Social Media's Slow Slog Into the Ivory Towers of Academia - Josh Sternberg - Technology Underpinning a disdain for social media in higher education is the assumption that incoming students have an inherent aptitude for new technologies "If you took a soldier from a thousand years ago and put them on a battlefield, they'd be dead," Howard Rheingold, a professor teaching virtual community and social media at Stanford University, told me one morning via Skype. "If you took a doctor from a thousand years ago and put them in a modern surgical theater, they would have no idea what to do. Take a professor from a thousand years ago and put them in a modern classroom, they would know where to stand and what to do." Terms like "digital native" and "digital immigrant" have been used by marketers as a way of differentiating generations. This tale is not new. But as social interactions and technologies mature, there has been a swing in the pendulum. Teaching Social Media Theory "As faculty, we're always trying to engage our students better," Smith-Robbins says. Image: Creative Commons.
The Secret Life of Pronouns, by James W. Pennebaker LOL, OMG, WTF... : lexique Twitter pour Alain Lambert Un vieux dictionnaire sculpté au laser (Mandiberg/Flickr). Jeudi, coup de fil de Zineb Dryef, sur le point de rencontrer le sénateur UMP Alain Lambert pour un très chouette portrait, publié samedi sur Rue89. Elle me demande de lui donner des idées pour un petit quiz qu’elle veut soumettre à ce politique atypique et volontiers farceur, très actif sur Twitter. On a préparé ensemble un test de vocabulaire devant lequel l’élu s’est retrouvé fort dépourvu. Cher sénateur, pour éviter de passer pour un ringard tel Frédéric Lefebvre séchant sur la définition du web 2.0 au micro de Jean-Jacques Bourdin, je vous propose une séance de rattrapage. LOL. Cher sénateur, vous me direz, qu’est-ce que cette novlangue anglo-saxonne fait dans un blog consacré au français ? Un bon exemple de ces processus de réappropriation est le petit lexique utilisé par Eni_Kao, qui commence ses tweets par des noms de rubrique en « franglais » : [Midia], [Boulchit], [Saoundz], [Feun]...
Margie's Moments of Tiyoweh The 2015 Social Media Glossary A lot can change in a year, especially in the world of social media. It can be difficult to keep up with all of the terms and slang used with the introduction of new technologies and platforms, so we decided it was time to update our Social Media Glossary. Like previous editions of the glossary, this is a living document that will continue to grow as we add more terms and expand our definitions. +1 button Similar to Facebook’s “Like” button, the +1 button is proprietary to Google and is the Internet equivalent of the thumbs-up. “+1” may also show up in emails or comment threads, as in the following: “+1 for that idea” with the meaning of “I really like this idea and I’m showing my support for it.” This thing is called an octothorpe. See: hashtag /r/ See: subreddit Abandonment rate The percentage of social customer service issues that are abandoned by customers without a resolution. Algorithm A rules-based procedure for making calculations or solving problems. Analytics Archiving Audience selector
5 Excellent Cloud Tools You Should Be Using It seems like everything is moving to the cloud from documents to photos to podcasts; plus more and more services are implementing cloud storage for security reasons. While 10 years ago you needed to have actual space on your computer or mobile device in order to save and access files, now you really don’t need much because free cloud storage is everywhere. Since there are so many new and useful cloud tools that are regularly popping up on the scene, I decided to share 5 that I feel are extremely beneficial to bloggers and social media users. So here are 5 excellent cloud tools that you should be using, if you aren’t already. Pogoplug Plain and simple, Pogoplug is “cloud storage for your mobile life”. Pogoplug is great for streaming music, movies and photos from your mobile device. ZeroPC ZeroPC is known as “your content navigator for the cloud”. ZeroPC has mobile apps for the iPad and Android and can run in Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Internet Explorer. sideCLOUDload Mougg Flapcast
Maybe Media Bias Has Become a Dumb Debate, part one October 24, 2003 Maybe Media Bias Has Become a Dumb Debate, part one Denouncing bias in the media has become a dumb instrument. The cases keep coming. The only thing I ever saw that came close to Objective Journalism was a closed-circuit TV setup that watched shoplifters in the General Store at Woody Creek, Colorado. — Hunter S. Listen up, everyone engaged in the you’re biased style of press criticism. Hear this, those who, in civic-spirited fashion, have formed groups left and right, here and there to document bias in the press. This is for all the booming voices in the media heard complaining about bias in the media, as well as the smaller but no less committed voices, outside the media, complaining about bias (also called spin) inside the media— including the comments section of any number of posts at PressThink and probably a thousand other weblogs too, where arguments well known are even now being tapped out to harangue and provoke some other nonbeliever. Questions 1.) 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.)
What Per Post Impressions on Facebook Really Mean Earlier today, Facebook released per post analytics for all Facebook Pages. Up until now, this has been something that was limited to pages with 10,000+ likes. But what is it, and what does it really mean? Post impressions is a count of how many times individual posts have been seen throughout Facebook (on your wall or on people's own walls). It gives you a much better picture of the real impact of each individual post. Note: Gestuz is a client, so go ahead and like them. The important thing about this is "social analytics". You use these numbers to divide your posts up into groups of what works and what doesn't. And then, you ask yourself, why does this happen? Below you can see two posts - one very popular, one average. One example of how you can use this, is if you where to create a Foursquare (or Facebook Places) campaign, then the product on the left would be a better fit for your promotion. This is also why you should use social as a way to preview your upcoming products.
Social Media : Career & Internship Services : University of Minnesota Duluth. What is Social Media? Social media is a facet of networking. Networking is the process of establishing relationships with people, exchanging information and ideas, and working together for future mutually beneficial exchanges. For a broader understanding of the scope of social media, watch this video from the people at Socialnomics.net. There are so many different social media sites available for use on the Internet. Benefits of Using Social Media Social media is changing every industry – how people communicate and how news and information are shared Create one-on-one connections with people locally and globally Have mutually beneficial networking relationships Increase your online visibility (Try Googling yourself. Basic Guidelines Follow Us! Social Media and the Job Search While social media is not the primary way employers are finding their job applicants, it is a method that is being more frequently utilized. Related Articles and Links Learn More
The Virtues of Video What if your struggling students could view demonstrations of difficult math concepts as often as necessary? Picture your students asking questions of an expert diver as she explores Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Or imagine a motivated student in a remote location attending an advanced placement physics class without leaving home. Providing such enriching learning activities, even with limited funds, is no fantasy; it's possible through live, interactive video. Much of what we define as education can now take place anywhere, anytime—and much of it can be acquired free through resources available over the Internet. Videoconferencing: Engaging Millenials As early as the 1980s, students in rural areas of Alaska, Washington, Texas, and Oregon connected to teachers through interactive videoconferencing. Interactive videoconferencing is often a good solution for resource-strapped school districts that can't afford to hire more teachers. When learners are engaged, retention occurs. References
Maybe Media Bias Has Become a Dumb Debate, part two The People Formerly Known as the Audience: "You don't own the eyeballs. You don't own the press, which is now divided into pro and amateur zones. You don't control production on the new platform, which isn't one-way. There's a new balance of power between you and us." Migration Point for the Press Tribe: "Like reluctant migrants everywhere, the people in the news tribe have to decide what to take with them. Bloggers vs. "Where's the Business Model for News, People?" National Explainer: A Job for Journalists on the Demand Side of News This American Life's great mortgage crisis explainer, The Giant Pool of Money, suggests that "information" and "explanation" ought to be reversed in our order of thought. The Beast Without a Brain: Why Horse Race Journalism Works for Journalists and Fails Us. They're Not in Your Club but They Are in Your League: Firedoglake at the Libby Trial: "I’m just advising Newsroom Joe and Jill: make room for FDL in your own ideas about what’s coming on, news-wise.
Social Networking Guidelines : Requirements and Guidelines : Our Brand: How to Convey It : University of Minnesota Contents Basics of social networking Social networking is the use of web-based tools to interact with other people through text, images, or sound. Those using social networking tools can: Share media (text, photos, videos, audio). Carry on live discussions. Some common social networking tools are Digg, Facebook, Flickr, Linkedin, MySpace, Twitter, UMWiki, UThink, Yahoo Buzz, YouTube. Social networking tools should be selected as part of a broader communication plan and used to: Provide easy access to University content and other content relevant to the U's disciplines. These requirements and guidelines clarify how social networking can effectively be used for conducting University of Minnesota business. Before using social networking Step 1… know what you're after First answer the POST questions: People. Step 2… know how you'll know when you've acheived your goal You should be able to answer these two questions: How will you know if you've reached your audience? Establish an internal process
6 Ways Digital Learning is Changing Teaching Email Share December 1, 2011 - by Tom Vander Ark 0 Email Share I visited Wireless Generation , a leading education technology company, in Brooklyn this week. In a discussion about Getting Smart , a couple dozen employees including teachers and technologists asked great questions about the future of learning. Here are two more. As someone who has, within the last decade, been a student and a teacher, as well as administrative support, I was very interested by the parts in your book when you made it clear that educational institutions are evolving. There will be a half a dozen significant changes in teaching in this decade. Model differentiation will proliferate over the next decade as school developers invent new ways to blend online and onsite experience around competency-based pathways. The second profound change underway is the shift from the individual practitioner to more collaborative and team based teaching. Fifth, the work is getting more data driven.
Kenning They usually consist of two words, and are often hyphenated. For example, Old Norse poets might replace sverð, the regular word for “sword”, with a more abstract compound such as “wound-hoe” (Egill Skallagrímsson: Höfuðlausn 8), or a genitive phrase such as randa íss “ice of shields” (Einarr Skúlason: ‘Øxarflokkr’ 9). Modern scholars have also applied the term kenning to similar figures of speech in other languages, especially Old English. Etymology[edit] The word was adopted into English in the nineteenth century [1] from medieval Icelandic treatises on poetics, in particular the Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson, and derives ultimately from the Old Norse verb kenna “know, recognise; perceive, feel; show; teach; etc.”, as used in the expression kenna við “to name after; to express [one thing] in terms of [another]”,[2] “name after; refer to in terms of”,[3] and kenna til “qualify by, make into a kenning by adding”.[3] Structure[edit] Complex kennings[edit] Word order and comprehension[edit]