technology

Pew Study - Blogging

This is worth a read.

Facebook

This was mistakenly posted to the wrong blog. :-)

I found this insight into Facebook from the blog world. We can't keep students from creating their social networks. And, since we know students like to talk, how do we use this in our favor regarding preventing major problems like those near me a few weeks ago. It's quite a shock to be in Washington DC and see a small town near you on all the national news networks. I'm just glad things didn't end tragically. There's definitely something to learn here - esp. about the exponential growth of mob mentality.

new social software

From mamamusings:

First, it's going to be an enterprise-based tool, that will be installed and managed on your own server. That's because centrally-owned and managed social bookmarking tools present a problem for people working on non-public projects. I was made aware of how much of a public trail I can leave in my bookmarks when one of my students knew about my plans to come to Seattle before my department chair did--all because he'd noticed what I was bookmarking and how I was tagging it. When I started working here at Microsoft on competitive projects, I cut way back on my use of del.icio.us, because I was concerned that I might give away too much of what I was working on to competitors.