The mobile-social world can be a cruel one....
Hello Class!
It's now Week Seven, and before we get started, congratulations on Week Six and the midterms! You all contributed to a lively discussion on Moodle and Joanne and I are proud of you all.
(Later this week, Joanne is going to talk a bit about the feedback question we asked in a post here on the blog. Watch for that.)
Now for this week:
1.) Keep working on your projects! We only have four more weeks left counting this one, so keep at them. In fact, from here out, we will be asking about them as part of every week's discussion questions on Moodle.
2.) This weeks theme is the ever changing nature of Social Media. Complete the following assigned browsings for the week. There are a lot here, however, do not panic. They are all short. You do not have to read them in order but you may want to:
Myspace Gains a Million Users in One Month from Mashable
Myspace Memories from Mashable
Local Will Matter More and More from Chris Brogan
The App is Dead Okay Not Really but the Browser is Back from ReadWriteWeb
First Night with Google Plus from ReadWriteWeb
How to Get Started with Google Hangouts from ReadWriteWeb
Kickstarter to Outfund National Endowment for the Arts from ReadWriteWeb
What Goes Where from Chris Brogan
3.) Answer the three discussion questions for this week in Moodle.
That's all!
Also, we will have more information on the final paper assignment next week. As stated in the syllabus, it will be brief, so worry not.
As always, if you have problems or questions, ask away!
I thought I would share a little article out of the Oprah sight about social media for doing good.A Social Network for Good
ReplyDeleteSocial networks. We love them for the ways they bring people together, introduce us to new things and provide convenient ways to force cute baby anecdotes onto the world. We don't love them for the ways they can suck us away from the real world and into the virtual one and for that glazed, slightly queasy feeling we get when we've spaced out in front of the screen for too long. Enter Kindify, a new social network that focuses not on posting ill-advised party pics but instead on doing good.
The idea is to set into motion chains of kindness: You do a good deed, you post it on the site, and you ask a friend to do a good deed in return. I admit I found this a little intimidating (my "good deeds tree" would look so...wintry!), but the site assures me that something as small as buying someone a coffee can count. I love the idea of being part of a community of kindness, of making an effort to do good every day. And I have the feeling that time spent on Kindify would leave me feeling uplifted and positive, without that petty "OMG! Everyone's having such amazing vacations but me" kind of hangover other social networks can sometimes cause. Every overladen shopper struggling to open a heavy door better watch out, because I'm coming to help...whether they like it or not!
Read more: http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Modern-Kindness-Stories-of-Generosity/4#ixzz1uuTEbWoA