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Cole Camplese

How Facebook is Killing Your Authenticity - steve's blog - 0 views

stevecheney.posterous.com/k-is-killing-your-authenticity

facebook social socialnetworking questions

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  • Cole Camplese on 07 Mar 11
     
    I don't see fb as a broadcast platform the way the author does ... it is a broadcast platform, but what I see in fb is an attempt to be a whole other Internet of sorts.  An Internet that is constructed by much more passive users that live within the space itself.  All the links, articles, and now comments are being ingested at an amazing rate as they add more users.  How long until fb becomes one of the top search engines?  That is what I mean by "a whole other Internet."  I wonder if that makes any sense whatsoever?
  • Elizabeth Pyatt on 07 Mar 11
     
    I think he's on to something. I think the integration of Facebook with multiple services has made people rethink how it's being used. Do people want all of their information made available to all of their associates? Some will say yes, but many others not. Even college kids who grew up with this technology are not willing to give it total control, much as kids growing up watching TV are very skeptical of TV ads. Facebook may be ubiquitous, but it may lose it's personal character and become just another utility like the phone or e-mail.
Allan Gyorke

Facebook Introduces Video Chat in a Partnership With Skype - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...-a-partnership-with-skype.html

skype facebook videoconferencing

shared by Allan Gyorke on 07 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Allan Gyorke on 07 Jul 11
     
    "Hoping to give its users a more intimate way to stay in touch, Facebook on Wednesday introduced video chatting inside its online social network through a deal with Skype, the Internet calling service. "
  • Allan Gyorke on 07 Jul 11
     
    Interesting partnership between two communication giants. Much of the rest of the article discusses this as a counter-attack on Google+. Honestly, this must have been in the works for a while, but it's also okay if it is true. When companies feel the need to innovate to stay competitive, users win.
bartmon

Why I Will Never, Ever Hire A "Social Media Expert" - 4 views

www.businessinsider.com/e-a-social-media-expert-2011-5

socialmedia

shared by bartmon on 31 May 11 - No Cached
  • Ready for the ultimate kicker? We still haven’t learned! We got thirsty again, and are drinking the same ten-year-old Kool-Aid without so much as asking for ice. Rather than embracing this new technology and merging it with what we’ve learned already, we’re throwing off our clothes and running naked in the rain, waving our hands in the air, sure that this time it’ll be different, because this time it’s better! “It’s not about building a website anymore! It’s so much cooler! It’s about Facebook, and fans, and followers, and engagement, and influence, and…”Will you please shut up before you make me vomit on your shoes?
  • bartmon on 31 May 11
     
    This is quite the rant. I know World Campus had a social media expert and Liberal Arts has a Curator...is this trend on the upswing of the downswing in terms of hiring personnel specifically for this at PSU?
  • Allan Gyorke on 01 Jun 11
     
    There are some good points in this article. It seems that as social media has become the norm for online interaction, it has ceased to become something that people can specialize in. I was talking to some students and they asked what Web 2.0 was and I explained that it was everything they use online: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Google Docs, blogs, user forums, etc... So while "social media expert" used to be a label of innovation, it has almost become a limiting label - just part of the picture. In contrast, I see people like Robin Smail who are moving beyond "just" social media and into areas like community engagement. Sure, some of that involves social media, but it's more about building relationships, ownership, and buy-in through openness and transparency. The other points of the article - like knowing your audience and not having inflated expectations about social media's impact on your business and customer relationships are right on target.
Robin Smail

Stay N Alive: Twitter and Facebook Both Quietly Kill RSS, Completely - 3 views

www.staynalive.com/...acebook-both-quietly-kill.html

twitter rss facebook open standards

shared by Robin Smail on 09 May 11 - No Cached
  • Cole Camplese on 10 May 11
     
    While I agree to a degree, there are lots if people I still subscribe to b/c they choose to not be a part of twitter or fb. That and quite a bit of what I read is related to the joys of HE administration and no one links to that stuff!
bartmon

College 2.0: Academics and Colleges Split Their Personalities for Social Media - Techno... - 1 views

chronicle.com/...127936

shared by bartmon on 22 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • Colleges themselves are also finding a need to craft multiple identities online, setting up a different Facebook page and Twitter account for every department or research lab. The University of Virginia's library has 14 Facebook accounts.
  • Watch Out for Zombies The job of updating a Facebook page or Twitter account for a university department is often assigned to a student worker. When the academic year ends and that student has graduated or moved on to another job, though, those pages may stand lifeless, creating a kind of zombie online presence. "If it's not active, it's detrimental," says Erin Dougherty, who recently became Endicott College's first digital-marketing coordinator. "It just sort of turns people off if you're a visitor to go to something that hasn't been updated in a long time." Ms. Dougherty is hunting for zombie accounts on the campus and either recommending they be spiked or finding a permanent point person or group to make sure each one has a pulse.
  • bartmon on 22 Jun 11
     
    Nothing earth shattering, but I do find the "zombie" section extremely accurate. Getting people to keep the social spaces alive with content seems to be a big issue (at least with SITE, likely with others as well).
Derek Gittler

The Perils of Classifying Social Media Platforms as Public Utilities | Mercatus - 1 views

mercatus.org/...dia-platforms-public-utilities

social social media platforms public utilities

shared by Derek Gittler on 26 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Derek Gittler on 26 Mar 12
     
    Social Media are not essential facilities. Those who claim that Facebook is a "social utility" or "social commons" must admit that such sites are not essential to survival, economic success, or online life. Unlike water and electricity, life can go on without social networking services.
Angela Dick

Teachers embrace social media in class - 0 views

www.usatoday.com/...1

mobility social education

shared by Angela Dick on 05 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Angela Dick on 05 Mar 12
     
    As social media become nearly inescapable on college campuses, a pair of recently published studies supports what many professors already have concluded: Students using Facebook or text messaging during a lecture tend to do worse when quizzed later. But wait: Faculty who build Twitter into classwork may be helping students learn better, a 2010 study suggests.
bartmon

Official Google Blog: Games in Google+: fun that fits your schedule - 1 views

googleblog.blogspot.com/...google-fun-that-fits-your.html

shared by bartmon on 12 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • If you’re not interested in games, it’s easy to ignore them. Your stream will remain focused on conversations with the people you care about.
  • bartmon on 12 Aug 11
     
    Google is already taking some major flack about putting Games on Google+, mainly from people that don't want to re-live the Facebook spam days of Farmville and Mafia Wars. Looks like they're listening and trying to make the games transparent for those that don't want to play. Solid list of launch titles though, including Angry Birds, Zynga Poker and a Dragon Age game.
Allan Gyorke

Social Media in the Classroom? - Walking in LA - 4 views

www.personal.psu.edu/...al-media-in-the-classroom.html

social media faculty

shared by Allan Gyorke on 26 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • Some of the key takeaways are: 38% of respondents agree or strongly agree that educators should use social media to reach students where they are, while 24% disagree or strongly disagree.  To me, the fact that 39% rated this item as "neutral" says that many faculty are still trying to figure this out.  58% agree or strongly agree that social media can be a valuable tool for collaborative learning, and 70% believe video, podcasts, blogs and wikis are valuable tools for teaching.80% of faculty reported that they were using social media in some aspect of a course that they are teaching.  A smaller number of respondents felt Facebook and Twitter had value in the classroom, though it was interesting to see that they rated Facebook as a tool that they use personally (57%) and professionally (45%) outside of class.  The statistic that really blew me away was the fact that 91% of faculty use social media either for professional purposes or in their classes, or both, and a similar study conducted by McKinsey of workplaces showed only 47% used it.  Are faculty in higher education more cutting edge than they are given credit for?  This statistic seems to indicate that. 
  • Allan Gyorke on 26 Apr 11
     
    John Dolan's highlights of a new Pearson-related study on perceptions of social media in higher education. Some interesting stuff in there. I'll have to look more closely at the study to see if I can trust some of these findings.
Emily Rimland

Google's and Facebook's facial recognition opt-in policies are a smokescreen. - Slate M... - 1 views

www.slate.com/...licies_are_a_smokescreen_.html

privacy facialrecognition optin google facebook slate

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  • Emily Rimland on 21 Dec 11
     
    Great article that's about ethics of online technologies. Many of the analogies stuck me as similar to making sure technology enhances learning and not using it just for technology's sake.
Cole Camplese

The Twitter Trap - NYTimes.com - 3 views

www.nytimes.com/...the-twitter-trap.html

twitter

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  • bartmon on 25 May 11
     
    "But my inner worrywart wonders whether the new technologies overtaking us may be eroding characteristics that are essentially human: our ability to reflect, our pursuit of meaning, genuine empathy, a sense of community connected by something deeper than snark or political affinity. " "Genuine Empathy" is the one that really concerns me, and I see it in how my nieces, and others, use facebook. The FB birthday thing comes to mind...now people get as many "Happy birthday!" notes as they have friends...but are the well-wishers even thinking about my birthday? Probably not, it's just FB reminding them "Hey, it's bart's bday" and now the norm is to stop by and say "happy birthday" without even thinking about it. The end of the article has a nice quote from a novel as well: "The generation that had information, but no context. "
  • Jeff Swain on 26 May 11
     
    This is a well written piece. The author does a great job at tugging on our emotions. However, I believe he possesses only a superficial understanding of the medium.
Erin Long

Kno Brings Textbook App to iPad -- Campus Technology - 3 views

campustechnology.com/...ings-textbook-app-to-ipad.aspx

shared by Erin Long on 08 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • Erin Long on 08 Jun 11
     
    Textbook app offers access to a catalog of 70,000 college- and university-level electronic textbooks from major textbook publishers. Kno reported it will offer books at 30 percent to 50 percent off list prices through the Kno Store. Other e-learning features of the Textbooks for iPad app include: A social networking feature called Words to Friends that connects students via Facebook and Twitter; Text highlighting; Sticky notes; Chapter previews; and Support for downloading and reading PDFs from the Web.
  • Allan Gyorke on 09 Jun 11
     
    John Dolan sent me a note about this as well. He said that Stuart is interested in the Kno, but may not have a lot of time to examine it. John said that he would contact the other people involved with the Digital Research group in Liberal Arts. I have downloaded the app, but haven't used it yet.
  • Erin Long on 09 Jun 11
     
    I'd like to play around with it a bit to see what is has to offer... was thinking for Stuart's projects in particular. Maybe I'll bring it up with Stuart and Michael at our meeting next week. I guess the next step is seeing if the texts we use are even available.
gary chinn

Chomp, chomp chomp! Welcome ScreenChomp and TechSmith Labs! (Visual Lounge) - 5 views

visuallounge.techsmith.com/...welcome_screenchomp.html

screencasting ipad

shared by gary chinn on 26 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • ScreenChomp is a digital whiteboard that users can write and draw on with the touch of a finger. You can draw using twelve different pen colors. All activity on ScreenChomp can be easily recorded and then if you want, edited through Camtasia for Mac or Camtasia Studio. The videos produced in ScreenChomp can be downloaded as MP4 files, making them easy to share on ScreenChomp.com, Facebook, YouTube, iTunes, Blackboard and other video hosting platforms.
  • gary chinn on 26 Jul 11
     
    another ipad app for screencasting. as far as I know, this is the first example of an app from one of the big established screen capture software companies.
  • Allan Gyorke on 28 Jul 11
     
    I downloaded it (for free). It's very nice. I tried ShowMe before, which also lets you write and record what you're saying, but there is too much of a time delay between your drawing and it showing up on the iPad. ScreenChomp is much faster. Another advantage is that you can see your recording before posting it.
  • gary chinn on 29 Jul 11
     
    we had the same delay complaint with showme. also didn't like that there were no export options outside of posting to their site.
Emily Rimland

Wolfram Launches PDF Killer - 0 views

www.libraryjournal.com/...m_launches_pdf_killer.html.csp

education teaching ereaders

shared by Emily Rimland on 27 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Emily Rimland on 27 Jul 11
     
    "Created by Wolfram Research, makers of the Wolfram Alpha computational search engine, the Computable Document Format (CDF) enables users to interact with online documents, input their own data, and generate results, live." Wonder if these will be usable on e-readers?
Allan Gyorke

CDW-G Report: Campus Tech a Top Factor in College Selection and Perceived Career Succes... - 4 views

www.businesswire.com/...Campus-Tech-Top-Factor-College

learning spaces recruitment CLC ETS

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  • Allan Gyorke on 27 Jul 11
     
    "Eighty-seven percent of college students surveyed said they considered their institution's technology when selecting their college. This finding is also reflected in CDW-G's 21st-Century Classroom Report, which looked at educational technology in K-12 and found that 92 percent of current high school students say technology is an important consideration as they evaluate colleges. "
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  • Allan Gyorke on 27 Jul 11
     
    Jamie posted this to the Facebook wall and I thought it was worth looking at further. It's connected to what we are doing with our classrooms, Media Commons, EGC, learning space designs, Knowledge Commons, and mobile learning projects.
  • Allan Gyorke on 27 Jul 11
     
    Oh - and it reminds me of the University of Michigan learning spaces designs - Cole took pictures. I think it's their North Quad.
  • bartmon on 28 Jul 11
     
    I wasn't able to download the report w/o creating an account, but I'm curious *what* technologies are important to students as it pertains to selecting a university. Another highlight claimed that both faculty and students find 'virtual learning' and 'e-reader/mobile technologies' important. Not sure if those are the top 2 things kids look at when selecting a university...I would find that somewhat hard to believe. I know bandwidth cap still plays a role here in terms of on-campus housing post freshman year. Wonder if that also plays a role in university selection.
Erin Long

Desire2Learn Learning Suite Gaining Google+ Integration -- Campus Technology - 1 views

campustechnology.com/...aining-google-integration.aspx

tech learning google integration desire2learn

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  • Erin Long on 27 Jul 11
     
    Desire2Learn adds Google+ to its list of profile linking tools that already includes Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
bartmon

Creating a Meaningful College Experience in an Era of Streamlining - Commentary - The C... - 1 views

chronicle.com/...127893

shared by bartmon on 28 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • in many classrooms on today's traditional campuses, with class sizes in the hundreds of students, distance learning begins in the fifth row.
  • in many classrooms on today's traditional campuses, with class sizes in the hundreds of students, distance learning begins in the fifth row. At the same time, students spend much of their days holed up in their dorm rooms chatting with one another on Facebook. The opportunities to learn from other students and professors, in and out of class, are declining at the very time that we know such engagement is critical for learning.
  • We know students learn more when expectations are high and when feedback on what they need to do to improve is constant. I'm certain that my young friend, and his friends, would work harder if we expected it of them—but we don't.
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  • We have to decide what students should learn and then offer courses that will enable them to achieve the goals we have set. The smorgasbord that currently exists is inefficient, ineffective, and meets the whims of the faculty rather than the needs of the students.
  • bartmon on 28 Jun 11
     
    Good editorial on large class size and disengagement across large institutions. A very student-centered piece that rings true on a lot of fronts.
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