Using Online Collaboration and Social Networking to do work

Hey, Mrs. O! a link is broken! - Use your Internet research skills to find the answer. Answering directions

Jimmy Wales is the founder of Wikipedia. Watch this interview with him on the PBS show Charlie Rose.

Identify the powers of the community in Wikipedia.

Describe a situation where Wikia could be useful to you.

Listen to Wikinomics - How Mass Collaboration changes everything

Working for you

Your class is doing a group project. Your group is having a tough time meeting in person.
Which online collaboration tools could be helpful in getting the job done?

 

Your club has decided to promote itself on the Internet.
Traditionally, organizations would hire a consultant or advertising company. The consultant
would design something for your group.

Which online resources could the group use to promote itself?

In terms of expertise (really knowing and understanding the group),
who has greater expertise: a consultant or the group members?

Which would be a more effective voice for the group: a consultant or the group members?

Which method of promotion should the group use: self promotion using online tools or hiring a consultant?

Why?

Skills, Skills that work, Skills for Work

How would being experienced with online collaboration resources be an asset when a person is looking for a job?

How would having experience with online collaboration be an asset when starting or running your own business?

Which businesses would be more likely to use online tools to market their wares or services:

A local small business or a large nationwide firm or a multinational company?

Putting it together:

A local business is considering getting on the web. They ask you to help them sort out the choices.

Make a table. Compare at least four online resources.

Show costs, audience, controls, skills needed to use, adaptability to the company's goals.

Which one would you identify as most effective for them?

"The biggest enemy to learning is the talking teacher. " John Holt Three Skills for 21st Century Learning

Dig Deeper and act

Podcasting as a tool | Examine Online Collaboration and Social Networking - Web 2.0

Google Books Virtual Library - What are the Implications?

Consider the Power of Possibilities through Andreessen's eye

Thinking it through - writing a process | Food for thought - Did You Know 2.0? - Are you 21st Century Literate?

You do not have to be physically together to work together. - Watch Google Docs video -
How could you use Google Docs to do a project?

Bloggez- vous? Should you build a blog?

12/2007 Cynthia J. O'Hora. Individuals and educators may freely use this activity.

Save a tree - use a digital answer format - Highlight the text. Copy it. Paste it in a word processing document. Save the document in your folder. Answer on the word processing document in a contrasting color (not yellow) or font (avoid Symbol, , or other ornate artistic fonts). Save frequently as you work. Enter your name and the date in a header. Submit the assignment via a class dropbox or an email attachment. Bad things happen. Save a copy of your document in your computer. Proof your responses. It is funny how speling errors and typeos sneak in to the bets work.

Make your own printer paper answer sheet

Or perhaps you have the resources to record verbal answers. If you do, be sure to first read / record the question. Then record the answer immediately after it.