social networking for creative retirement
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Social networking for creative retirement (IVCE presentation)TRANSCRIPT
Drum roll, please…Honoria Balogh presents
Social Networking 101
• OMG! Have you ever ROTFL? If you are confused, you are not alone. Social networking is the thing of the present, used by young and old. This presentation will explore sites like Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter and their place in today’s communication. TTYL.
From: http://www.funambol.com/blog/capo/uploaded_images/survey-735319.jpg, Results of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2007
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Connectivism
• Learning theory for digital age developed by George Siemens
• "know-how" and "know-what" are being supplemented with "know-where" (the understanding of where to find the knowledge when it is needed), and meta-learning is becoming just as important as the learning itself
What is a Social
Network?
Social Network = Social structure made on individuals connected by interdependency, such as
friendshipkinshipcommon interest$$$$common likes/dislikessexual relationshipsbeliefsknowledge or prestige
http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~ecosta/SocialNetworks.jpg
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Blogs
Wikis
Social Networks
RSS Feeds
Top US SitesFacebook General. 400,000,000 Open
Habbo General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat Room and user profiles. 162,000,000 Open to people 13 and older
MySpace General. HTML based site. 130,000,000 Open to ages 13 and up.
Windows Live Spaces Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces) 120,000,000 Open
Twitter General. Micro-blogging, RSS, updates 75,000000 Open
LinkedIn Business and professional networking 65,000,000 Open to people 18 and older
Flixster Movies 63,000,000 Open to people 13 and older
MyLife Locating friends and family, keeping in touch (formerly Reunion.com) Open
Classmates.com School, college, work and the military Open to people 18 and older[37]
Bebo General Open to people 13 and older
Flickr Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide Open to people 13 and older
Last.fm Music Open to any age or gender
MyHeritage family-oriented social network service Open
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites
Top Foreign SitesQzone General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China
users 200,000,000 Open to the General Public
Habbo General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat Room and user profiles. 162,000,000 Open to people 13 and
older
Orkut General. Owned by Google Inc. Popular in Brazil and increasing, in India. 100,000,000 Open to people 18 and
older, (Google login)
Friendster General. Popular in Southeast Asia. No longer popular in the western world
Open to people 16 and older. No children allowed
hi5General. Popular in India, Portugal, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa and Latin America. Not popular in the USA.
Open to people 13 and older. No children allowed
Vkontakte Social Network for Russian-speaking world including former Soviet republics. Biggest site in Russia 72,200,000 Open
NetlogGeneral. Popular in Europe, Turkey, the Arab World and Canada's Québec province. Formerly known as Facebox and Redbox.
Open to people 13 and older
Odnoklassniki Connect with old classmates. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics 45,000,000 Open
Badoo General, Popular in Europe 37,000,000 Open to people 18 and older
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites
Web traffic
• Google• Facebook• MySpace• Twitter• LinkedIn• Flickr
Image source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurajo/3082993732/
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