Social media

 Social media – involves people communicating. [Am tempted to add 'with a purpose' but that might exclude Twitter! Need someone to explain to me why Twitter is so 'cool'! I just don't get it : ) Age on display, perhaps! ]

What have I used before?

Blogs – very successfully. Students seem to feel ‘empowered’ when they discover their own voices in this way.

Wikis – not used as much, but beginning to think hard about collaborative potential for students.

Podcasting – this year’s goal. To stop playing round myself and get students on to it.

All of the above I feel positive about, and hope that my students can get as excited as me!

Blast from the past – well, last year…

I just browsed back to my January entries in 2007. Wow - I did learn a lot back then, and much of it I think now that I ’just know’ it. So the learning curve aspect is quickly forgotten and frustration with getting my head round new skills disappears into the dim dark past.

Have joined the requisite communities/sites for this year and am intrigued to find that I joined a number of them last year as well and then never used them (always telling when your user name is not accepted!) Community Walk looks FUN. Whether it is my machine or my skills or the site itself has improved since last time, I’m not sure, but can definitely see potential for using this with my classes.

One of the reasons I like doing these workshops is the ’playing’ aspect. What I wrote about in January as ‘messing about online’. I look forward to playing more with some of these communities.  

Social Media EVO 08

Yahoo – we’re off again! Looking back over the last year I realise how much I learnt with the Open Web Publishing sessions EVO 07 and look forward to being part of this group again in 08. I do like the new title Social Media, and look forward to more of my personal learning curve…