Socialized

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

The title of the Canadian Press article was Students failing because of Twitter, texting and no grammar teaching , but I don’t necessarily agree with that. This is something that should be taught in basic communications classes. Rather, I think what we have is the clash of two worlds and two kinds of language.

Skills 177

Skills SMS Social Media Class 177

Socialized

MARCH 12, 2010

My daughter proudly introduced me to the class by saying, “my dad wrote a book about work.” A few were familiar with Twitter. We ended up having a great conversation about online privacy, which was made all the more interesting by the students relating their experiences firsthand. Most of the kids knew about Facebook and YouTube.

Privacy 170

Privacy Foursquare Class Sites 170

Socialized

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Location-based services — applications that “know” where you are and can use that information to connect you with people, places and things — are one of the hot new classes of social media applications. was recently introduced , which is quite attractively laid out, and includes Twitter-inspired graphics. Brightkite 2.0

Foursquare 173

Foursquare GPS Social Media iPhone 173

Socialized

MARCH 3, 2010

Facebook offers status updates 420 characters in length, easy sharing of links, videos and images; commenting, tagging, a one-click “Like” button, blog networking to display personal and business blog updates on Facebook, connections to Twitter and other social networks, and so on. Most wikis aren’t that social either.

Web 2.0 154

Web 2.0 AJAX iPhone Wiki 154