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15 Objections to Using Social Learning

Via http://engagedlearning.net/ Objection #15 – The Silent Yet Deadly Objection #14: Prove It! Objection #13: How Do You Measure ROI? Objection #12: How Will You Measure That It Is Working? Objection #11: Too Much Info Objection #10: Wasting Time Objection #9: They Aren’t Technical Objection #8: Out of Date Information Objection #7: The Information is Wrong! [...]

July 28th, 2008 | Category: Learning 2.0 & Beyond, Library 2.0/Web 2.0, LIS Education in the 21st Century, Social Software & Sites | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Announcing All Together Now: Learning 2.0

Brian Kenney writes:

Have you heard of 23 Things, the self-guided program for learning about 2.0 web technology? It was developed by Helene Blowers a couple of years ago at the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County and since then has been adopted across the country by public and school libraries, districts, and even entire states. It [...]

July 17th, 2008 | Category: Librarians, Libraries & the Profession, Library 2.0/Web 2.0, LIS Weblogs Rule!, Social Software & Sites, Teens & Libraries, YouTube & Libraries | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Have You Googled Your Library Recently?

If you haven’t, what you find may surprise you.  That man you saw earlier today picking up his holds may be thinking about writing a review that mentions how much he likes dropping by the library to grab his books and go.  The fact is our patrons, both the satisfied and dissatisfied, are talking about us in [...]

July 17th, 2008 | Category: Librarians, Libraries & the Profession, Social Software & Sites | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Merlin Mann on Loopt

http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/42288438/loopt-sms-mess

I’ll give you a minute for that to sink in, because if you’re a connected person, you may want to ponder the consequences of unintentionally sending creepy bullshit to colleagues and business contacts who are too busy to care what you’re “geo-tagging” at a given time. I know, because I’m one of them. Hi.

I [...]

July 15th, 2008 | Category: iPhone, SMS/Text Messaging, Social Software & Sites | One comment - (Comments are closed)

David Warlick on the Profile

Profiles have great potential, writes David Warlick:

I’ve mentioned this in some of my presentations, that I do not believe that we – educators older than 30 (arbitrarily chosen age) - truly understand social networks yet.  For instance, we’re trying to grow individual and independent social networks out of every discipline, school level, and just about any [...]

June 26th, 2008 | Category: Librarians, Libraries & the Profession, Social Software & Sites | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

You’ve Got a Friend

David Pogue writes:

http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/

A few months ago, I blogged about my mixed feelings toward Facebook, LinkedIn and the like. I get about 15 invitations a day, from people I don’t know, asking to be friends. It’s flattering, of course, but there’s an etiquette problem: Do I accept them all, just to be friendly — [...]

June 8th, 2008 | Category: Social Software & Sites | One comment - (Comments are closed)

A Year in the Life (via iTunes)

 

  

A Year in the Life (via iTunes), originally uploaded by mstephens7.

When I do talks, I always try to relate changes in technology to how they can impact, enhance or chronicle people’s lives. I’ve been highlighting LastFM in The Hyperlinked Libraries and other presentations since 2006. I was pleased to discover a [...]

June 6th, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: Michael's Musings, Social Software & Sites | One comment - (Comments are closed)

UK Study on Social Networks

Via Michael Casey:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7325019.stm

 

The Ofcom report looks into the impact of social networks on people’s lives in the UK as part of a wider media literacy campaign and surveyed 5,000 adults and more than 3,000 children.

Its statistics suggest that around 19% of all UK youngsters have a presence on [...]

June 3rd, 2008 | Category: Social Software & Sites | Comments are closed

“Org Charts on their Sides”

http://curtisrogers.blogspot.com

Check out this article. Shouldn’t libraries be included in this equation?

Every Company Should Use Social Media | Employee Evolution

Social media is changing everything. Business Week recently published an article about the power of social media and how companies are beginning to embrace it, because they really don’t have a choice. Not everyone [...]

June 3rd, 2008 | Category: Librarians, Libraries & the Profession, Social Software & Sites | Comments are closed

Integrating Web 2.0 Technologies in the Instructional Process

Fred Stutzman writes:http://chimprawk.blogspot.com

For the past two semesters, I’ve taught a course on Online Social Networks at UNC’s School of Information and Library Science. It has been a great experience, and I’ve had an incredible bunch of students. This course has also been an experiment, both in subject matter and instructional technologies. Using Facebook, Del.icio.us,YouTube [...]

June 3rd, 2008 | Category: Dominican University GSLIS, Social Software & Sites | Comments are closed
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