INF205-506 Social Networking for Information Professionals

Gaurav Mishra's 4 Cs of Social Media - presentation www.gauravonomics.com/blog/the-4cs-social-media-framework/

Educators that are not using Facebook often use the arguments that they are concerned for their: Privacy & Time.

Great interactive site for digital literacy.

By now, we are all aware of how social media is changing the way we communicate with each other. Social media has made it easier for us to connect with people both close to us, businesses we have an interest in and not least people across the world. And now, we also begin to see how the education industry is joining the game.

This article discusses how internet played main role in the January revolution of Egyptian, and how RAND foundation report expected what happened, this report was published in 2003 and discussed the relation between technology and non-democratic regimes in Middle East and North Africa.

James Surowiecki pinpoints the moment when social media became an equal player in the world of news-gathering: the 2005 tsunami, when YouTube video, blogs, IMs and txts carried the news -- and preserved moving personal stories from the tragedy.

Has social media plateaued? Will a "rest" in social media development allow everyone to catch up and be okay with social media skills? Interesting opinion.

Social media is an important technological trend that has big implications for how researchers (and people in general) communicate and collaborate. Researchers have a huge amount to gain from engaging with social media in various aspects of their work.

Mobile technology has shown tremendous growth in recent years and now rivals other outlets as one of the most powerful forms of mass media. While mobile phones will not be the death of print, television or the Internet, it has proven to be a huge and unique new platform for delivering content. ====== Fantastic resource about mobile phones and telephone technology.

Arguably, the upheaval, activism and revolutions in of the last two months may serve to counter what has been a longstanding stereotype: youth are largely apolitical. Moreover, those that do participate in politics and activism online do so in shallow ways, the so-called "slacktivism." But recent findings from a longitudinal study of high school-age students challenges these notions, suggesting that youth who pursue their interests online are more likely to be engaged in civic issues.

Education 2.0: Social networking for your class. Diipo connects you the teacher with your students by making it easy to communicate with your class. Diipo also connects you with other educators and your class with other classes. Featuring an easy-to-use and familiar user-interface similar to Facebook and Twitter, Diipo helps students stay connected and engaged.

Capture the essence of how and why people were "living in public." The characteristics of online behavior were diverse to say the least. However, I documented recurring traits and organized them into 18 categories. ====== Very interesting analysis of online roles that are played by the "faceless" millions online. Well worth looking through and considering where we fit.

Whether you think email communication is good or bad, it's here to stay, and how you compose an email speaks to your professionalism, reliability, and personal image. So here are some tips on how to manage this vital tool.

Delicious is slowly being phased out. There's a ton of competitors out there licking their lips to get their hands on your bookmarks. This means each one is building their very own Delicious Bookmark Importer tool to make it easy as pie to move your content onto their system. But which one should you choose? Let's take a look at each option to find out:

Good overview of Diigo

Welcome to the world of Diigo, one of the leading Top 10 research tools. Diigo is a cloud based information management system that helps you organize relevant facts you find online. With Diigo you can keep track of those favorite websites and revisit them from any computer at any time. Diigo is a great way to improve your online productivity and is widely used by educators.

Infographic on photos on facebook.