Social Networking for Professional Use Presented by: Mary Beth Orrange NYSMATYC 2010 Or Use those online tools!
Facebook.com Personal: Great for sharing photos and keeping in touch with a lot of friends at once Professional: Keep it separate from personal Classroom: They’re on FaceBook; make use of it
Facebook.com You need to register and approve those who can view your information. You can become a fan of various sites There’s a lot of information on FaceBook you can get an account, post nothing personal, and access relevant public information from your account. For example, check out MAA’s siteMAA’s site
Twitter.com Personal: With 140 characters maximum it has a very specific purpose Professional: Good way to share/find relevant websites and posted materials Classroom: Can efficiently connect with a whole class at once – class cancelled or error on assignment
Twitter.com You can access public information on Twitter without registering but to follow individuals and be followed you need to register and create an account.Twitter You can prevent folks from following you but it’s after-the-fact. Twitter provides a way to participate in conference activities without actually attending a conference.
YouTube.com Personal: For enjoyment, entertainment, or sharing Professional: Lectures, interviews or items in the news in your field Classroom: Have students find and share videos relevant to the course – post links in a discussion in your course site for example. Post links for them to watch. Many folks post their entire course on YouTube so there’s a wealth of information to be viewed.entire course
Delicious Bookmarking site Your favorites migrate from computer to computer with you Works well with Twitter Easy to categorize sites Individual bookmarks can be shared or not
Google Use Google for more than a search engine Create a Google account (iGoogle) Use Google Groups instead of mailing lists Use Google Docs for shared files
Social Networking Suggestions Do not befriend students; if using these sites for student activities create a new profile Use a common profile presence; the same photo and username for each site 15 to 20 minutes a day can change your world!
More Useful tools Doodle – free tool for scheduling meetings ( Doodle - Will shorten a long URL to a few characters. Survey Monkey – A free survey tool Survey Monkey A list of tools at my college: A list of tools at my collegehttp://libguides.ecc.edu/snw Slideshare – Slideshare
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