October 15, 2008: Social Networking Redux

I’ve done it again–I have become addicted to the latest thing I have tried; this week’s obsession is, of course, Facebook.  I have spent hours building my page as if its completeness was a testament to my own.  I have reconnected with people that I haven’t talked to in 15 years.  I have looked through [...]

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October 11, 2008: Social Networking

This is the topic that I have been most hesitant to explore, but after talking to Beth in class about Facebook, I thought that I should check it out. The idea that online social networking shows the way that people are connected that are otherwise invisible in real life was also an interesting concept. So [...]

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October 2, 2008: Access

Last year I started using wikis, blogs, and a website to enhance my teaching. This year, I am using wikis for all my classes–as well as my website, which I haven’t updated since last year, but it has basic information that stays pretty constant like the syllabuses to my classes and my teaching philosophy. I [...]

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September 23, 2008: First Virtual Community Experience

The Assignment: Please describe your first experience in virtual communities online. Does that experience fit some of the definitions? What type of community was it? What behaviors did you find there? The TechLearning Blog entry ends with this quote by Alan Cohen: “It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, [...]

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September 14, 2008: Library 2.0′s Impact

This story made me think about how businesses are utilizing their users and allowing them to participate in their marketing campaigns using emerging technology. Southwest Airlines is looking for someone to create a video blog about Southwest Airlines. The articles states, “The lucky person will be assigned a year’s worth of excitement as he or she jetsets [...]

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September 13, 2008: Web 2.0

For those who are close to me, they will not be surprised to hear that I have a new blog. I have been seen by those people as slightly obsessed with blogging and creating wikis this past year. I am looking forward to keeping this blog and exploring 2.0 technology farther. I tried using wordpress [...]

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