WELCOME! Get Berry Connected with Ning A Workshop for UH COE ETEC 687 October 9, 2008 Yuki Horikiri Jean Isip Penny Pereboom

Overview Introductions What is Social Networking? Ning: features Ning: demonstration Create your social network More cool networks

Workshop Objectives Define social networking. Compare Ning with other social networking sites. Identify the main features of Ning. Create a social network on Ning. Locate other social networks. Participants will be able to:

Introductions What online networks are you a part of? Why do you go there? / What do you do there? How does it add value to your life? How often?

Social Networking in Plain English

Social Networking Simplified Online community of internet users Connect existing friends and family Make new friends, business contacts, relationships Find people with common interests: hobbies, activities, politics, etc.

Socializing Creating a profile page Viewing other people’s pages Inviting people to your network Sending messages, participating in discussions Sharing pictures, videos and music

Benefits of Social Networking Stay connected to friends and family Meet people with similar interests Gives you the opportunity to meet people you may have never met Create an online environment for your classroom

Drawbacks Privacy Predators Imposters Losing interpersonal skills and connections?

Who is social networking? Social Network F/MF/M A G E Total MySpaceF 5,158,4537,091,2143,800,5421,252,287542,694167,08771,531 18,083,813 M 3,365,4425,226,7883,238,4711,209,510475,566167,10166,852 13,749,732 FacebookF 784,2141,685,029767,619184,05772,74321,44110,270 3,525,373 M 357,017977,753609,655177,66262,03322,0248,545 2,214,689 LinkedInF 3,69739,594178,55069,19724,3687,7261, ,487 M 4,61842,642222,431124,75945,31016,0833, ,222 FlickrF 87,720303,941363,220139,09060,70719,8715, ,662 M 44,170235,015398,061205,63189,58733,9948,998 1,015,456

Who is social networking? Social Network F/MF/M A G E Total MySpaceF 5,158,4537,091,2143,800,5421,252,287542,694167,08771,531 18,083,813 M 3,365,4425,226,7883,238,4711,209,510475,566167,10166,852 13,749,732 FacebookF 784,2141,685,029767,619184,05772,74321,44110,270 3,525,373 M 357,017977,753609,655177,66262,03322,0248,545 2,214,689 LinkedInF 3,69739,594178,55069,19724,3687,7261, ,487 M 4,61842,642222,431124,75945,31016,0833, ,222 FlickrF 87,720303,941363,220139,09060,70719,8715, ,662 M 44,170235,015398,061205,63189,58733,9948,998 1,015,456

Who is social networking? Social Network F/MF/M A G E Total MySpaceF 5,158,4537,091,2143,800,5421,252,287542,694167,08771,531 18,083,813 M 3,365,4425,226,7883,238,4711,209,510475,566167,10166,852 13,749,732 FacebookF 784,2141,685,029767,619184,05772,74321,44110,270 3,525,373 M 357,017977,753609,655177,66262,03322,0248,545 2,214,689 LinkedInF 3,69739,594178,55069,19724,3687,7261, ,487 M 4,61842,642222,431124,75945,31016,0833, ,222 FlickrF 87,720303,941363,220139,09060,70719,8715, ,662 M 44,170235,015398,061205,63189,58733,9948,998 1,015,456

Who is social networking? Social Network F/MF/M A G E Total MySpaceF 5,158,4537,091,2143,800,5421,252,287542,694167,08771,531 18,083,813 M 3,365,4425,226,7883,238,4711,209,510475,566167,10166,852 13,749,732 FacebookF 784,2141,685,029767,619184,05772,74321,44110,270 3,525,373 M 357,017977,753609,655177,66262,03322,0248,545 2,214,689 LinkedInF 3,69739,594178,55069,19724,3687,7261, ,487 M 4,61842,642222,431124,75945,31016,0833, ,222 FlickrF 87,720303,941363,220139,09060,70719,8715, ,662 M 44,170235,015398,061205,63189,58733,9948,998 1,015,456

Why Ning ?

Two Simple Things to do on Ning 1.Join a group 2.Create a group

Ning’s Unique Features

Let’s Play! 1.Create your page 2.Manage your page 3.Add content 4.Invite me!

Create Your First Page

Go to ETEC Book Club etecbooks Step 1

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There are so many great books on Educational Technology out there. Every month we will choose a title to discuss on this network. Books for Educational Technology Enthusiasts Educational Technology books Step 3

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Create Your Own Page

Manage Your Page

Main Page

Click here to close messages Edit your features here

Main Page

Links

Practice Managing Your Page

Add Content to Your Page

What else? Customize individual My page Members Upload Photos, Videos Start a Discussion Post events

Insert a link Insert an image

Wikinomics Discussion Read Wikinomics by Don Tapscott. Watch the video and post comments by due date. Discussion

Let’s visit my page.

Conclusions Why / How will you use Ning? Ning provides the template –Contains good tools –You could start to create your independent social network

Conclusions Limitations –Storage and bandwidth 10GB of storage and 100GB of bandwidth About 5,000 photos or 500 videos –Ads –Your own domain name --- URL –Look for “ premium services ”

Last Tasty Tidbits Twitter 43 Things Live Mocha Hi5 Gather Profilactic

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