Social Media Nativity Story

This is a fantastic use of Twitter

http://twitter.com/#!/BBCCov1940

All tweets are from BBC Coventry & Warwickshire and are marking
the 70th anniversary of the Coventry Blitz on 14 November 1940.
Imagine if Twitter was in 1940!

Goodreads Launches Social Reading API

Goodreads Launches Social Reading API

Use Social Media with care!

Things to consider:


Use Good Judgment: Consider how your comments might be received and how they reflect on you. Think about the consequences of what you are about to post before you click send.




Kindness counts: Rule of thumb: If you wouldn't say it to someone's face, you shouldn't post it. Be aware that Cyber-bullying instances have been increasing over the last several years and in the US, The National Crime Prevention Council reports cyber-bullying is a problem that affects almost half of all American teens.

Know the Privacy Settings: Check that settings, especially Privacy settings are at a level that you are comfortable with; you can control the access that others have to your postings-- share only what you want to share.



Further Reading: eHow Internet Safety

1. Don't share information that can help people steal your identity or locate you.
   
2. Exercise good judgment when posting and sharing personal information.
3. Check into your ability to opt-out with advertisers and third parties.

Social media policy:
http://mashable.com/2009/06/02/social-media-policy-musts/

Top tips for using social media:
http://www.sophos.com/security/topic/social-media-top-tips.html



Create your personal online brand
http://mashable.com/2010/02/11/avoid-sabotage-personal-brand/


D'OH:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/wife-learns-of-husbands-other-wife-on-facebook/article1662703/?cmpid=nl-tech1

Some Vblogs from the BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8929854.stm

Welcome

WELCOME to Library and Archives Canada PH Digital Office

"23 Things" Web 2.0 training blog

a place to learn, test, try, play, to demystify social media. You may have a Facebook page, but you don't visit it very often. You likely have heard about Twitter and Posterous and RSS feeds, but you wonder, what can be done with them? How can I use them? Why bother?

Watch this Youtube Video :)

23 things?The Learning 2.0 program was originally designed by Helene Blowers, and is loosely based upon Stephen Abram's article, 43 Things I (or You) might want to do this year (Information Outlook - Feb 2006) and the website 43Things.

From the Lighthouse Blog: "Since the program was launched it has spread virally (and for free) around the world to include many languages, many countries, all types of libraries and tens of thousands of participants. Research on the effectiveness of the program from both the employers’ and learners’ points of view show that it was and remains a successful method to bring library teams up-to-speed quickly and cost-effectively. Did people waste their time learning Web 2.0 stuff? I think not. I worry about libraries, library folk and information pros that don’t keep up enough. 23 Things is one way to address the problem of large scale training for professionals who choose to invest their time in their own development."

This course is a mostly self-guided introduction to some of the more common social media (aka Web 2.0) tools out there.
--and I will do what I can to help you if you get stuck
Email Joanne -- This a chance for you to explore -- which is the best way to become familiar with these tools.
Over twelve weeks, September 7 to December 7, you will complete 23 Things related to Web 2.0 tools and concepts. (So, you will complete 2 "Things" per week). Each "Thing" will introduce or expand upon a new tool or concept.

Special thanks go to Allison Dowler and Jean-Rony Benoit for their kind assistance with this project. A big thank you also goes to Susan Haigh, Manager, Digital Office for championing this project.

You might consider posting to your own blog to serve as a personal learning journal, a place for you to record your experiences, frustrations, ideas, discoveries, questions and reflections, and where others can offer you feedback and encouragement!

Week 1:

• Start here: Introduction

• Thing 1 - Set up a Google account and ID and an iGoogle homepage

• Thing 2 - Learn about RSS and set up Google Reader account. Feed your reader: find & subscribe to feeds

Week 2: Blogging

• Thing 3 -Set up your blog and write your first posts. Add tags (labels), photos, screenshots, etc.
• Thing 4 - Search for and "Follow" blogs that interest you using Google Blogs. Search for blogs using blog-specific tools such as Technorati and Blogscope, or any others that you wish.

Week 3: Calendars

• Thing 5 - Set up Google Calendar.
• Thing 6 - Set up a meeting in Outlook.

Week 4: Twitter

• Thing 7 - Set up a twitter account; search for tweeps to follow
• Thing 8 - Use advanced search; make Twitlists, try Twitpic, Twitplayer, etc.

Week 5: Online Catalogues

• Thing 9 - Library Thing
• Thing 10 - WorldCat ; Good Reads

Week 6: More with e-books

• Thing 11 - Download an e-book to read a book on your computer (or mobile device)
• Thing 12 - Explore which e-Reader or apps you might like to use/buy and blog about it.

Week 7: More ways to share

• Thing 13 - Explore Flickr and the creative commons
• Thing 14 - Momentile, posterous, tumblr, . . .

Week 8: Bookmarking. Read later

• Thing 15 - Intro to Social Bookmarking; Set up a Del.icio.us account and begin adding and tagging resources
• Thing 16 - Instapaper ; reddit; Stumbleupon; digg etc.

Week 9 - Podcasting & Videosharing

• Thing 17 - Intro to Podcasts
• Thing 18 - You Tube and videosharing

Week 10- Wikis

• Thing 19 - Wikis, digital office wiki
• Thing 20 - GCpedia

Week 11:

• Thing 21 Use Google Docs to create and share collaborative documents, spreadsheets and presentations

• Thing 22 -Explore one or more tools of choice (Springpad; Jott (free trial); Toodledo; Blip.fm, Gliffy, Quizlet, . . ., etc) and share them with everyone on your blog :)

Week 12:

• Thing 23 -Write a blog post about how we might use some of these tools in our daily work; add comments on a blog; add things to a wiki; or re-visit and explore whatever you wish. Check out: 23 more things.

Thing 1

Create a Google ID and your own iGoogle start page.

What is a Google ID?
Google ID helps you to personalise your Google experience by enabling you to customize pages and obtain more relevant search results. Once you have created your ID you will be able to use other Google applications such as iGoogle, Google Calendar and Google Docs (more on these later).

What is iGoogle?
iGoogle is a personal web portal created by Google for you to add and organise your favourite web pages, RSS feeds, gadgets and social networking sites (including Twitter and YouTube).

Step-by-step instructions
1. To create a Google ID, go to https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount (if you already have a Google ID, please log in).
2. Complete the form and click on I accept when ready.

3. To create your iGoogle page, go to http://www.google.com/ig and log in with your Google ID.
4. Click on the Add Stuff link to explore the various gadgets you can install - have a look at All categories on the left of the screen for ideas, as well as the most popular gadgets (Most users), what's new (Newest), or use the search box.

You can also organise your gadgets with tabs which can help you navigate quickly to your content, as well as help your iGoogle pages load faster.

1. To add a tab, click on the tab Home on the left of the screen and select Add a tab.
2. Untick the I'm feeling lucky box.
3. Type in a name for your tab (e.g ) in the box.
4. Click on OK.
5. Drag your items into the new tab.

Feel free to add other tabs as and when you feel your page is getting too busy.

You may find this short YouTube animation a fun way of finding out how to set up and arrange your page

Optional extras
If you already use iGoogle, have a look at Netvibes or Pageflakes to see what they may offer you that's different.

Thing 2

Welcome to Thing 2!

Add RSS feeds of your choice to your iGoogle page and explore other RSS feeds.

What is an RSS feed & is it relevant to libraries and archives?
RSS (commonly known as Really Simple Syndication) allows you to view new content from web sites, blog entries, etc in one place.

Instead of visiting each website to check for new information, the user simply checks his or her reader, which has collected and organized all of the new content using RSS. In short, when you set up an RSS reader and subscribe to the content (feeds) you choose, it's just like creating a customized newspaper or magazine containing only the stories, media and information you want to read, delivered "fresh" to you every day - spam-free, ad-free, and just-plain free!
A fuller and more technical definition can be found on Wikipedia.

Why is it called a feed?

Essentially, you (via your RSS reader) are being fed new content (news, blog posts, journal articles, book and movie reviews, images, podcasts, etc). You don't have to go out and get it. It just comes to you.

What do I need to take advantage of this RSS stuff?

There are two basic parts to using RSS - first is the feed, which will be available as a link or icon on the website or blog you want to subscribe to, and second is the reader (or aggregator), which is the container that manages all of your subscriptions (or feeds). There are a number of different readers available. For this course, we will use Google Reader, a free, simple, browser-based reader. Basically, it's like this : You visit a website you like, click the RSS feed/subscription link and add or paste the URL into your reader.

Then, you visit your reader anytime you want to see what's new at all of the sites you have subscribed to. Newspapers, major news channels (such as the CBC), and journal providers have RSS feeds available, to name but a few. Libraries also have feeds from their web pages, such as the OU and the British Library - some local examples can be found at the Public Health Agency, the Globe & Mail , or the Toronto Public Library

Step-by-step instructions
1. Go to the Canadian Library Association website.
2. Under Resources, select RSS feeds
3. Click on CLA News RSS and choose select Subscribe with Google.

4. Add to Google Homepage

Now, whenever new material is posted to CLA News, it will appear on your iGoogle page

You may have noticed that there is also a choice to add to Google Reader.

To set up your Google Reader, simply visit http://reader.google.com and log in with your Google Account. You can also just log into your gmail account and click reader in the upper left corner of the gmail window (The first time you log in, you will see a welcome screen containing sample "recommended" feed items -- you aren't subscribed to anything yet).

Add a few feeds of your choice.

You may find this instructional video helpful in using the reader :)

Other aggregators include Bloglines, MyYahoo, Pageflakes, Netvibes, Newsgator, for other aggregators.