Mashups

I am still stuck on module 2 after sitting here for most of the day.

I have been reading about mashups and I have subscribed via twitter to Mashable: The social media guide blog.

I think that this is a great use of twitter. Jake, maybe I am beginning to get this whole social networking thing....

A mash up is a combination of more than one online data source to create a new digital object or service (just in case you were wondering)

Creative Commons

Reading about creative commons has made me think that there will or maybe already is a huge market for lawyers in this potentially gray area of legal disputes.

Social networking

According to my notes social networking is the extension of personal relationships and community into the online environment. I think I will need to revisit my definition that I gave at the beginning of this subject.

The beginning of a new semester- INF506 assessment 1

What is Social Networking?

I really have no idea so I guess this is a great place to start for this subject.
I guess I would define social networking as being a method to stay in contact with friends, groups or organisations. As the name implies it is a fairly social activity done online.

I am a huge fan of networking whenever I go to an event because you never know when a person you have met may be helpful to you, so I guess that social networking can be used in the same way, just online instead of in person.

It is also a relative new concept and is growing in popularity is the web2.0 era of communication.
I found this cute diagram to help explain what social networking is and so I thought I would include it.

Social technology I already use
I use a blog for the purposes of my study because it is a course requirement.
I had to create a pathfinder on a wiki for a subject but I haven't used a wiki since.
I have used Youtube a few times if the kids tell me about a funny clip.
I don't have a facebook account.
I don't have a twitter account.

Actually, looking at this I really am not up to date in the technology age of social networking at all.

What I expect to learn in this subject

I will be happy to learn how to use facebook and know a bit more about all of the other social networking sites.
I would love to gain in confidence and knowledge when using these tools and develop ways to implement this in my teaching because there is huge pressure in the workplace to be on top of all of this technology.
As I know absolutely nothing anything I gain from this course will be a huge step forward.