Social Web Literacy

We'll be discussing the Social Web and how knowing about it can help us make libraries more relevant to our social web savvy patrons.

Friday, June 15, 2007

Anyone can share their thoughts.
Some gifted writers in generations past were known for their personal diaries and journals. In today's Social Web, anyone can have a blog -- basically a public journal. Clearly, some are better than others, but the average person has probably never had the freedom of expression than he/she has today.
People blog about politics, sports, their travels, experiences, familes, pets, gardens, cooking preferences -- whatever. You can create a blog to express anything you want it to, or to communicate any message you wish to put out there. The collection of these blogs is social in nature itself, by the interaction and discussions ON the individual blogs makes the social dynamic even greater.
Blogs are just one of the social web tools available to people today. We've looked at plenty of others in class today. Now, it's your turn. Explore, participate, interact. It's YOUR Internet.

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11 Comments:

At 12:33 PM, Blogger Cinthya said...

Cinthya

I created a Multiply page, if you like please visit me at ceocasa


Thanks Steve and Susan, you guys are awesome.

 
At 12:34 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Rose/gerkie/www.librarything.com

 
At 12:36 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I always leave excited but wondering how I'll remember all this stuff! Thanks for a good job.

 
At 12:40 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I feel really, really old. Get my cane, no, think I need a wheelchair.

 
At 12:41 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

LH Multiply
User Name = lhoffman

 
At 12:47 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I added to my librarything profile.
Go to librarything.com and search for the user publicjill

Jill

 
At 12:51 PM, Anonymous Bonnie said...

Catch colbybay at multiply.com

 
At 12:57 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

My brain hurts!!!! I am leaving with such a sense of awe. I am looking forward to sharing more photos, later. Please add more classes, more often???!! The subjects are overwhelming. Steve and Susan are so informative. Thank you!!!

 
At 4:14 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Visit my photos on Flickr at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8979379@N06/?saved=1

Gretchen

 
At 12:54 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I showed my husband Flickr. I thought he had seen every picture of red kangaroos on the web, but there were some NEW ones. He loved it. Thanks. Rose J.

 
At 12:40 PM, Blogger Katherine said...

Thanks so much for allowing us Everett folks to crash your class!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/katelibrarian/

 

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