Laura Cullerton social networking

1. Social Networking
Laura Cullerton

2. Tools
• Linked in –groups
• Bloglines – RSS feeds and Platt College
Learning Resource Center Newsletter
• Wiki – Wetpaint private wiki for Platt College
students and faculty.
• Google – sites used for collaboration.

3. Linked in Groups – search groups, join
groups, free – not blocked by most filters
because not tagged as a social website.
http://www.linkedin.com/

4. View discussions, easier than email

5. See all members in group and
profiles, more information than a
listserv.

6. When a comment is added to the
discussion on linked in it is emailed to you.

7. Bloglines – library newsletter is a blog and you have a history of
newsletters
email the url of your blog. http://www.bloglines.com

8. Bloglines – RSS feed
click add and then enter feed

9. Wetpaint wiki – educational –no ads
private, email invite, stores passwords and links.

10. View discussions within wiki.

11. Link to other wikis of interest.
Search all sites by tags. I found EBM, tutorials

12. Join the other wikis, weekly emails of
updates and discussions on wikis.

13. Google – sites collaboration by group. Everyone can view by url but
administrator had to add email address for people to contribute.
Must have gmail account. http://sites.google.com