thank you for this reference.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 27 Jan 11
     
    Articles like this are designed to be shocking. My children have had a digital footprint before they were born. They also both have their own domain names. But my grandparents and great grandparents also have digital footprints after they've passed on! In my opinion, it won't be long before there is so much content online, that the information about individuals will be of little interest to any of the people we currently worry are concerned about it. More importantly, I hope it brings awareness of what it means to be human. We all make mistakes. Most people aren't 100% good or bad. I would prefer more people to put more stuff online so it becomes irrelevant. The way I see it, only those with privilege and access even have the choice about what to put online. If we put too much value on it, the only people who will benefit are the people with privilege, access, and either the foresight to keep their online presence squeaky clean, or the money to clean it up afterward.
  • Bruce Wolcott on 27 Jan 11
     
    I used to think that my name was off the beaten path enough that there wasn't anyone else with the name Bruce Wolcott - but I was mistaken, and was glad that I laid claim to brucewolcott.com. Over the past few years, I've slowly been working to build an online presence. A few years ago, the my top reference on the Web was at ratemyprofessor.com , which I've found in the past to have favorable reviews, but also some student reviews I felt were retribution for getting poor grades. I wanted to build a presence that I thought was fair, represented my true interests, and a way to quickly let people know about my background. After developing my website and blog, it turns out that Google has put the information I'm most interested in having out there, at the top of the list. I see this as a long term project, and something that I will be building consistently and gradually over time. After Jennifer's comments regarding Facebook, I'm having second thoughts about what kind of presence to be projecting there.
  • ann stephens on 27 Jan 11
     
    I was thinking of the direct experience with the first grandchild in the family. Her facebook is limited to family (I have an alias email for this) and friends, but you never know when something is really forwarded. She recently had a some minor illness - ear ache, slight temperature. This has now been posted on facebook. We often think of medical things as private and yet this was easily shared as a way for us to know what was happening.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 27 Jan 11
     
    Ann, the medical thing is a good point. I had a Twitter conversation with Howard Rheingold the other day, about the kinds of things we put online. He felt he didn't put too much personal stuff. I thought it was pretty personal that he had a cancer blog and a separate Twitter account for his butt :) He explained a little about why he did that. Read from the bottom to the top. https://skitch.com/injenuity/rmqq1/twitter-your-favorites
  • ann stephens on 27 Jan 11
     
    Howard's cancer post exemplifies the uneasiness I feel. Having a blog for an illness is a wonderful way to stay connected, get advise, not feel isolated, etc. However, when we do that we are thinking of family, friends, and a community we want to connect to, but we have no control of where this information goes and what the consequences of that might be as happened in this case. We all know now that Howard had cancer. I have personal reaction to this information - what type of cancer, reminds me of personal experiences, current friends, the medical system, etc.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 27 Jan 11
     
    One thing to think about is the reality of community to an individual. An outside observer might analyze and decide there is no real community. But if a participant perceives it as community, do they then reap the benefits of community? Could there be health benefits in believing there are people who support you and are there to listen?
  • ann stephens on 27 Jan 11
     
    I agree that there is a benefit to on-line blogs and support groups. The question for me is how do I get that benefit from the people I am targetting it to? So, for instance, I have used online support groups for a medical challenge I went through. It was helpful and beneficial to both them and me. However, that is different from having a digital footprint of the interaction. Maybe an employer or someone who would use the information judgementally, for example. So to Howard's example, did he realize that people that only tangentially are even aware of him, now know something intimate about his life. He probably doesn't care on one level, but it is the "unconsciousness" of this footprint that I think about.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 27 Jan 11
     
    I think he cares and just wanted to have control of it himself, rather than let other people decide what's out there about him. The optimist in me hopes what will happen is we'll start to discover we have more in common with people that we ever thought possible. I blogged through the loss of my baby, and that's online forever. Years after the fact, at least 4 men in my online professional network have told me how much they appreciated being able to see that, because they went through the same thing, but didn't feel dads had the right to that kind of grief. It's very rewarding to go a thousand miles away to a conference and get the biggest hugs in the world, simply for being open about a personal experience. I drop off line all the time. I delete accounts. I stop blogging. Every time I do it, people contact me to tell me how much they miss my interaction, and how they've been touched by my sharing. When I feel like I'm not making a difference, people always tell me I don't know that, because it's not something I can see. A lot of times I've written blog posts that go against the wisdom of my colleagues, yet I receive many private messages from people thanking me for saying the things they've been afraid to say. I think it's all a matter of choice, and I want to encourage people to stand up for their right to change their minds. People thought I was nuts deleting my facebook account, but I've never regretted it. I do say, though, that when people tell me I never know who I might be helping, I have to consider whether I have a moral obligation or not, to continue to share. I certainly won't be bullied into it with that argument, but I do believe it's an important consideration.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 27 Jan 11
     
    Good article to bring things into perspective about 'online presence.' I found a similar article that compared statistics relating to age and online presence. 92% of children by age 2 have online presence thanks to parents and grandparents. As Jennifer mentioned in her discussion of facebook -- maybe we don't want the world to see what we did in our high school days...we were 15/16. Can we separate a personal online presence from a business profile...
  • ann stephens on 28 Jan 11
     
    I do separate my profiles by having different email aliases. There is overhead in having multiple ones, however, so not ideal.
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Class Wiki (#Portfolio 3) - 6 views

joysclasswiki.wikispaces.com wiki spaces
shared by Joy LaJeret on 21 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Jennifer Dalby on 21 Jan 11
     
    Nice! I'm teaching a wiki workshop at Skagit Valley College today. May I share this?
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  • Joy LaJeret on 21 Jan 11
     
    Yes, Jennifer.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 21 Jan 11
     
    Thanks! Just got your message. I'll add it to my page at http://injenuity.wikispaces.com/WIIFM
  • Joy LaJeret on 21 Jan 11
     
    Thanks for all the great links in that http:// !! I will use some of that information, and it is another great resource for material and how to work with Wiki Spaces.
  • Bruce Wolcott on 22 Jan 11
     
    Jennifer, Please do share your wiki workshop experiences...
  • ann stephens on 23 Jan 11
     
    The two videos shared here reinforced my understanding and views - i.e., the babyboomers (people born between 1946-1964, according to the PBS video) are planning to enjoy life to the fullest and are often seeing retirement from their primary career as an opportunity fo other careers and opportunities. As babyboomers do retire, I think it could be a different experience for those born closer to 1946 than those born later. Resources will probably be more limited and the earlier retires will probably have more serious, age-related health issues.
  • Joy LaJeret on 24 Jan 11
     
    Hi Ann...I think the articles I have presented show that the early boomers are the healthiest and will live longer than any generation in the future. The later boomers will have increasing shorter life spans and willnot be as healthy. There are a variety of reasons for this.
  • Joy LaJeret on 24 Jan 11
     
    http://www.babyboomer-magazine.com/news/127/ARTICLE/1215/2009-07-24.html This video and article might shed some light on the comments I made to your comments Ann. There are many more.
  • ann stephens on 25 Jan 11
     
    I agree about the boomers being the healthiest. I did not walk away with a strong differentiation between those born in the late 1940s and those in the 1960s, but it resonates with my common sense.
  • Joy LaJeret on 25 Jan 11
     
    On my wiki space...I have a hour long video that goes into all of this aging of the boomers and stats, etc.
  • Colleen Dixon on 26 Jan 11
     
    Thanks, Joy. As one of those baby boomer folks I am hoping there is a next step after retirement to perhaps new ways to use the skills and information we have acquired over time.
  • Joy LaJeret on 27 Jan 11
     
    There will be! My post on my blog listed above has an article about how to do this. You might want to click on it and read the blog.
  • Mary Ann Simpson on 27 Jan 11
     
    Great job, Joy! I enJOYed the videos and loved the layout of your wiki. Your eSkills really are apparent!
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Digication - 2 views

www.digication.com #EDUC251 presence portfolio google
shared by Jennifer Dalby on 27 Jan 11 - Cached
  • Jennifer Dalby on 27 Jan 11
     
    ePortfolio tool that works with Google (For Personal, K-12 and Higher Ed.)
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How to Fold a Fitted Sheet - 4 views

www.youtube.com/watch
shared by Jennifer Dalby on 27 Jan 11 - Cached
  • Jennifer Dalby on 27 Jan 11
     
    I just wanted to add something light to the mix here. This is one of my favorite youtube videos :)
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  • Joy LaJeret on 27 Jan 11
     
    I needed that! I have the hardest time getting those sheets folded!! (Still grinning.)
  • Jennifer Dalby on 27 Jan 11
     
    So do you think we can learn new skills from video only?
  • Joy LaJeret on 27 Jan 11
     
    Probably not brain surgery! Yes, we can learn certain basic skills; like this video. I think we will need to apply it and the video doesn't allow for that.
  • ann stephens on 27 Jan 11
     
    I happened to be doing laundry and had a fitted sheet that needed to be folded. I used the information in the video and was able to more successfully fold the sheet. (I did a variation, however, after collecting the corners I folded the sheet holding it.) It is true that one needs to practice is to master it and having a "teacher" with me, might have made it more helpful. In addition to learning a new skill , the desire to post about my experience became a reflection of my digital presence. Having the information that I did laundry today is not something I consider secrative, but it is not something I would normally share with large numbers of people or people that I don't know. (A friend might call during the task, for example, and I might indicate why I was busy, but I wouldn't call to tell her that I did laundry.) On the internet, though, I can reach out without touching someone. By posting, I feel it is "about me". When Betty White hosted Saturday Night Live she made comparisons to Facebook. One joke was in her day having to see pictures from someone's vacation was usually considered torture. Perhaps, the vicariousness we can have when looking at someone's life unobserved makes it more exciting.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 27 Jan 11
     
    What's funny is that I discovered that link originally when it was posted by Alan Levine (@cogdog) on Twitter. It's just one of those little personal things shared, that made things seem more friendly. But it's also something useful that other people have passed on.
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