Wayne, Thanks, it is a big help and a "delicious" opportunity. On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Wayne Mackintosh < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Gene, > > You're certainly not slow -- you're right up there with social software by > virtue of your participation in WIkiEducator :-) > > There are a number of social networking sites -- each with a particular > niche or focus, for example: > > * http://delicious.com/ is a social bookmarking site. Rather than storing > your favourite websites locally on your machine -- you can share these with > the world. It gets interesting because users on the site will get to know > your interests, and you will get to know others and you can "share" > bookmarks. You can also add your own descriptive tags for the things that > interest you and search for bookmarks where users have applied the same tag > - -for example a search for the tag "OER" produces these results: > http://delicious.com/tag/OER > * Sites like http://identi.ca/ and http://twitter.com/ are micro blogging > sites - -where people post what they're doing or thinking in 140 characters. > Again social communities evolve online and you can follow friends and people > with similar interest -- its a great way to keep up to speed with what is > happening around the world :-). > > There are many more -- but you should get the idea. The best to learn, is > to create an account and started discovering this amazing world of people > connecting virtually. > > So the social networking button on WikiEducator is there to make it easier > for users to use our page urls in their social networks. Assuming you have > an account on Delicious or identi.ca and you wanted to bookmark a > WikiEducator page -- or post a short message on identica about an > interesting page you found WikiEducator -- all you need to do is click on > the social bookmarking button on WIkiEducator and it will automatically load > the url address of that page and redirect you to your Delicious or > identi.ca account. Assuming you're logged in -- the url will magically > appear in context saving you time and energy to post more bookmarks :-) > > There many good websites explaining how this all works and tips for > learning how to use social networking sites productively. > > Have fun exploring. > > Cheers > Wayne > > > On 23 July 2010 11:21, gene aronin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Wayne, >> Being slow and old, please give an example of this. I am on LinkedIn and >> want to try new stuff. >> Gene >> >> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 1:24 AM, Wayne Mackintosh < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Everyone >>> >>> We have received a number of requests from members of the WIkiEducator >>> family to consider implementing a feature that would enable users to >>> bookmark their favourite WikiEducator pages on various social networking >>> sites. A rough consensus of the WikiEducator techie list agrees that this >>> is a good idea - -as one member put it: "you pretty much can't survive >>> without one these days." WE have responded to your request :-). >>> >>> We propose running a trial period to test how this works for WikiEducator >>> and whether or not users like the feature. Give it a try - - you will find >>> the share button in the navigation bar on the left hand side of your screen. >>> >>> >>> Please note that this is an external commercial service operated by >>> AddThis.com (http://www.addthis.com/) and they do not necessarily >>> subscribe to our values of open education. That said, the copyright of the >>> metadata of social tags is a personal decision of the individual user -- we >>> don't see any conflict with the core OER mission of the WIkiEducator >>> project. >>> >>> Also note that the terms of service provided by AddThis.com could >>> potentially result in advertising in the future. WikiEducator will NOT carry >>> advertising on our site and in the event that advert messages appear on the >>> WE site from this service, we will need discontinue the button and find >>> alternate solutions. Users should also note when using this service, you >>> will fall under the Privacy Policy of AddThis.com and not the OER Foundation >>> privacy policy - -see (http://www.addthis.com/privacy). It is important >>> that users are aware of this fact that when using the service, for instance >>> personal data like your Userpage can be held by the external service >>> provider. >>> >>> Give this a try and let us know what you think. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Wayne >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. >>> Director OER Foundation: www.oerfoundation.org >>> Director, International Centre for Open Education, >>> Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. >>> Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org >>> Mobile +64 21 2436 380 >>> User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg >>> Skype: WGMNZ1 >>> Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "WikiEducator" group. >>> To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org >>> To visit the discussion forum: >>> http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> With Best Wishes for an Even Better Day >> >> Gene-loeb >> Gene-loeb Aronin, Ph.D. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "WikiEducator" group. >> To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org >> To visit the discussion forum: >> http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> > > > > -- > Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. > Director OER Foundation: www.oerfoundation.org > Director, International Centre for Open Education, > Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. > Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org > Mobile +64 21 2436 380 > User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg > Skype: WGMNZ1 > Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > -- With Best Wishes for an Even Better Day Gene-loeb Gene-loeb Aronin, Ph.D. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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