Introducing Social Media 1
Introducing Social Media
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The very first step in learning is simply exposure
Helene Blowers
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First things first…Concepts, platforms and tools
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enabling individuals and groups to communicate,
interact, share, discover
and collaborate in new ways, globally and
within communities
Web 2.0Hokusai’s G
reat Wave
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Web 1.0 Web 2.0One way communication
Two way conversation
Passive viewing Active networksRead only content User generated
contentDesktop applications Web platformHard drive storage Cloud computingStatic websites Interactive blogsOrganisations Communities
Applications and storage on the web
Access from any computer or mobile
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The Cloud
What is Social Media?All the tools people use for
Interacting with each other online.Sharing mediaSharing contentWorking togetherNetworking
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With new opportunities for…
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Platforms and toolsDelivering content
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BrowsersThe software programs you need to surf the web
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Internet Explorer
Google Chrome
Sharing
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Delicious bookmarksTag web pages and store the links using Delicious.Share your links and search everyone else’s bookmarks
Flickr CommonsAt the Library of Congress on Flickr Commons you can view their photostream, add comments, search using tags, add your own tags…
Copyright 2.0Source www.creativecommons.org
NetworksFacebook is used by organisations to reach out in new ways to their communities.
LibraryThing is a tool to manage book collections and to connect about books and reading.
CollaboratingWikis are content management systems that enable users to create web pages and edit pages others have created.
PortalsBring content together at a single entry point.
Blogging platformsCommunicate, consult with and listen to users and others about policy, services, developments, what’s new in the library, events, guides, issues, initiatives.
MicrobloggingUpdates, opinions, advice, crowd sourcing.
RSS FeedsSubscribe to other people’s content and distribute your own.
RSS ReadersSign up to a news reader to deliver the feeds to which you want to subscribe
PodcastsAudio and video to download - radio programmes from the archives, lectures, language courses, interviews…
TelevisionThe BBC iPlayer is the best known service but most TV companies now offer downloads of many of their programmes.
SkypeFree video phone calls over the Internet to other Skype users
MapsGoogle Maps, Google Directions and Google Earth
Open CoursewareTop 50 university open courseware collections