The Social
The author referred to the social web as a
"collaborative construction of knowledge",( p. 85, Blogs, Wikis, Podscasts). All information is shared and created
collaboratively, a new construct of learning.
This social web is where we have many "friends" that we
connect to, but, just as importantly,
these friends have other friends who can connect to us. We all share ideas and resources to conduct
research.
Twitter micro blogging is an example of a network of friends This network makes us become part of a larger
community. Tweeting combines personal
and professional relationships. The author believes that we become smarter
using this community and suggests inntertwitter.com as an example. My personal feeling is that we become smarter
at finding additional resources for
research through other people.
In the academic community, tweeting is used currently as
another method of communication with parents.
Daily notices, links to student work, presentations and relevant web
tools are posted. Tweeting on cell
phones can be used to get instant feedback to an assessment question. Tweeting is also used as a public
notebook. The caveat is that only 140
characters can be used in one tweet.
Social bookmarking services are another way to read and
connect with what other people read.
Delicious and Diigo are specifically reviewed. Diigo gives us the ability to annotate and highlight information and
can be used for work and personal use simultaneously. I believe this site would
be a more useful tool for research purposes because of these capabilities.
Delicious is a Google product that features ease of use in order to tag, share
and save relevant websites.
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