Learning to like new things…
Given my initial reluctance in adapting to Twitter I thought it appropriate to look at my progress to date: After some ‘educational’ experiences of the bad side of Twitter – nasty DMs from hacked...
View ArticleMy Personal Learning Network
And now I come to consider my learning, or more specifically my personal learning network (PLN). I have come up with the following map of my network, but seem to keep thinking of new things to add and...
View ArticleAssignment 2, Part A: Evaluative statement
My learning during the unit INF506 falls into three main categories, which I will illustrate by looking at Online Learning Journal (OLJ) tasks undertaken. In evaluating my learning during the unit...
View ArticleANZ 23 Mobile Things
I signed up to the ANZ 23 Mobile Things course for a number of reasons. My regular use of social media has lapsed back to facebook and Twitter, and not particularly focusing on professional uses. I...
View ArticleA study in careful avoidance
Images. Ever since I started out in social networking they have always seemed too difficult. If it wasn’t for my husband my facebook profile would have been the standard anonymous silhouette. My use of...
View ArticleThing 2: Take a photo with a mobile device
Well, I pretty much bombed out on this one! As noted in my previous post, my lack of a mobile device with a camera put a bit of a damper on this topic for me. I eventually got my own Instagram account...
View ArticleTrying to ‘play the game’
I have never been a ‘popular’ person, and have always felt somewhat uncomfortable with the idea of social networking as some kind of popularity contest. I find people allocating Klout points tedious...
View ArticleGoogle+ and Google Hangouts
Oh, if only this webinar had happened sooner – the pain and frustration I could have been spared! There I was thinking my institution’s Google setup would not allow Google+ or Blogger accounts, when it...
View ArticleSocial networking the old fashioned way
So far this blog has been largely concerned with social networking as we think of it now: Twitter, Facebook, any number of technology based communication tools that allow us to stay connected and form...
View ArticleFoursquare revisited
This week is catch up week for ANZ 23 Mobile Things, so I’m going to attempt to learn something about the ‘things’ I have missed out on so far. First stop: Thing 4, maps and checking in. After an...
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