the brave new world of the social web
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Brave New World ofthe Social Web
Are You Participating Yet?
Michael Yue, M.Ed.
Project Coordinator
Vancouver Community College
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Background
Project Coordinator, Vancouver Community College
Managed a federal government-funded employment resource centre for 5 years, during which time I began to learn and adopt Web 2.0 tools in my work.
I’ve presented on this topic in various training sessions and conference workshops.
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The Social Web (Web 2.0)
Community: Building relationships, networking Collaboration: Working together to achieve
common goals Contribution: Adding to the common knowledge
base
Are these functions relevant to career service and education?
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Common Web 2.0 Tools
Blogs (or weblogs) Wikis Social Networks
Has anyone used or heard of these tools before?
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Blogs
You don’t need to be “technically savvy” to create and operate a blog.
Blogs are like journals - messages are posted and organized in chronological order (most recent posting first).
You can post text, audio, video, picture. Viewers can comment on your postings (if you let
them). Blogs can be managed by one person, or a group
of people.
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Examples of Blog
Western Edge (U of Western Ontario Career Centre Blog) http://atwestern.typepad.com/western_edge/
Career Experts (UBC Career Services Staff Weblog) http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/careerexperts/
The Career Services Informer (SFU Career Services) http://blog.lidc.sfu.ca/careerservices/
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More Examples of Blog
IMDIVERSITY Career Center Blog http://diversitycareers.blogspot.com/
Bold Career Blog http://www.boldcareer.com/blog/
Recruiting.com (A Recruiting Community Portal) http://www.recruiting.com/blogs
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More Blog Examples
Career Centre Blog http://www.careercentre.org/blog/
COMPASS: Setting Career Directions http://workprospects.typepad.com/
Labour Market Information Blog http://lmi.careeropportunities.ca/
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Blogging Tools
Free web-based hosting Blogger (http://www.blogger.com) WordPress (http://wordpress.com) BlogSavy (http://blogsavy.com/) - powered by
WordPress
You can also pay blog hosting service to have fuller control of your blog, such as having a unique URL (web address).
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Wikis
The famous Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org) Collaboration and sharing at its best and
easiest wiki wiki = “fast” in Hawaiian language The tool allows a community of people to
work together by adding to or modifying (i.e. eduting) one another’s contributions
Check out the various examples to see how wikis are used
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Examples of Wiki
Library Success (A Best Practice Wiki) http://www.libsuccess.org
Human Resource Management Wiki http://competencywiki.ihrm.ca
EduWikis http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com
Service Provider Joint Marketing Project http://jointmarketing.wikispaces.com
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More Examples of Wiki
Wiki-Teacher http://www.wiki-teacher.com
National Society of Experiential Education http://nsee.pbwiki.com
CareersWiki (by the Biology Careers Development Group @ the University of York, UK) http://bioltfws1.york.ac.uk/PhDwiki/
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Wiki Tools
Wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com
BluWiki http://bluwiki.com
PBWiki http://pbwiki.com/
EditThis.Info - powered by MediaWiki http://www.editthis.info/
MediaWiki (needs to be downloaded and installed) http://www.mediawiki.org
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copy
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paste
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Social Networks
Online communities that integrates various web tools to facilitate exchange and interaction in a more closed-knit and secure environment.
Build your profile first, and link with the others.
Different systems offer different functions.
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Social Network Examples
LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com
EduSpaces http://www.eduspaces.net
Facebook http://www.facebook.com
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3 degrees of connection
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End Notes
Online tools do not replace the human connection. On the contrary, it strengthens the human connection by extending our capacity across time and space.
Learning by doing - you won’t understand these tools unless you use them.
To download this presentation, go to: http://www.slideshare.net/mcbyue/
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Embrace Technology
Your Sandbox http://embracetechnology.bluwiki.org Use this to share your experience with Web
2.0 tools in your work
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Connect With Me
[email protected] http://www.linkedin.com/in/mcbyue http://eduspaces.net/mcbyue Also on Facebook :) - email me an invitation