Social Networking for Professional Use

Presented by:Mary Beth OrrangeNYSMATYC 2010orrange@ecc.edu

Or Use those online tools!

Facebook.com• Personal: Great for sharing photos and

keeping in touch with a lot of friends at once

• Professional: Keep it separate from personal

• Classroom: They’re on FaceBook; make use of it

Facebook.com• You need to register and approve those

who can view your information.• You can become a fan of various sites• There’s a lot of information on FaceBook

you can get an account, post nothing personal, and access relevant public information from your account.

• For example, check out MAA’s site

Twitter.com

• Personal: With 140 characters maximum it has a very specific purpose

• Professional: Good way to share/find relevant websites and posted materials

• Classroom: Can efficiently connect with a whole class at once – class cancelled or error on assignment

Twitter.com

• You can access public information on Twitter without registering but to follow individuals and be followed you need to register and create an account.

• You can prevent folks from following you but it’s after-the-fact.

• Twitter provides a way to participate in conference activities without actually attending a conference.

YouTube.com• Personal: For enjoyment, entertainment, or

sharing• Professional: Lectures, interviews or items in

the news in your field• Classroom: Have students find and share videos

relevant to the course – post links in a discussion in your course site for example. Post links for them to watch.

• Many folks post their entire course on YouTube so there’s a wealth of information to be viewed.

Delicious

• Bookmarking site• Your favorites migrate from computer to

computer with you• Works well with Twitter• Easy to categorize sites• Individual bookmarks can be shared or not

Google

• Use Google for more than a search engine

• Create a Google account (iGoogle)• Use Google Groups instead of mailing

lists• Use Google Docs for shared files

Social Networking Suggestions

• Do not befriend students; if using these sites for student activities create a new profile

• Use a common profile presence; the same photo and username for each site

• 15 to 20 minutes a day can change your world!

More Useful tools

• Doodle – free tool for scheduling meetings (http://doodle.com/)

• http://bit.ly - Will shorten a long URL to a few characters.

• Survey Monkey – A free survey tool http://www.surveymonkey.com/

• A list of tools at my college:http://libguides.ecc.edu/snw

• Slideshare – www.slideshare.net

More Useful tools

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