Slide 1: Choose YOUR Way to Share, Organize, Access and Discover Web Resources Presented by: Cynthia Williamson & Jenn Horwath, Library @ Mohawk This is IT, 2007 Slide 2: Agenda Intro: What is social software? Part 1 – Managing your web resources • Social bookmarking software • Social citation software • Social photosharing software Part 2 – Keeping up with the latest news • RSS Readers – Bloglines.comSlide 3: What is social software? • broad term encompassing collaborative, interactive web software (web link sharing, blogs, wikis, IM, Amazon) • web has undergone a change...now it's web 2.0, the read/write web! • what is web 2.0? Slide 4: What is Web 2.0? • User creates the content (think YouTube) • Web-based platform – no download! (think blogs) • Real-time conversation (think MSN chat) • Interactivity (think book ratings in Amazon, comments feature on YouTube)Slide 5: Social software - Implications for educators • social computing named as one of the top 6 areas of emerging technology for 2006 in the 2006 Horizon Report [EDUCAUSE]: "The promise of social computing has been—and continues to be—more effective knowledge generation, knowledge sharing, collaboration, learning, and collective decision-making. This promise is now beginning to be realized in the areas of distributed learning, research, and campus work settings.” Slide 6: Social Bookmarking/Citation Software • resource sharing social software • software that lets you: share - other people on the Internet can see your bookmarks organize (tag) - you can create labels and subject headings for your bookmarks for quick retrieval access - you can access your bookmarks from any computer with an Internet connection (work/home/school) discover - you can see what other people have collectedSlide 7: What are tags? • Your own personal subject terms • No authority – can be whatever you want! • As a result – no consistency – “folksonomy” • In Del.icio.us – put 2 word terms together (e.g. libraryscience)Slide 8: Tagging versus Folders • Like subject terms – can add many at once • Like Windows files - can only file under one subject area at a timeSlide 9: Tags tag cloud “list”Slide 10: Why use social bookmarking? • tagging resources within a community = community-built, trusted collection of resources • ease of sharing = encourages participation, openness in a group • sharing across communities = greater knowledge of a field of researchSlide 11: Del.icio.us: Nuts and bolts… • Step 1 – go to: http://del.icio.us and register • Create a login that you don’t mind people seeing!Slide 12: Del.icio.us: Nuts and bolts… • The only tricky part…download the buttons – bookmarklets! http://del.icio.us/help/buttons Slide 13: Saving a site Step 1 – Click Post Step 2 – Fill out the formSlide 14: Looking at your collectionSlide 15: Sharing your collection Your own URL is automatically generated!Slide 16: Discovering…Slide 17: Discovering…Slide 18: More! • Send links to other people (add tag-> for:name) • Create an RSS feed for any page • Create a network to track what other people are saving • Import your IE/Firefox favourites • Put your Del.icio.us links on your blogSlide 19: Applications in your classroom • collect web resources, tag them and share them with others in your Dept. or on your research team. [Example1, Example2] • build community in the classroom by encouraging students to add links; give them the username and password and share the collection in the classroom; encourage the use of standard tags in order to build a research collection that everyone can benefit from • place a link to the collection within your CMS for ease of access Slide 20: Social citation software • similar to social bookmarking: allows you to collect articles, organize (tag) them, share them and see what other people are collecting • register (free!) and download bookmarklet for easy savingSlide 21: Social Citation Software – Compared to Social Bookmarking • community is academic in nature so content is scholarly (mostly books and journals, not web links) • allows easy saving of bibliographic information from selected sites (e.g. Nature, PubMed, Amazon, etc.) • can save richer information about an article (can prioritize it, save notes) • works with some reference management software such as EndNote, BibTeX, etc. Can import or export using these formats • peer-reviewed content is promoted on the sitesSlide 22: Social citation software: Connotea • from Nature.com • create login • download button and add to your browser. (See help for details.) Slide 23: Applications in your classroom • collect web resources, tag them and share them with others. [Example] • see what other people with similar interests have collected. [Click "posted by x others" or see "related tags."] • build community in the classroom by creating a group for your class. (Everyone's articles will be shared.) • place a link to the collection within your CMS for ease of accessSlide 24: Social citation software: • can view tags as cloud and list of authors of articles you have tagged. [Example] • can create "watchlist" to keep track of tags, other users' collections or journal T of C's. [Example] • can look at tables of contents of recent issues of journals. [Example] .: can create or join a group (for e.g. for your Department or class.) • People in group can share articles and create and share notes about articles. [Example] • can share your reading list with your class. List will update as you add items. [Example] Slide 25: Social photo sharing software • upload photos, organize (tag) them, share them and see what other people are uploading. • useful if you need to share images in a class example: Flickr > create an account (free) and upload your images.[Cynthia’s account] > explore other photos. [Eiffel Tower] > all about copyright on Flickr > share your photos with others, e.g. your class > can create or join a group, e.g. for your Department or class. [Libraries & Librarians, Canadian Gardens] - there are many other photo sharing sites: zoto, Picasa, Bubbleshare, FilmLoop, Slide, etc. Slide 26: Other info management 2.0 tools • LibraryThing – organize your books • Diigo – bookmarks plus highlighting, clipping parts of pages • Furl- saves full text of web pages • Simpy – share groups, notes and bookmarks • Shadows – like De.licio.us but graphical interfaceSlide 27: Part 2 ~ Managing your news • RSS: Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary or RDF Site Summary. • A format of web content that makes it easy for you to read many news sources or blogs at once. • Many blogs use RSS feeds to syndicate content. • To read all this news you need an RSS Reader (Bloglines).Slide 28: Olden days…Slide 29: Nowadays – with RSS!Slide 30: Relief from Jenn and Cynthia • RSS Explained in 4 minutesSlide 31: What to watch for…Slide 32: What to watch for…Slide 33: Slide 34: Tool for the job • RSS Readers • Bloglines.com − Go to http://www.bloglines.com − Create free accountSlide 35: Bloglines … Nuts and bolts Step 1 – Search for feedsSlide 36: Bloglines: Nuts and bolts • Step 2 - Subscribe!Slide 37: Step 3 - Put it in a folder Bloglines: Nuts and boltsSlide 38: Bloglines … Easy as pie! • Voila! You’re done!Slide 39: Bloglines … another way • Alternative 2 – Add a feed from your favourite news site! • Step 1 – click on the orange RSS symbolSlide 40: Bloglines … another way (cont’d) • Step 2 – copy the link (CTRL + C)Slide 41: Bloglines … another way (cont’d) Step 3 – Add it to Bloglines > Click Add > Paste the URL (CTRL + V)Slide 42: Bloglines … another way (cont’d) Step 4 – Put it in a folder!Slide 43: Now What?? Read your feeds Step 1 – open a folder: Step 2 – Click on a feed:Slide 44: News galore!Slide 45: Take Away for Today…Top 5 Things You Can Do 1. Create a group in CiteULike or Connotea for your class to build a collection 3. Create a collection of your own sites and add the link to your CMS 5. Create a login for you and your colleagues to share resources for a group project 7. Create Bloglines account for your class with key online blogs, journals they should read 9. Create a Flickr account for your class to share photosSlide 46: Further Reading • Weblogg -ed: the read/write web in the classroom (a blog) • What is Web 2.0 (an article from O'Reilly) • What is Web 2.0: Ideas, technologies and implications for education (JISC) • 7 Things You Need to Know About Social Bookmarking (EDUCAUSE)Slide 47: Thank you! URL for this presentation: http://tinyurl.com/3b4286 Cynthia Williamson Cynthia.Williamson@mohawkcollege.ca Jenn Horwath Jenn.Horwath@mohawkcollege.ca