The Wonderful World of Social Networking Tools

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1. Slide 1: The Wonderful World of Social Networking Tools presented to Ontario Association of Library Technicians, Kingston, May 8, 2008 by Connie Crosby
2. Slide 2: Where are your social networks?
3. Slide 3: Do any of them look like this?
4. Slide 4: or this?
5. Slide 5: Where are your social networks? Spanish class book club temple synagogue family reunion photography club church night club
6. Slide 6: Where are your social networks? political party Spanish class book club temple parent-teacher group support group synagogue family reunion photography club hiking group church night club community group
7. Slide 7: Where are your social networks? volunteer fundraising group political party Spanish class book club Run for the Cure temple parent-teacher group support group neighbourhood yard sale synagogue Canadian Cancer Society family reunion photography club hiking group church Friends of the Library night club community group Alzheimer Society of Ontario
8. Slide 8: How do you stay connected? in-person meetings telephone email messages listservs newsletters website
9. Slide 9: Generation i
10. Slide 10: Join the Conversation by Joseph Jaffe
11. Slide 11: Who is Generation i?
12. Slide 12: Generation i “This is the generation that has nothing to do with age but is all about mind-set.”
13. Slide 13: Generation i “Generation i is not who you think. It’s not just the youngsters anymore, the geeks, the game-playing kids”
14. Slide 14: Generation i “anyone young at heart, any person with a zest and zeal for life...any human who gets the social side of media.”
15. Slide 15: Generation i “Generation i is not defined by a demographic or by a psychographic.”
16. Slide 16: Which is Generation i?
17. Slide 18: Collaboration!
18. Slide 19: everyone contributes photos ~ reviews ~ recommendations ~ stories t ag s
19. Slide 20: Social Networking Tools? Web 2.0 Social media New media Social networking tools
20. Slide 21: Are you onFacebook?
21. Slide 23: Who is on Facebook? Students Parents Libraries Businesses People you know
22. Slide 24: OALT/ABO link
23. Slide 25: Library Technicians of Ontario Schools
24. Slide 28: MySpace
25. Slide 30: link
26. Slide 32: LinkedIn
27. Slide 33: LinkedIn “Facebook for business”
28. Slide 36: Flickr
29. Slide 41: Twitter
30. Slide 42: “What are you doing?”
31. Slide 43: 140 text characters
32. Slide 45: Virtual worlds
33. Slide 47: You purchase the stuffed animal...
34. Slide 48: ...and it comes with a key to its virtual world counterpart
35. Slide 49: Geared toward younger children
36. Slide 50: Activities for the one child, unless you have family/friends who share their code with you
37. Slide 51: Items to “buy” for your pet
38. Slide 52: Play games to earn points with which to buy the items
39. Slide 53: Older children sign up for penguin characters (avatars)
40. Slide 54: Safety and privacy are addressed
41. Slide 55: Children’s Safety Online Never give out personal information, such as real name, age, location, phone number or school.
42. Slide 56: Children’s Safety Online Never share your password with anyone except your parents. Someone else might use your password and pretend to be you, give out your personal information or do something that may get you into trouble.
43. Slide 57: Children’s Safety Online Tell your parents if someone says or does something on the Internet that makes you uncomfortable, or if someone asks you for personal information.
44. Slide 58: Children’s Safety Online Choose a username that does not reflect your real identity. Avoid names that are in any way suggestive, even if they seem innocent to you.
45. Slide 59: Children’s Safety Online Avoid chat rooms that are not monitored by moderators. Source: http://www.clubpenguin.com/parents/player_safety.htm
46. Slide 60: http://getnetwise.org/
47. Slide 61: ALA - Great Web Sites for Kids
48. Slide 63: ...and Second Life? Libraries? In virtual world Second Life???
49. Slide 64: first law library in Second Life
50. Slide 65: “face-to-face” meetings of people in different geographic locations
51. Slide 67: Wikinomics book reading by Don Tapscott (in red chair)
52. Slide 68: Second Life law office of Davis LLP link
53. Slide 69: Benjamin Noble, Second Life avatar for Davis LLP lawyer
54. Slide 70: is there more?
55. Slide 71: Can social networking save Canadian culture?
56. Slide 72: bpNichol beta site by ArtMob - http://www.bpnichol.ca
57. Slide 74: and the BIG question...
58. Slide 75: Can social networks help you...
59. Slide 76: Set Sail? Photo by: http2007 used under Creative Commons
60. Slide 81: Social networking build & maintain relationships with family, friends, colleagues, clients or patrons
61. Slide 82: Social networking transcends geography
62. Slide 83: Social networking helps us find others with the same interests, no matter how specific or esoteric
63. Slide 84: Social networking helps us see other points of view
64. Slide 85: Social networking makes the world a little smaller
65. Slide 86: Should libraries be in online social networks?
66. Slide 87: Challenges!! sign up for a Facebook account & join a group comment on a blog sign up for Flickr and comment on a photo comment on another blog sign for LinkIn, connect to me
67. Slide 88: Privacy Commissioner of Canada: http://tinyurl.com/2wkxhz
68. Slide 89: OCLC Report Sharing, Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World
69. Slide 90: Where do you find time for social media? Clay Shirky video - http://tinyurl.com/5o79x3
70. Slide 91: Thank you Connie Crosby Crosby Group Consulting 416-919-6719 conniecrosby@gmail.com http://conniecrosby.blogspot.com