INF205-506 Social Networking for Information Professionals

Infographic of web usage and age. Interesting but slightly predictable or as expected.

Good article on Twitter usage. Similar to Good Weekend article by Hooton on January 22, 2011

***Note you will need your CSU logon to access full article*** This article discusses the need for social media policies in organisations and more importantly having organisations accept the fact that social media is being used daily and here to stay. Scott (2010) suggests the development of a new role titled social media administrator, a position that oversees the development of social media policies and the education of users' approach to using social media in the workforce.

***Note you will need your CSU logon to access full article*** O'Brien discusses the development of social media policies in local government offices, the casualisation of social media use is discussed and the fact that social media is everywhere and used by almost everyone warrants the need for policies and protocols that inform users of their rights and responsibilities. Instead of restricting social media use, O'Brien advocates that educating and informing users through guidelines is far more proactive and the way forward for web 2.0 technologies.

This is an example of a social media policy in use for a large government organisation and library. The policy was updated in December 2010 and covers in detail the regulations, guidelines and responsibilities of users using social media within the national library.

Telstra's policy on social media engagement is a good example of how organisations can approach the use of social media within the workforce. While Telstra's main focus is on technology this doesn't mean that other organisation whose main area of business is not technology should be complacent about addressing social media use. The three Rs is a good guideline for employees to remember when using social media: Representing, Responsibility and Respect are key components to using common sense and judgement when using social media within an organisation.

Is a discussion paper on the use of social media policies within public libraries. This is more of how to establish a policy than a policy itself. There are good examples of what to include but it should be made clear that these are by no means the be all and end all to developing a policy. A social media policy should be thought of as a working document, one that can organically grow and adapt to the needs of the organisations and its users.

Personal commentary on one experience of the Queensland floods and social media. People in the states/overseas were recommending others to follow Joy on Twitter as she had the most current updates. "Love how twitter, facebook and youtube actually connected me to stranger who are now 'real people' who are becoming friends!"

Here, in a visual nutshell, are some highlights about Facebook usage, 2010 trends, adoption numbers and a great deal more

A list of different ways to integrate Web 2.0 technologies into the classroom or learning space. Simple, quick. easy to look at ideas.

This is a new page  of the Directory showing SOCIAL tools particularly targeted at (or very useful) for the primary, junior, middle and secondary school classrooms. (The rest of the Directory also provides useful tools)

Have you heard? There's a Google Doc out there right now that's quickly becoming a tremendous resource. 100 (and counting) people have joined @tombarrett and have been collaborating on it in order to build what is quite possibly one of the best presentati

eBook with 100s of ideas about using Web2.0 in education and information sharing. Terry Freedman is an Educational Designer.

Do you have a Flip video camera? What about an iPhone or other smartphone capable of somewhat-HD video? Video cameras have never been easier to obtain and use thanks to the web's big push towards video. Luckily, your teaching method can be greatly enhance

Despite their spectacular growth in both daily life and mainstream education, little research to date has been conducted concerning the use of social networking sites in foreign language learning. The aim of this study, therefore, is to examine the use of such sites to learn a foreign language. Using an auto-ethnographic approach that included self-aware participation, learner diaries and peer debriefing, we investigated the social networking site Livemocha to study Korean from our perspectives as native speakers and experienced teachers of English. Specifically, we focused our questions on aspects of socio-collaborative principles and practice. Results of a grounded, thematic analysis indicate that the site had number of counter-productive pedagogical impediments to language learning that included, for example, flaws in site design. We conclude our paper with suggestions for improved foreign language learning through social networking sites.

Most of the research on the implementation of electronic portfolios has been in higher eduction. Most of the customized e-portfolio tools, both commercial and open source, have been created in and for higher education, whereas the paper-based portfolio process itself began in K-12 schools. Over the last eight years, there has been a decline in the use of paper portfolios in schools, perhaps due to the dominance of high stakes standardized testing, even though the integration of technology has boomed. Perhaps more K-12 schools will again consider the use of ePortfolios, but adapted for the different culture of elementary and secondary schooling, and focusing on formative, classroom-based assessment for learning, which prior research has shown to be the best way to improve student achievement (Black & Wiliam, 1998).

Prezi on social collaboration and mlearning. Interesting information, good background and description of mlearning, and a well organised Prezi.

The Times asked teachers to submit videos on how the use of technology has changed the way they teach.

Technology and teaching - two words that seem to fit together perfectly today for most teachers and learners. So much so that a slew of new blogs have come on board to talk about education technology - or, edTech. This list of the 50 best education technology blogs are not inclusive, as there are so many new blogs available; however, if you look at links provided by many of these blogs to other edTech blogs, you may learn about even more blog that you aren't reading yet.