Just bumped into the ustream of my PodCamp London presentation – for anyone interested, here is the video and below are the slides. The video started about 10 minutes early, so you might want to skip the first little bit (me setting up the projecter). Read more…
Update: Imposter Facebook 2013 Groups and Admins Deleted
A quick Monday update on the events of last week … The “Grads of 2009″ Facebook Group that linked to 16 2013 groups affiliated with Canadian universities has been deleted, as have the groups themselves, and the Facebook user who was linked to the groups. Read more…
Twitter in the Classroom – Go Texas?
The below is a video regarding Dr. Ranking at uTexas at Dallas’ use of Twitter in the classroom. It’s quite a long clip so I will give you my thoughts/questions before you get out the popcorn and comfy pants:
- obvious presenter concern: how does she teach a class and follow what’s going on on twitter at the same time? is this a discussion “lab” without a lecture etc?
- not only does use of twitter as discussion tool allow shy students a more comfortable way to speak up, but depending on their twitter id/display pic, it also potentially enables anonymous contributions
- has the “world” ever chimed in? depending on the keywords used, and whether all these accounts are “private,” the right class topic could actually spark a broader discussion among twitter users not just those who are her students
- #hashtag spamming has been increasing – potentially the class could get spammed?
- intellectual property? from the screenshots in the clip, there are some pretty risky thoughts being communicated – i saw “KKK” at one point. are students properly aware of how public their submissions are? is there a class given on twitter privacy settings and the implications of public vs private accounts?
enjoy:
MySpace follows Facebook with Full Names vs Display Names
Screen Capture: MySpace prompt to enter full name
