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Web 2.0 Social Networking Tools:
        A Quick Guide




        MOHAMED AMIN EMBI




       Centre for Academic Advancement
         Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

                    2011
Table of Contents    i


                       TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                                         Page
CHAPTER 1    FACEBOOK
   What is Facebook?………………………………………………………………1
   Advantages of Facebook…………………………………………………………1
   Ways of using Facebook in education…………………………………………...2
   Usage in teaching and learning…………………………………………………...3
   Get started with Facebook……………………………………………….............4
   References……………………………………………………………………....14


CHAPTER 2    TWITTER
   What is Twitter?………………………………………………....………….......15
   Advantages of Twitter ……………………………………….………………...16
   Ways of using Twitter in education………………………………......................16
   Get started with Twitter…………………………………………………….....18
   References……………………………………………………………………...21


CHAPTER 3    LINKEDIN
   What is a Linkedin?...…………………………………………………………...22
   Benefits for students…………..………………………………………………..22
   Benefits for teachers and school……………………………………………….23
   Ways students can benefit from Linkedin…...…………………………………23
   Get started with Linkedin..……………………………………………………..24
   References……………………………………………………………………....29


CHAPTER 4    BLOGGER
   What is a blog?. ..……………………………………………………………....30
   Advantages of weblogs or blogs………………………………………………..30
   Benefits of using a blog…………………………………………………………31
   Ways of using blogs…………………………………………………………….32
   Get started with Blogger……………………………………………………….33
   References……………………………………………………………………...39
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CHAPTER 5         WORDPRESS
      What is Wordpress?…………………………………………....………….........40
      Advantages of Wordpress………………………………………….…………..40
      Ways of using Wordpress………………………………………….....................41
      Get started with Wordpress…………………………………………………...42
      References……………………………………………………………………...48


CHAPTER 6         EDMODO
      What is Edmodo?………………………………………………………………49
      Using Edmodo in Education……....…………………………………………….49
      Get started with Edmodo..……………………………………………………..51
      References……………………………………………………………………....59


CHAPTER 7         NING
      What is Ning?...………………………………………………………………....60
      Benefits of using Ning in education…………………………………………......60
      Ways of using Ning…………………………………………..................................61
      Usage in teaching and learning…………………………….…………………....61
      Get started with Ning…………………………………………………...............63
      References……………………………………………………………………....74


CHAPTER 8         GROUPLY
      What is Grouply?...…………………………………………………………….75
      Benefits of Grouply..…………..………………………………………………..75
      Grouply in Education…………..……………………………………………….76
      Get Started with Grouply..……………………………………………………..77
      References……………………………………………………………………....82
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CHAPTER 9   SQUIDOO
   What is Squidoo?.......…………………………………………………………...83
   Benefits of Squidoo…...………..……………………………………………….83
   Benefits of creating a Squidoo Lens……………………………………………84
   Get started with Squidoo...…………………………………………………….85
   References……………………………………………………………………...91


CHAPTER 10 GOOGLE WAVE
   What is Google Wave?.………………………………………………………...92
   Benefits of Google Wave...….....……………………………………………….92
   Google Wave in education….....……………………………………………….93
   Get started with Google Wave.………………………………………………..94
   References…………………………………………………………………….107
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WHAT IS FACEBOOK?


The Facebook platform allows developers to create Web applications that integrate
with Facebook’s social network and are delivered via the Facebook Web site.
Applications run on the developer’s server, and any data unique to the application is
stored on the developer’s database. Although running on an independent server,
Facebook applications can query Facebook data in order to take advantage of
Facebook’s existing social network. Facebook users can browse available applications
and enable the ones they wish to use, granting them permission to access a subset of
their account data (PennState 2007).


ADVANTAGES OF FACEBOOK


According to Caroline and Terri (2009), there are a number of unique features that
make facebook amenable to educational pursuits.          For example, Facebook is
equipped with:
   1. Bulletin boards,
   2. Instant messaging,
   3. Email,
   4. Ability to post videos and pictures,
   5. Post information and collaborate within the system.


In addition, beyond high usage rates and some technological advantages, social
networks, such as Facebook, can provide the following:
   1. Numerous other pedagogical advantages to both teachers and students.
   2. Connects students with other students, indirectly creating a learning
       community – a vital component of student education (Baker 1999).
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      3. Provides instructors opportunities and structures by which students can help
         and support one another by building their courses a top the community
         already established by the students themselves.
      4. Internet based learning modules actively engage students in a manner unique
         from the traditional class lecture.
      5. Increases both teacher-student and student-student interaction in the form of
         web-based communication.
      6. Helps instructors connect with their students about assignments, upcoming
         events, useful links, and samples of work outside of the classroom.
      7. Students can use Facebook to contact classmates about questions regarding
         class assignments or examinations as well as collaborate on assignments and
         group projects in an online environment.
      8. Building on the face-to-face, teacher-student relationship, social networks
         allow students to glimpse instructor profiles containing personal information,
         interests, background, and “friends,” which can enhance student motivation,
         affective learning, and classroom climate (Mazer et al. 2007).


WAYS OF USING FACEBOOK IN EDUCATION


It is important for teacher and lecturers to introduce students to social networks.
According to Caroline and Terri (2009), as an optional assignment, teachers can have
students:
      1. Create their own Facebook account and “become friends” with at least one
         other member of class.
      2. Post appropriate, class-related images, messages about course assignments
         and events, and course applications.
      3. Persuade to experiment with different features.
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USAGE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING


By building tools into the Facebook social structure, you will encourage more
interaction among participants. With the library tool, for example, a student who
might be having trouble searching the electronic library catalog or figuring out how
to use the University library system might be more inclined to ask a “friend” in the
group for help or use the “Ask a Librarian” button instead of getting frustrated and
giving up. Librarians can use a library Facebook application as a way to establish a
personal connection with students, who we often only teach in “one-shot” library
sessions. The Facebook application already developed by the Libraries can and
already does provide another avenue for submitting reference questions.
Nonetheless, adding features may help to increase these types of services. Overall,
this type of platform can help to make the Libraries’ environment more open and
accessible, thereby inviting more interaction and teaching opportunities. If we
transfer the library scenario across to classroom teaching and learning, students
might start sharing study tips as they discover which of the module/notes are most
useful. They might recommend module/notes to each other based on needs
expressed during their social interactions. All of these activities would help students
improve their study skills, which will in turn enrich their academic experience and
satisfaction (PennState 2007).
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       GET STARTED WITH FACEBOOK


                        STEP 1       Go to: http://www.facebook.com/




                        STEP 2       Sign Up/Register




   To start using a
 facebook, create a
facebook account by
    filling up the
information needed.




                                                        Then, click ‘Sign
                                                              Up’.
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After you have signed up, this page will appear.
  You can complete it or you can do it later.




                                                       To skip the page,
                                                        click ‘Skip this
                                                             step’.


        The Facebook team will send
          an email to approve your
                registration.




                                                    Click ‘Get
                                                   Started’ and
                                                    start login.
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                   STEP 3                Finding Friends



 You can import
     contact                                                             Go to ‘Find
from your Yahoo        Select friends to invite (if                       Friends’.
  email or other       your friends do not have
   applications.          Facebook account).




           Select friends you want
             to add as Facebook
                    friends.




                   STEP 4                   Editing Profile




                                                      Go to ‘Profile’.




                                                                           Click ‘Edit
                                                                            Profile’.
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Select the information
you would like to edit.

                          Then, click ‘Save
                             Changes’.




                  STEP 5                  Grouping Friends


                                                             Go to your
                                                              account.



            Click ‘Edit
             Friends’.




                                                                 Click ‘Create
                                                                    a List’.
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Insert the name of
  your grouping,
   e.g: Students.




                           Now you can start
                           editing your list of
                           friends by clicking
                             the‘Edit Lists’.




                                                  Select your friends
                                                      grouping.


             STEP 6             Privacy



                                     Go to ‘Account’.




                                        Click ‘Privacy
                                          Settings’.
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          Choose the
        privacy of your
      facebook account.



                         Then, click
                        ‘Apply These
                          Settings’.




                    STEP 7             Making Status (wall post) Private




Write your status                                            Choose your
(wall post) here.                                           privacy, or you
                                                            can customize
                                                             your privacy.




      Choose your
    status visible to
    ‘these people’.


   And you can hide
    from selected
       people.



                                                         Then, click ‘Save
                                                            Setting’.
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                      STEP 8                      Photo Album




Click ‘Photos’ at
 your Facebook
   homepage.

             Select photos from
              your document
                    files.


                                                                Click ‘Select Photos’.
                             Name your album.




                                                            Click ‘Create Album’.
                            Select the privacy
                          status you would like
                                 to share.
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Select the privacy you
 would like to share.




Write the description
  of your album.

                                 Click ‘Save Changes’.




                        STEP 9            Creating Groups




                                 At your Facebook
                                 homepage, click
                                  ‘Create Group’.
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                                                                    Insert your
                                                                   group name.

Select members to be
 added to this group.




                                                 Click ‘Create’.
                          Choose your privacy.




             Post your topics to
             start a discussion.


                                                          Select your activities.
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          STEP 10                 Creating Events




                                                                      Then, click
                                                                      ‘Create an
                     At your Facebook                                  Event’.
                     homepage, click
                         ‘Events’.




Insert the information
    of your event.




                                        Then, click ‘Create
                                             Event’.
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REFERENCES


Baker, P. 1999. Creating learning communities: The unfinished agenda. In B. A.
      Pescosolido & R. Aminzade (Eds.), The social works of higher education (pp. 95-
      109). Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.


Caroline Lego Muñoz & Terri L Towner. 2009. Opening Facebook: How to Use
      Facebook                in         the            College             Classroom.
      http://www46.homepage.villanova.edu/john.immerwahr/TP101/Facebook.pdf
      [7 March 2011]


Mazer, J. P., Murphy, R.E., & Simonds, C. J. 2007. I’ll see you on ‘Facebook’: The
      effects of computer-mediated teacher self-disclosure on student motivation,
      affective learning, and classroom climate. Communication Education, 56, 1-17.


PennState. 2007. 7 Things You Need to Know about Facebook Applications.
      http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/facebook_applications.pdf
      [7 March 2011]
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                                                                    Chapter 2
                                                    TWITTER

WHAT IS TWITTER?


Microblogging is a Web 2.0 technology and a new form of blogging that allow users
to publish online brief text updates, usually less than 140-200 characters. The posts
can be edited and accessed online, or sent as SMS, e-mail or via instant messaging
clients. Usually, the microblogs authors embed their posts as a widget on blogs or
sites. Microblogging enables a real-time interaction between users, using different
devices, technologies and applications. The best known microblogging services are
Twitter (Carmen & Gabriela 2008).


       Twitter is a website, owned and operated by Twitter Inc., which offers a
social networking and microblogging service, allowing its users to send and read
messages called tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters
displayed on the user's profile page. The short format of the tweet is a defining
characteristic of the service, allowing informal collaboration and quick information
sharing that provides relief from rising email and IM fatigue. Twittering is also a less
gated method of communication: you can share information with people that you
would not normally exchange email or IM messages with, opening up your circle of
contacts    to     an     ever-growing     community      of     like-minded         people
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter).
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ADVANTAGES OF TWITTER


Advantages of Twitter include the following:


   1. Twitter is easy to use. In registration, it will only take you less than a minute
       to join, and no confirmation e-mail needed.
   2. You can create as many accounts as you want. Followers are considered
       friends. Once they follow you through your tweets, you can follow them back
       and immediately considered you as a friend.
   3. Message boards or “tweets” itself can be viewable in public whether you are
       friends or not, and you may include your URL as well which is clickable.
   4. Twitter also has unique profile templates, which can be created through
       HTML mode or purchase it through legitimate dealers in different auction
       sites related to templates.


(Source: http://unblocked.me/twitter_faq/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-
         twitter.php)


WAYS OF USING TWITTER IN EDUCATION


The following are some ways of using Twitter in education according to Steve
Wheeler (2009):
   1. Twit Board: Notify students of changes to course content, schedules,
       venues or other important information.
   2. Summing Up: Ask students to read an article or chapter and then post
       their brief summary or précis of the key point(s). A limit of 140 characters
       demands a lot of academic discipline.
   3. Twit Links: Share a hyperlink – a directed task for students – each is
       required to regularly share one new hyperlink to a useful site they have
       found.
   4. Twitter Stalking: Follow a famous person and document their progress.
       Better still if this can be linked to an event.
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5. Time Tweet: Choose a famous person from the past and create a twitter
   account for them – choose an image which represents the historical figure
   and over a period of time write regular tweets in the role of that character, in
   a style and using the vocabulary you think they would have used (e.g. William
   Shakespeare, Julius Caesar).
6. Micro Meet: Hold discussions involving all the subscribing students. As long
   as everyone is following the whole group, no-one should miss out on the
   Twitter stream. All students participate because a sequence of contributors is
   agreed beforehand.
7. Micro Write: Progressive collaborative writing on Twitter. Students agree
   to take it in turns to contribute to an account or ‘story’ over a period of
   time.
8. Lingua Tweeta: Good for modern language learning. Send tweets in foreign
   languages and ask students to respond in the same language or to translate
   the tweet into their native language.
9. Tweming: Start off a meme – agree on a common hash-tag so that all the
   created content is automatically captured by Twemes or another aggregator.
10. Twitter Pals: Encourage students to find a Twitter ‘penpal’ and regularly
   converse with them over a period of time to find out about their culture,
   hobbies, friends, family etc. Ideal for learning about people from other
   cultures.
18     Chapter 2: Twitter


         GET STARTED WITH TWITTER


                            STEP 1     Go to: http://www.twitter.com.




                            STEP 2       Sign Up/Register




                                                               To create a twitter
                                                                 account, click
                                                                   ‘Sign Up’.




   Fill up the
  appropriate
 information:
  Full name,
   username,
password and
  valid email
    address.
                                                              Next, you need to
                                                               access the email
                                                              account you have
    Then, click                                             entered. Twitter will
    ‘Create my                                                   send you a
     account’                                               confirmation email.
                                                             Click on the link in
                                                               that message to
                                                             confirm your email
                                                                   address.
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 You will be taken to the
twitter page and you need
to sign in first to use your
 registrated username and
         password.




                    STEP 3                  Finding Friends




                                                                    Click ‘Find
                                                                     Friends’.



                                Find friends on Twitter
                                  through your email
                               accounts, such as Gmail,
                                Yahoo!, AOL, Hotmail
                                  and MSN accounts.
                                Also, Twitter will give
                                  you a list of people
                                   among your email
                                   friends who have
                                   Twitter accounts.
20     Chapter 2: Twitter




                        STEP 4                Becoming a Tweeter


                                               foll




                                                                   Click ‘Tweet’ to
                                                                    update and let
Write here to start a                                              people know and
 conversation on                                                     retweet what
     Twitter.                                                       you are up to.




                        STEP 5                   Following




           To start following (know
          the latest post and update),
          open the page you want to
           follow then click the icon
                   ‘Twitter’.




                                                             Or, you can click ‘Who To
                                    Then, key in the          Follow’ at a your twitter
                                    keyword to start                   page.
                                 searching the page you
                                     want to follow.
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 The screen will be
     like this.




    Click here to start
        following.




                                                               Click ‘Reply’ to write a
                                   Click ‘Retweet’ to           reply/tweet the post.
                                   the post you like.



REFERENCES


Advantages and disadvantages of Twitter.
        http://unblocked.me/twitter_faq/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-twitter.php
        [27 May 2011]


Carmen Holotescu & Gabriela Grosseck. 2008. Using microblogging in education.
        http://www.scribd.com/doc/2286799/Can-we-use-Twitter-for-educational-
        activities [27 May 2011]
Steve       Wheeler.       2009.      Teaching      with     Twitter.       http://steve-
        wheeler.blogspot.com/2009/01/teaching-with-twitter.html [27 May 2011]


Wikipedia: Twitter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter [27 May 2011]
22     Chapter 3: Linkedin




                                                                   Chapter 3
                                                   LINKEDIN
WHAT IS LINKEDIN?


LinkedIn is a huge database of professionals. The standardized information entered by
users such as “Profile Headline”, “Summary”, “Education”, “Company”, etc.
categories allow us to pinpoint the person we are looking depending on specific
factors. In short, LinkedIn is the place to find and be found (Neal Schaffer 2009).


BENEFITS FOR STUDENTS


The following are benefits of Linkedin to students:
1.    Increased skill and proficiency in technology.
2.    Increased exposure to diverse views.
3.    Development of communication skills.
4.    Increased ability to work on group projects.
5.    Many students already use these forms of technology, so they might be more
      engaged in learning if they are utilized.
6.    Students can develop a positive image of themselves by putting best qualities
      out there.
7.    Keeping in touch.
8.    Creativity.


(Source:       http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/content/7-ways-college-students-
               can-benefit-linkedin)
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BENEFITS FOR TEACHERS


The following are some benefits of using Linkedin for teachers:
1.     Cheap and effective way to relay information to parents and get word out
       about school and events.
2.     Can reach parents who are unable to come to school.
3.     Can form partnerships with schools in other states or countries.
4.     Collaborate with other teachers.
5.     Exchange lesson plans and information.
6.     Increased access to resources.


(Source:      http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/content/7-ways-college-students-
              can-benefit-linkedin)


WAYS STUDENTS CAN BENEFIT FROM LINKEDIN


The following are some ways student can benefits from Linkedin:
1.     Getting job email alerts.
2.     Connecting with professionals.
3.     Conducting company research.
4.     Getting recommendations.
5.     Letting companies find you.
6.     Connecting with other students.
7.     Landing international jobs.


(Source:      http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/content/7-ways-college-
              students-can-benefit-linkedin)
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  GET STARTED WITH LINKEDIN



         STEP 1                   Go to: http://www.linkedin.com/




          STEP 2                  Join Now/Sign Up




 If you do not
have a LinkedIn
 account, you
need to register
 and fill in the
    required
  information.



              Then, click ‘Join
                  Now’.
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                                                                    LinkedIn will send
                                                                     an email to your
 Click the link to                                                    sign up email.
confirm your email
      address.




This window will appear.
 You need to click the
‘Confirm’ button’. Now
  you can sign in your
   LinkedIn account.
                                 Insert you email address
                                and password. Then click
                                         ‘Sign In’.




           STEP 3          Invite Friends




                                                         To invite friends and
                                                        connect using LinkedIn,
                                                       insert your friends’ email
                                                              address here.




        Then click ‘Send
          Invitation’.
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           STEP 4                 Editing Your Profile




To start editing your
  profile, click the
 ‘Profile’ tab here.                                          Go to ‘Edit
                                                               Profile’.




                                     Adding profile photo


                             To add/change your
                             photo profile, click
                                ‘Add Photo’.




                                             You also can post and
                                            share your update here.




                                                                  Browse picture from
                                                                  your computer file.


                                         Click the ‘Upload
                                          Photo’ button.
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                                                             You can check the
                                                            percentages of your
You can share your profile to others LinkedIn              completeness profile.
members. You also can save and print it in pdf             Click them to update.
                  format.



     STEP 5              Search & Add Network




                                                                Insert the name of the
                                                                 person you want to
                                                                 search in LinkedIn.


                                          Or, you can search
                                          using the advance
                                         search version here.
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List of people in
the search result

                                   Number of
                                 search results.




                                    Choose and
                                    click at the
                                    person you
                                   want to add as
                                    a network.




                                                         Click here to
                                                         add to your
                                                           network.


                                                      Or, you can
                                                     send an email
                                                    before you add.
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REFERENCES

What is LinkedIn and Why Should You Join?
       http://windmillnetworking.com/2009/08/26/what-is-linkedin-and-why-should-
       you-join/ [11 August 2011]


Teaching and Learning Resources / Social Networking.
       http://teachinglearningresources.pbworks.com/w/page/31012687/Social%20Ne
       tworking [11 August 2011]


7 ways college students can benefit from Linkedin. 2011.
       http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/content/7-ways-college-students-can-
       benefit-linkedin [11 August 2011]
30     Chapter 4: Blogger




                                                                Chapter 4
                                                 BLOGGER

WHAT IS A BLOG?


Generally, a weblog or blog is a personal diary, collaborative space, breaking-news
outlet and a collection of links to your own private views memos to the world. In
short, your blog is whatever you want it to be. There are so many of them, in
various shapes and sizes, and there are no real rules. In simple terms, a blog is a
website, where you write stuff on an ongoing basis. New stuff shows up at the top,
so your visitors can read what is new. Then they comment on it or link to it or email
you. In the field of education, blog or weblogs are being used to satisfy a variety of
communication needs to favour e-learning practices (Susana & Sergio 2007).


ADVANTAGES OF WEBLOGS OR BLOGS


According to Susana and Sergio (2007), weblogs or blogs have several advantages:
   1. They are easy to setup and administrate in contrast to other technologies.
   2. They are easier to publish all types of resources (text, images, video, etc.) to
       the Web when compared to traditional web publishing.
   3. They allow instant publishing with just one click and are easy to create and
       maintain, as opposed to traditional web pages that are labor-intensive and
       require at least some web design knowledge (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
   4. They can be updated easily, from anywhere without having to worry about
       FTP connections, web authoring software, etc.
   5. They have the ability to reach a large audience without losing information
       quality and allowing for different levels of detail. They break the trade off
       between reach and richness of information.
   6. The access to information posted in weblogs is 24/7 (anytime/anywhere)
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   7. No special blogging software is needed to create a weblog. Some bloggers use
       plain HTML to create their weblogs. However, most blogging software allows
       a person to create and maintain a weblog without knowing HTML. Instructor
       does not need to periodically request the learning logs to the students.
   8. Other technologies can be applied jointly into a weblog. For example, using of
       Wikis as enablers for group writing and knowledge sharing (eg. building
       glossaries).


BENEFITS OF USING A BLOG


The following are the benefits of using a blog listed by Anamaria (2010):
   1. A blog allows web-savvy students to legitimately use their favorite source of
       information, the Internet, and makes use of their skills for the purposes of the
       program.
   2. It increases the students’ motivation to take an active part in the learning
       process, since blogging is fun and interesting.
   3. It develops the communication skills of students that are less internet-savvy
       through peer-to-peer learning.
   4. It keeps students informed with the most up-to-date information about of
       their object of study.
   5. Through the use of comments and other forms of feedback, it develops
       critical thinking (and the appropriate ways to put it into writing).
   6. It is a portal for creativity and personal initiative where good ideas are
       rewarded not only with good grades but also with direct responses from
       readers across the web.
   7. It increases the visibility of our programs on the web and has the effect of
       giving it a more clearly defined positive image, which in turn may result in
       higher commitment of the students to the program and a sense of pride in
       their work.
   8. It makes learning flat, not hierarchical, with the teacher as control point
       rather than unique source of information and interpretation.
32     Chapter 4: Blogger


WAYS OF USING BLOGS


According to Susana and Sergio (2007), weblogs can be used by instructors and
students as follows:
      Instructor weblog: weblogs written by instructors are mainly used as an
      additional communication channel to share information with students.
      Instructor weblogs usually contain course content, course management
      information, general commentary to all students about their learning progress,
      etc.
      Student weblog: weblogs written by students are basically learning weblogs
      or project weblogs. A learning weblog (Lowe 2006) is a learning diary, created
      concurrently with the learning experience, and reporting on the learning
      content as wells as the process (including time taken, sources used, and so
      forth). A project weblog, often authored by a team of students, documents the
      project progress and findings.
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GET STARTED WITH BLOGGER




       STEP 1          Go to: http://www.blogger.com/




       STEP 2          Sign Up/Registration




                                                     To start creating
                                                   your blog, you need
                                                    to have a Google
                                                   account. Click ‘Get
                                                    started’ to create
                                                      your account.




To create a Google
account, fill in the
   online form.
34    Chapter 4: Blogger




         Select your
          country.

                                         Enter your mobile
       Click ‘Send                        phone number.
   verification code to                   Start with your
   my mobile phone’                        country code.
  and the code number
   will be sent directly
 to your mobile phone.




      Once you have
       received the
     verification code,
       enter it here.
                           Then, click
                            ‘Verify’.
Chapter 4: Blogger   35



        STEP 3              Name your Blog




     Enter your blog
      title. You can
    change your blog
         title later.


          Click here to
           check the
         availability of
         your blog title.

                                                      Then, click
                                                    ‘CONTINUE’.



        STEP 4              Choose your Templates




Choose your
template or
  you can
 choose it
   later.




                                                       Then, click
                                                     ‘CONTINUE’.
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 Now your blog has
 been created. You
can start posting and
 coustomizing your
        blog.

                                                        Click here to
                                                       start blogging.



     STEP 5                Posting




                                                      To start posting,
                                                    click ‘New Post’ at
                                                    the top right corner
                                                     of your blog page.



     Insert your
      page title.




      Type your
      text here.




                           Then, you can choose
                             ‘SAVE NOW’ or
                            ‘PREVIEW’. If you
                            are ready to publish,
                              click ‘PUBLISH
                                   POST’.
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 When editing your
text, you can insert a
 link, an image or a
        video.




                                                         You can upload your
                                                         videos from your own
                                                             folder or from
                                                               YouTube.



       STEP 6             Commenting a Post



                                                This page will appear and you
                                                can type your comments here.




   To start commenting, open
      the post you want to
      comment, and click
           ‘Comment’.                Then, click ‘Post Comment’. You
                                       can ‘Preview’ the comments
                                           before publishing it.
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     STEP 7                 Customizing your Blog




   This page will
appear and you can                                   To customize your
 click and drag the                                 blog, click ‘Design’
  page element of                                   at the top right hand
     your blog.                                     corner of your blog
                                                            page.


                                                     Then, you can
                                                     ‘Preview’ and
                                                        ‘Save’.




              You can add a
           gadget to your blog.
             You can choose
             from the various
            gadgets available.
Chapter 4: Blogger   39


REFERENCES


Anamaria Dutceac Segesten. 2010. Blogs in higher education – some ideas about
     their benefits and downsides. http://uvenus.org/2010/06/07/blogs-in-higher-
     education-%E2%80%93-some-ideas-about-their-benefits-and-downsides/html
     [4 May 2011]


http://gplsi.dlsi.ua.es/proyectos/webeso/pdf/inted07.pdf [4 April 2011]


Lowe,   A.J.   2006.   Blog   use   in   teaching   –   Dragster    activity.   Internet:
     http://www.webducate.net/dragster2/examples/bloguse/. [4 May 2011]


Susana de Juana-Espinosa & Sergio Lujan-Mora. 2007. The use of weblogs in higher
     education: Benefits and barriers.


What’s a blog. http://www.blogger.com/tour_start.g [4 May 2011]
40     Chapter 5: Wordpress




                                                                Chapter 5
                                                  WORDPRESS

WHAT IS WORDPRESS?


WordPress is a free online publishing. It is a web-based software program that allows
anyone to build and maintain in term of creating and editing a website or blog. It was
originally intended as an easy way to set up a blog.


(Source: http://www.mcbuzz.com/wordpress/what-is-wordpress/)


ADVANTAGES OF WORDPRESS


Wordpress is the most common choice for blog users because of the following
features:


   1. Ease of use and versatility - WordPress is suitable for just about anybody -
       from the absolute novice to the advanced programmer.
   2. Feature-rich interface - WordPress has a rich text editor with advanced
       multimedia support.
   3. Expandable - WordPress's community distributes a large number of modules
       for almost any popular website feature.
   4. It is Open Source - Free to install and use Wordpress for your site.


(Source: http://kb.siteground.com/article/What_is_WordPress.html)
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WAYS OF USING WORDPRESS


The following are some ways of using Wordpress:
   1. WordPress is an easy-to-use platform, it can be used as as a platform to build
      just any kind of website and including portfolio website (Cameron 2009)
   2. WordPress as the engine behind your organisation website and classroom
      blogs. You can log in to the class website online and use the web interface to
      add contest to your website (Kuroneko 2008).
   3. WordPress allows you to set up various levels of access to your site by
      changing the user role. That way, you can get students (and teachers) to write
      articles for your website, but you can control what actually gets published
      online (Kuroneko 2008).
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    GET STARTED WITH WORDPRESS


                      STEP 1       Go to: http://wordpress.com/




                      STEP 2       Sign Up/Registration




   To start the
registration, click
the ‘Sign up now’
      button.




                                              Fill in the form to
                                            create your WordPress
                                            account and your blog
                                                    address.




                                        Next, click ‘Sign up’.
Chapter 5: Wordpress   43


  Once you have clicked ‘sign
up’, this page will appear. You
   need to check your e-mail
inbox to activate your account.

           You will received
          this email, and you
         need to click this link
           to start activating
             your account.




                                    Fill in the profile form.




                                   Save your profile by
                                    clicking the ‘Save
                                     Profile’ button.




                                     Once you have finished
                                        activating your
                                     account, you can login
                                         and start using
                                          WordPress.
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                    STEP 3                     Editing Blogs



 On your blog
homepage, click
   ‘About’.




                  Click ‘Edit’ to start
                   editing the page.                        Click ‘Preview Changes’
                                                          before you click the ‘Update’
                                                                     button.




                  Delete the text, and start
                  writing some information                        Click ‘Update’.
                   about your homepage.




                                  To return to your homepage,
                                        click this button.
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      STEP 4       Adding Links



Go to ‘My Blog’.




                             Click ‘Dashboard’.




                                    Click ‘Add New’.




                                             Insert the required
                                           information and click
                                                ‘Add Link’.
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              STEP 5                      Customizing Appearance




                                Click ‘Appearance’ at the
                                     dashboard page.



                                         This page will appear and
                                           you can choose your
                                           favorites themes and
                                                appearance.




                    Select a theme and
                     click ‘Activate’.
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              STEP 6    Commenting Post




                         At your blog page, you can see the
                           text ‘Comment’ here. To start
                          commenting a post, you need to
                             click this ‘comment’ text.




                                             This page will
                                                appear.



                                                Write your
                                                comments
                                                  here.




Click ‘Post Comment’
 to submit/reply your
      comments.
48     Chapter 5: Wordpress


REFERENCES


Cameron Chapman. 2009. Ultimate Guide To Using WordPress For A Portfolio.
      http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/29/ultimate-guide-to-using-
      wordpress-for-a-portfolio/ [8 March 2011].


Koruneko. 2008. WordPress Roles and Capabilities: How to get Students and
      Teachers    to    Put    Content   on   Your   School   or   Class   Website.
      http://blog.classroomteacher.ca/68/wordpress-roles-and-capabilities-how-to-
      get-students-and-teachers-to-put-content-on-your-school-or-class-website/ [8
      March 2011]


What is Wordpress. http://kb.siteground.com/article/What_is_WordPress.html [8
      March 2011]


What is wordpress. http://www.mcbuzz.com/wordpress/what-is-wordpress/ [8
      March 2011]
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                                                                 Chapter 6
                                                   EDMODO

WHAT IS EDMODO?


Edmodo is a free and private online social platform for teachers and students to
share ideas, files, events and assignments. Edmodo provides classrooms a safe and
easy way to connect and collaborate. The site is accessible online and from any
mobile device via free smart phone applications. Built on a micro-blogging model and
adapted to be used in education, Edmodo allows teachers to post messages and
notes, discuss classroom topics, give assignments and grade classwork, share content
and materials, and network and exchange ideas with their colleagues. In addition,
they can maintain a class calendar, store and share files, have public (RSS) stream, and
conduct polls. Edmodo is built around closed group collaboration, which means only
students with a secret code can join the groups.


(Source: http://www.edmodo.com)


USING EDMODO IN EDUCATION


The simplicity in terms of interface and accessibility makes Edomodo an effective
learning sphere. It allows an active participation from students. Edmodo provides
tutors with a place to post assignment reminders, build an event calendar, and post
messages to the group. Users can also share links, videos, and images. Edomodo can
be the medium for tutors to communicate successfully to students in need of
guidance. For subjects such as foreign language, tutors have been using Edomodo to
set a co-class between them with language teachers from other parts of the world.
Students can review links that were posted through an RSS feed easily. Tutors can
also conduct other formative authentic assessments using Edmodo. An in-class
assignment to read and analyze a passage could easily turn into a writing assignment.
50     Chapter 6: Edmodo


Students could formulate and deliver answers, and respond to one another in turn.
(Picardo, 2011).


       According to Jarc (2010), Edmodo allows him to keep track of students’
progress, deliver content electronically, send students alerts via email and text
message, and most importantly has provided a quick and easy way to conduct
authentic assessments.


       Using a discussion thread is almost like conducting interviews with students
and their peerswhile encouraging dialogue, challenges students to write concisely and
defend their positions with supporting information from their reading. Edmodo helps
build a better and secure networking area, so the risks of being contacted
bystrangers for non-academic purposes are greatlyreduced, thereby providing a
safer environment in which students and teachers or tutors can interact and
collaborate. It is also reduces the amount of paper used in classroom.
Chapter 6: Edmodo   51


GET STARTED WITH EDMODO



    STEP 1           Go to: http://www.edmodo.com/




    STEP 2           Register/Join




      Click ‘I’m a
       Teacher’
        button.




                                           Fill up the
                                          information
                                            required.




                            Click ‘Sign
                                up’.
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                                Edmodo Main Site


                   Type of posts that                                   User can
                   user can perform.                                  view or edit
                                                                        setting.



                                                                       User can
                                                                        claim
                                                                        profile
                                                                        URL.



 For new
user, there
is a list to
   guide
  users.




        STEP 3               Creating a Group




                                                            Click
                                                          ‘Create’.




                                                     Type the
                                                     intended
                                                   group name.




        Click
      ‘Create’.
Chapter 6: Edmodo       53




                                                        The code that will be
                                                       used by the students to
                                                           join the group.

               Click
              ‘Close’.



STEP 4                   Searching & Adding School




                                                           Click ‘Settings’.




                                         Click ‘Add School’.




 Select the
  relevant
country and
                                                               Click ‘Search’.
  type the
school name
  or postal
   code.

                                        Click ‘Add
                                       your school’
                                        if it is not
                                        available.
54       Chapter 6: Edmodo




                                                                     Fill in the
                                                                      required
                                                                   information.



            Click
            ‘Add
           School’.



               STEP 5              Changing Settings and Notifications




                                                                          Click
                                                                        ‘Settings’.




  Click to
 ‘Upload a
                                                                                 Users can
 photo’ or
                                                                                 change the
 choose an
                                                                                   type of
 animation
  instead.                                                                      notifications.


                                                                                Privacy
  Users can                                                                     options.
change their
  personal
information.                                               Users can
                                                           change the
                                                           password.

                                   Users can
                                    ‘Add
                                   School’.
Chapter 6: Edmodo   55



         STEP 6   Adding Materials to Library




                                                 Click
                                               ‘Library’.




Click ‘Add
to Library’.




                      Click ‘Upload’
                        to add file.
Click ‘Add to
  Library’.



                              Uploaded files
                                 can be
                             previewed here.
56      Chapter 6: Edmodo




        STEP 7              Creating a Folder




                                                                     Click
                                                                   ‘Library’.




                                                            Click the
                                                          ‘Folder’ icon.




                                                                Type the
        Click on
                                                             ‘Folder Name’.
     groups if you
     like to share.




        STEP 8              Posting Assignment




                                              Click
                                          ‘Assignment’.
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                                                                       User can also
Type assignment                                                           ‘Load
     name                                                              Assignment’.

                                                                     Write the
                                      Set ‘due date’.              description of
                                                                  the assignment.




                 Assignments can be
                  send to specific                            Click
                      students.                              ‘Send’.




       STEP 9                 Posting Poll




                                                                    Click
                                                                   ‘Poll’.


                                                         Type your questions
                                                                here.
  Type your
 answers here.



                     User can ‘Add
                       Answer’.
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     STEP 10                  Posting Notes




                                     Click ‘Note’.




                                                             Type your
                                                             notes here.

                                            Users can
                                          send notes to
           User can include                  specific
            attachments to                  students.     Then, click
                 notes                                     ‘Send’.
Chapter 6: Edmodo    59


REFERENCES

Edmodo. http:// www.edmodo.com. [27 September 2011]

EdmodoReview. http://www.appappeal.com/app/edmodo/ [29 September 2011]

Jen      Dick,        2011.         Tool       Review:       Edmodo.       http://
      http://newlearninginstitute.blogspot.com/2011/04/tool-review-edmodo.html.
      [1 October 2011]

Picardo,       J.    2011.         Edmodo:      What       students           think.
       http://www.boxoftricks.net/2008/09/edmodo-what-students-think/.            [4
October 2011]

Picardo,      J.   2011.       Edmodo:      microblogging    for      classroom.
       http://www.boxoftricks.net/2008/09/edmodo-microblogging-for-the-
       classroom/#respond. [4 October 2011]

Jarc, J. 2010. Edmodo – The Secure, Social Learning Network for Teachers and
         Students. http://trendingeducation.com/?p=69. [4   October    2011]
60     Chapter 7: Ning




                                                                 Chapter 7
                                                  NING

WHAT IS NING?


Ning is an internet-based service that allows users to create their own social
networks and participate in other networks. Ning allows creators of networks to
determine the site’s appearance and functionality, as well as whether the site is public
or private. Most networks include features such as photos or videos, lists of network
members and events, groups within the network, and communication tools such as
forums or blogs. No special skill is required to set up a social network, and there are
no limits to the number of networks a user can join. Ning offers no-cost networks,
which are supported by advertisements, or users can pay for premium services that
eliminate advertisement and let users choose network URLs that are separate from
the Ning domain (Educause 2008).


BENEFITS OF USING NING IN EDUCATION


The following are some benefits of Ning in education:
   1. Students can look for Ning sites on a particular subject when trying to
       research information for an assignment/project or just for general interest.
       For example, someone who wants to learn about tourism can search the
       Ning site and access any relevant information that will help them.
   2. Read other people’s posts, see their photos and videos as well as learn new
       bits of information on your area of interest.
   3. In addition, if anyone sign up and become a member of that NING page,
       he/she can contribute to the discussion and upload hes/her own content.


(Source: Ning and Its Educational Potential 2009)
Chapter 7: Ning   61


WAYS OF USING NING


Registered users can create new social networks quickly, with no special skill
required. Once a name and a URL are selected, assembling the network is a simple
process of working through four screens. The user indicates whether the network is
private (only invited people can view or join) or public; writes a tag-line and
description of the network; assigns keywords; chooses from a selection of features
(such as photos or videos, a blog events, groups, or gadgets) and uses drag-and-drop
tools to place those features on the page; chooses a visual theme (colors, fonts,
sizes) and can customize these choices; and decides what information users will be
asked to provide to join the network. If membership is restricted, the creator can
invite individuals to join. The creator of the network has access to other options,
such as importing photos from Flickr, adding Ning features to Facebook pages,
requesting access to source code to further customize a network, and including
JavaScript that allows external tools to track network usage statistics. Various
features permit users to read news or learn about related events, join groups, read
and comment on blog entries, view photos and videos, and other activities as set up
by the network creator. RSS feeds let users subscribe to updates from specific parts
of the social network (Educause 2008).


USAGE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING


Ning provides an avenue for instructors to take advantage of social networks in a
neutral setting, offering functionality and an experience that are familiar and
comfortable to students. By creating social networks around academic topics, or
even about specific projects for a course, an instructor can:
   1. Facilitate a strong sense of community among the students,
   2. Encourage personal interactions that can lead to the creation of new
       knowledge and collective intelligence.
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In addition, Ning provides an opportunity for:
   1. Students to create their own social networks.
   2. Student to learn how to cultivate and sustain a community of users that might
       resemble professional contacts and relationships.
   3. Easy way for a cohort of students to stay connected through their studies and
       beyond, even as they transfer to other institutions, graduate, or relocate.


(Source: Educause 2008)
Chapter 7: Ning   63


GET STARTED WITH NING


          STEP 1          Go to: http://www.ning.com/




          STEP 2        Creating a Ning.com for Social Network




                                                    Create a
                                                     social
                                                    network
                                                     name.

                                            Create a
                                           web address
                                            for your
                                             social
                                            network.




                          STEP 3


                   Sign up for Ning.com            Click
                                                 ‘Create’.
64    Chapter 7: Ning




                                                        Fill in
                                                          the
                                                       required
                                                        fields.




                STEP 3   Describing your Network




      Fill in
        the
     required
      fields.




                                         Then, click
                                          ‘Next’.
Chapter 7: Ning   65



             STEP 4   Adding Features




                                    Drag features to
                                     layout spots.



   Add
 features
to layout.




                                               Click
                                              ‘Next’.
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              STEP 5                Customizing Ning


                         a) Invite friends




                       b) Broadcast message




                                Write
                                your
                               message
                                here.


                                              Then, click
                                               ‘Send’.
Chapter 7: Ning   67


                                c) Latest Activities




Choose your
preferences.



                                                        Click
                                                       ‘Save’.


                              d) Network Information




                Fill up the
                 required
               information.
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                             e) Features




                         Choose your       Then, click
                       features and drag    ‘Save’.
                        to your layout.



                           f) Appearance


        Select your
        appearance.
Chapter 7: Ning   69


                        h) Members




                                               To add member,
                                              click ‘Invite More
                                                   People’.




                     i) Network Privacy


Select ‘Public’ or
    ‘Private’.




                                     Then, click ‘Save’.
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                        j) Feature controls




                        Select your feature
                             control.




                                              Then, click ‘Save’.



               STEP 6            Using the Master Key
Chapter 7: Ning   71



STEP 7           Inviting People




    Insert the
       email
  addresses of
   the people
  you want to
      invite.


Click ‘Send
Invitations’.
72   Chapter 7: Ning




               STEP 8   Blogging




     Click a title
      for your
     blog entry.




                                          Write a description
                                          about what you are
                                              uploading.


         Add
      keywords
      about your
        blog.




                                   Click ‘Publish
                                       Post’.
Chapter 7: Ning   73



             STEP 9   Removing People from Ning




                      Click ‘Manage
                       Managers’.




Select the
members
  to be
 banned.
74     Chapter 7: Ning




                                      Click ‘Ban’
                                      to remove
                                       member.




REFERENCES


Educause. 2008. 7 things you should know about…. Ning. www.educause.edu/eli
      [16 March 2011]


Ning & Its Educational Potential. 2009. http://www.slideshare.net/pbowler/ning-
      tutorial-2009 [16 March 2009]
Chapter 8: Grouply   75




                                                                  Chapter 8
                                                   GROUPLY
WHAT IS GROUPLY?


Grouply is pioneering the “social group” — a new type of online community that
combines the best features of social networks and online groups. Social groups offer
the social interactivity, media sharing, and modern design of social networking sites
like Facebook; and the rich discussions, popular email interface, and people-discovery
opportunities found in traditional online group systems like Yahoo! Groups. With
Grouply, you can create a new social group about anything you like or join a social
group and connect with others who share your interests and passions.


(Source: http://blog.grouply.com/about/)


BENEFITS OF GROUPLY


Grouply’s social group provide benefits such as:
      A comprehensive email interface - All content can be both posted and
       received via email, providing a convenient way for members to participate.
      Group analytics - Gain useful insights into membership activities through
       charts and graphs that show the most active members, the most popular
       topics, and member participation over time.
      Advanced website privacy - Make some pages public, some viewable by
       visitors, and others for members only.
      Cross-group administration dashboard - Review and approve members and
       messages for all the groups your run in one location.


(Source: http://blog.grouply.com/migration-tool-moves-a-ning-network-to-a-free-
       grouply-social-group/)
76     Chapter 8: Grouply


GROUPLY IN EDUCATION


Grouply has long been a favorite tool in the education community. Teachers,
parents, and students use Grouply social group to collaborate and share information
with each other. Grouply for Education, is a special package of premium services
offered at no charge to qualifying education groups such as schools, classrooms, and
parent-teacher associations (PTAs).


       Grouply for Education specifically to meet the needs of teachers and
educators. Grouply provides a rich feature set with dozens of applications to help
parents, teachers, and students communicate and collaborate online, yet it is
remarkably simple to configure and easy to use. Every Grouply social group includes
a customizable community website, event management, discussion forums, an activity
feed, Facebook integration, unlimited group members, 10 GB storage for photos and
other content, and an app store with useful applications.


(Source: http://blog.grouply.com/education/)
Chapter 8: Grouply   77


      GET STARTED WITH GROUPLY



               STEP 1   Go to: http://www.grouply.com/




               STEP 2   Register/Join


                                              Click ‘Sign up’ to
                                               start registering
                                                with Grouply.




 Fill in the
information
  required.




                                        Then, click
                                         ‘Next’.
78     Chapter 8: Grouply




                                                                 Insert your Yahoo or
                                                                  Google password to
                                                                  give Grouply access
                                                                 to your group. This is
                                                                        optional.



                                                    Next, click
                                                 ‘Submit’ or ‘skip’
                                                     this step.



               STEP 3               Finding/Inviting Friends




                                                          To find/invite
                                                            friends to
                                                          Grouply, click
                                                             ‘Invite’.




   Click the
‘Connect’ and
‘Find Friends’
button to invite
    friends.
Chapter 8: Grouply   79



                 STEP 4                Setting Up Profile



                                                              At your Grouply,
                                                              click ‘My Profile’
                                                                     tab.



  You can write
anything you want
       here.




 To change your
profile, click ‘Edit
     Profile’.




                 STEP 5                Starting a Group


            Click the
          ‘Groups’ tab.




                            Then, click
                          ‘Start a Group’.
80    Chapter 8: Grouply




  Insert your
group name and
  your group
     URL.




                     Click ‘Next’.




                                     Then, fill in the
                                     descriptions of
                                      your group.




Click ‘Next’.
Chapter 8: Grouply   81




 Choose the
   privacy
preference of
 your group.
                    Click ‘Next’.




   Invite friends
   to your group
     from other
    applications.




                        Click ‘Next’.




                                                  This is your
                                                    group
                                                   preview.
82     Chapter 8: Grouply


REFERENCES

http://blog.grouply.com/about/ [15 October 2011]


http://blog.grouply.com/education/ [15 October 2011]


http://blog.grouply.com/migration-tool-moves-a-ning-network-to-a-free-grouply-
      social-group/ [15 October 2011]
Chapter 9: Squidoo   83




                                                                 Chapter 9
                                                  SQUIDOO

WHAT IS SQUIDOO?


Squidoo is a relatively new site where anyone can create a free web page about
his/her interest or passion. Squidoo is an example of a community-driven web 2.0
site. Squidoo pages are called lenses and are really easy to create. It does not take
any special skill to create a lens and there are many different kinds of modules you
can incorporate that create an interactive and visitor friendly site. Squidoo is a great
web site that allows you to create a web site about your interests, passions and
causes for free. It also allows you to contribute to charity, make money for yourself
and generate huge amounts of traffic to your web site. Squidoo establishes you as an
expert in your field.


(Source: http://www.internet-marketing-4-small-business.com/what-is-squidoo.html)


BENEFITS OF SQUIDOO


1.    Squidoo lenses get indexed very quickly. Your lense can be found in Google
      search returns in 48 hours.
2.    Google places a lot of value in the pages here on Squidoo. Most lenses will
      climb to the top of the results for their keywords (given that the lens is made
      properly).
3.    Squidoo is free for all.


(Source:       http://www.squidoo.com/what-is-squidoo#module2778658)
84         Chapter 9:Squidoo


BENEFITS OF CREATING A SQUIDOO LENS


According to Pam Gaulin (2008), the following are some benefits of creating Squidoo
lens:
1.      Focusing on Web Writing Topics
             Squidoo is an ideal way of teaching writers to hone their own web writing
              lens. Your web writing lens is the lens through which you narrow down
              and focus in on content.
             Think of Squidoo as your own personal microscope of keyword phrases
              and topics. You may start out with one idea and as you build your lens you
              can begin to see the many different cells that can make up one topic.


2.      Generating Web Writing Topics
             During the lens creating process, you may also come up with new ideas.


3.      Keyword Popularity
             There are plenty of free ways to check on the popularity of keywords.
              Squidoo is an easy way to actually test out keyword phrases for popularity
              and web traffic. With your free Squidoo account, you have access to a
              dashboard which lists statistics, including how many visits your lens has
              received in the last seven days.
             With Squidoo you can see which of your lenses is the most popular. This
              can be eye-opening when it comes to discovering searchable and popular
              topics.


4.      Market to Niche Audiences
             Another benefit of creating a Squidoo lens is that it can help you organize
              your content and promote it to niche markets.
             By making one attractive web page with all of your related content, you
              make it easier for readers to find just the articles they need.
Chapter 9: Squidoo     85


         GET STARTED WITH SQUIDOO



                    STEP 1   Go to: http://www.squidoo.com/




                    STEP 2   Register/Join



                                                          At Squidoo home
                                                         page, click the ‘Join
                                                           for free’ button.




Next, fill in the
   required
 information.




                                     Then, click ‘Join
                                         Now!’.
86   Chapter 9: Squidoo




                     STEP 3                  Starting a Lens




                                                                    Once you are logged in,
                                                                    at your Squidoo home
                                                                    page, click the ‘Start a
                                                                         lens!’ button.




                                          You have to write about
                                           your lens and make it
                                                  specific.
                                                                     Then, click
                                                                     ‘Continue’.




 Next, insert
  your page
   title and
other related
information.



                                                   Then, click
                                                   ‘Continue’.
Chapter 9: Squidoo   87




Insert tags
for helping
 people to
 find your
lens within
 Squidoo.


                       Click
                   the‘Continue’
                      button.




      Lastly,
    choose the
   option of the
     payment.



                          Click
                     the‘Continue’
                         button.
88   Chapter 9: Squidoo


                    Here is the example of your lens preview




     STEP 4                 Dashboard




                           At the top left corner
                          of your Squidoo page,
                            click ‘Dashboard’.
Chapter 9: Squidoo   89



                               Unlock items    Statistic of
                Earn points      in your          your        Your Squidoo
                 when you       Squidoo.       cumulative       account
                create lens.                    growth.         settings.

 Go to the
Lenses tab to
view the list
   of your
   lenses.


This is your
 dashboard
page view.




                      STEP 5           Editing Lens




           At your
          dashboard
         page, go to
         the‘Lenses’
             tab.



               Click ‘Edit’
                at the lens
               you wish to
                    edit.
90   Chapter 9: Squidoo



                            Preview            Click the
                           before you    ‘PUBLISH’ button
                          publish your    to start publishing
                              lens.           your lenses.




                                                 Click ‘Edit
                                                 Title’ to edit
                                                  your lense
                                                     title.




                                               Click ‘Edit’ to
                                              start writing and
                                                  posting an
                                              interesting topic.
Chapter 9: Squidoo   91


REFERENCES

Pam Gaulin. 2008. Benefits of Creating a Squidoo Lens.
       http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/676915/benefits_of_creating_a_squ
       idoo_lens_pg2.html?cat=15 [4 October 2011].


http://www.internet-marketing-4-small-business.com/what-is-squidoo.html
       [4 October 2011].


http://www.squidoo.com/what-is-squidoo#module2778658 [4 October 2011].
92     Chapter 10: Google Wave




                                                                 Chapter 10
                                         GOOGLE WAVE

WHAT IS GOOGLE WAVE?


Google Wave is an Internet-based communications and collaboration platform. Some
called it a new form of real-time communications (MacManus 2009). Google Wave
helps make real time, online, cross platform collaboration for users in digital world. It
includes many elements of many different applications that have been separate from
one another that are then integrated together to create an online social networking
community.


BENEFITS OF GOOGLE WAVE


In Google Wave:


 1.   Users can create online spaces called “waves” which includes multiple discrete
      messages and      components called       “blips” that constitute a running,
      conversational document.
 2.   Communication in which separate copies of multiple messages are not sent to
      different people; instead, the content sides in a single space. Users can access
      the content, respond to it, change it, replay it, send it to a blog, or add new
      material or attachments.
 3.   Users can create a wave, enters content (a typed message, an attachment, a
      web-based widget) and adds other people to that wave. Although waves appear
      in a user’s “inbox,” waves, unlike e-mail, are not sent.
 4.   Users can access waves online, where they can read and edit existing blips,
      respond to them, or add new content.
 5.   Discussion can be real-time or asynchronous, as they can be edited, deleted,
      reply, or insert anywhere in the conversation. A playback feature lets
Chapter 10: Google Wave   93


      participants review the history of all blips and activities that took place in the
      wave; like a flash forward or some would relate it to flashing back history.
 6.   Google Wave supports drag-and-drop of media from the desktop or other
      applications, such as interactive maps, trip planners, a weather service, or
      informal polls.
 7.   Adding a blog to the contacts list will allow users to publish a wave to the blog
      while retaining complete Google Wave functionality.


GOOGLE WAVE IN EDUCATION


Google Wave can be used to attract students’ active participation in teaching and
learning settings. Students and teachers can create a robust learning sphere and
develop a good and effective communication relationship. Teachers can set
assignments, online discussions, brainstorming sessions on Google Wave and also
interact with other groups with similar education goals.


       Google Wave makes interactive coursework a possibility for non-technical
students, moving larger numbers of students away from purely text-based
assignments and into multimedia composition. Groups can conduct real-time joint
review not only of documents but also of multimedia presentations. The evolution of
how knowledge is created, stored, and shared is explored. It could provide an
accessible way to model disciplinary thinking and processes with students.


(Source: MacManus 2009)
94   Chapter 10: Google Wave


GET STARTED WITH GOOGLE WAVE



      STEP 1                    Go to: http://wave.google.com/




      STEP 2                    Sign up/Sign in



                                                              For users with no
                                                             Google account, click
                                                                    here.

                                                                  Sign in
                                                                  using a
                                                                 Google
                     Click ‘Sign
                                                                 account.
                         in’
Chapter 10: Google Wave   95


                                    Google Wave Main Site


Navigation
                                  Inbox                                   Waves or activities
                                                                          available for users.




                        All waves or
                      activities will be
                        shown here.




    User’s Contacts




             STEP 3                 Inviting People to Google Wave




              Invitation
           "nominations" to                                                  To invite others to
         share with their own                                              join Wave, type their
               contacts.                                                      email addresses.




                                            Click add to
                                           invitation list.
96   Chapter 10: Google Wave




     STEP 4                    Adding Contacts (with Google Wave account)




                 Click + (add)
                    button.




                                                              Type new
                                                              contact’s
                                                                email
                                                               address.

                                          Click
                                        ‘Submit’.
Chapter 10: Google Wave   97



STEP 5           Getting Started on a Blank Wave




 Click on the ‘Blank
     wave’ icon.




              User can type anything or insert text,
                   add hyperlinks and videos.
98   Chapter 10: Google Wave




                                        Click on G+ (google
                                        search) to search for
                                       images, web links and
                                        video and insert it to
                                               wave.




                                  Click to add
                               participants to the
                                      wave.
Chapter 10: Google Wave      99




The wave will be
   available to
 participants via
      inbox.




                                          Click to
                                           view.




                    Participants of the
                    wave can reply by
                       typing here.
100   Chapter 10: Google Wave




      STEP 6                    Starting a Discussion




              Click on the
           ‘Discussion’ icon.




                                                        Preview



                                                           A discussion template
                                                             will be available.
                                                           Users can just replace
                                                             the template with
                                                                his/her own.
Chapter 10: Google Wave   101



                         Add participants to
                          the discussion.




The discussion wave
 will be available to
participants via their                                   Click to get
        inbox.                                             started.




                                                Participants can
                                               reply to the topic.
102   Chapter 10: Google Wave




      STEP 7                    Starting a Brainstorming Session




                                                                      Click the
                                                                    ‘Brainstorm’
                                                                        icon.




                                                      Preview


                                                   A discussion template
                                                      will be available.
                                                   Users can just replace
                                                   the template by using
                                                    their own templates.
Chapter 10: Google Wave   103




                        Example




                                  Click this
      Click to add                window.
      participants.




Participants will be
able to view in their
       inbox.                          Click on
                                     the wave to
                                        view .
104   Chapter 10: Google Wave




                                                     Participants can reply
                                                        to the topic by
                                                       clicking ‘Reply’.




      STEP 8                    Starting a Meeting




                                                 Click the
                                              ‘Meeting’ icon’.
Chapter 10: Google Wave   105




       Preview




               A meeting
               template is
              available for
                 editing.
106     Chapter 10: Google Wave




                                    Click this
                                    window.


        Add participants
        to the meeting.




The wave can be
     seen by
 participants in
   their wave
      inbox.
                                       To view it,
                                    participants need
                                      to click on it.




                                    Participants can
                                    type their reply
                                       and click
                                        ‘Done’.
Chapter 10: Google Wave    107


REFERENCES

MacManus, R. 2009.
      http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_wave_use_cases_education.p
      hp. [5 October 2011]


7     things      you        should      know       about        Google          Wave.
      http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7055.pdf. [5 October 2011].


Google Wave. http:// wave.google.com/. [5 October 2011]
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Web 2.0 Social Networking Tools: A Quick Guide

  • 1.
  • 2. Web 2.0 Social Networking Tools: A Quick Guide MOHAMED AMIN EMBI Centre for Academic Advancement Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2011
  • 3. Table of Contents i TABLE OF CONTENTS Page CHAPTER 1 FACEBOOK What is Facebook?………………………………………………………………1 Advantages of Facebook…………………………………………………………1 Ways of using Facebook in education…………………………………………...2 Usage in teaching and learning…………………………………………………...3 Get started with Facebook……………………………………………….............4 References……………………………………………………………………....14 CHAPTER 2 TWITTER What is Twitter?………………………………………………....………….......15 Advantages of Twitter ……………………………………….………………...16 Ways of using Twitter in education………………………………......................16 Get started with Twitter…………………………………………………….....18 References……………………………………………………………………...21 CHAPTER 3 LINKEDIN What is a Linkedin?...…………………………………………………………...22 Benefits for students…………..………………………………………………..22 Benefits for teachers and school……………………………………………….23 Ways students can benefit from Linkedin…...…………………………………23 Get started with Linkedin..……………………………………………………..24 References……………………………………………………………………....29 CHAPTER 4 BLOGGER What is a blog?. ..……………………………………………………………....30 Advantages of weblogs or blogs………………………………………………..30 Benefits of using a blog…………………………………………………………31 Ways of using blogs…………………………………………………………….32 Get started with Blogger……………………………………………………….33 References……………………………………………………………………...39
  • 4. ii Table of Contents CHAPTER 5 WORDPRESS What is Wordpress?…………………………………………....………….........40 Advantages of Wordpress………………………………………….…………..40 Ways of using Wordpress………………………………………….....................41 Get started with Wordpress…………………………………………………...42 References……………………………………………………………………...48 CHAPTER 6 EDMODO What is Edmodo?………………………………………………………………49 Using Edmodo in Education……....…………………………………………….49 Get started with Edmodo..……………………………………………………..51 References……………………………………………………………………....59 CHAPTER 7 NING What is Ning?...………………………………………………………………....60 Benefits of using Ning in education…………………………………………......60 Ways of using Ning…………………………………………..................................61 Usage in teaching and learning…………………………….…………………....61 Get started with Ning…………………………………………………...............63 References……………………………………………………………………....74 CHAPTER 8 GROUPLY What is Grouply?...…………………………………………………………….75 Benefits of Grouply..…………..………………………………………………..75 Grouply in Education…………..……………………………………………….76 Get Started with Grouply..……………………………………………………..77 References……………………………………………………………………....82
  • 5. Table of Contents iii CHAPTER 9 SQUIDOO What is Squidoo?.......…………………………………………………………...83 Benefits of Squidoo…...………..……………………………………………….83 Benefits of creating a Squidoo Lens……………………………………………84 Get started with Squidoo...…………………………………………………….85 References……………………………………………………………………...91 CHAPTER 10 GOOGLE WAVE What is Google Wave?.………………………………………………………...92 Benefits of Google Wave...….....……………………………………………….92 Google Wave in education….....……………………………………………….93 Get started with Google Wave.………………………………………………..94 References…………………………………………………………………….107
  • 6.
  • 7. Chapter 1: Facebook 1 WHAT IS FACEBOOK? The Facebook platform allows developers to create Web applications that integrate with Facebook’s social network and are delivered via the Facebook Web site. Applications run on the developer’s server, and any data unique to the application is stored on the developer’s database. Although running on an independent server, Facebook applications can query Facebook data in order to take advantage of Facebook’s existing social network. Facebook users can browse available applications and enable the ones they wish to use, granting them permission to access a subset of their account data (PennState 2007). ADVANTAGES OF FACEBOOK According to Caroline and Terri (2009), there are a number of unique features that make facebook amenable to educational pursuits. For example, Facebook is equipped with: 1. Bulletin boards, 2. Instant messaging, 3. Email, 4. Ability to post videos and pictures, 5. Post information and collaborate within the system. In addition, beyond high usage rates and some technological advantages, social networks, such as Facebook, can provide the following: 1. Numerous other pedagogical advantages to both teachers and students. 2. Connects students with other students, indirectly creating a learning community – a vital component of student education (Baker 1999).
  • 8. 2 Chapter 1: Facebook 3. Provides instructors opportunities and structures by which students can help and support one another by building their courses a top the community already established by the students themselves. 4. Internet based learning modules actively engage students in a manner unique from the traditional class lecture. 5. Increases both teacher-student and student-student interaction in the form of web-based communication. 6. Helps instructors connect with their students about assignments, upcoming events, useful links, and samples of work outside of the classroom. 7. Students can use Facebook to contact classmates about questions regarding class assignments or examinations as well as collaborate on assignments and group projects in an online environment. 8. Building on the face-to-face, teacher-student relationship, social networks allow students to glimpse instructor profiles containing personal information, interests, background, and “friends,” which can enhance student motivation, affective learning, and classroom climate (Mazer et al. 2007). WAYS OF USING FACEBOOK IN EDUCATION It is important for teacher and lecturers to introduce students to social networks. According to Caroline and Terri (2009), as an optional assignment, teachers can have students: 1. Create their own Facebook account and “become friends” with at least one other member of class. 2. Post appropriate, class-related images, messages about course assignments and events, and course applications. 3. Persuade to experiment with different features.
  • 9. Chapter 1: Facebook 3 USAGE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING By building tools into the Facebook social structure, you will encourage more interaction among participants. With the library tool, for example, a student who might be having trouble searching the electronic library catalog or figuring out how to use the University library system might be more inclined to ask a “friend” in the group for help or use the “Ask a Librarian” button instead of getting frustrated and giving up. Librarians can use a library Facebook application as a way to establish a personal connection with students, who we often only teach in “one-shot” library sessions. The Facebook application already developed by the Libraries can and already does provide another avenue for submitting reference questions. Nonetheless, adding features may help to increase these types of services. Overall, this type of platform can help to make the Libraries’ environment more open and accessible, thereby inviting more interaction and teaching opportunities. If we transfer the library scenario across to classroom teaching and learning, students might start sharing study tips as they discover which of the module/notes are most useful. They might recommend module/notes to each other based on needs expressed during their social interactions. All of these activities would help students improve their study skills, which will in turn enrich their academic experience and satisfaction (PennState 2007).
  • 10. 4 Chapter 1: Facebook GET STARTED WITH FACEBOOK STEP 1 Go to: http://www.facebook.com/ STEP 2 Sign Up/Register To start using a facebook, create a facebook account by filling up the information needed. Then, click ‘Sign Up’.
  • 11. Chapter 1: Facebook 5 After you have signed up, this page will appear. You can complete it or you can do it later. To skip the page, click ‘Skip this step’. The Facebook team will send an email to approve your registration. Click ‘Get Started’ and start login.
  • 12. 6 Chapter 1: Facebook STEP 3 Finding Friends You can import contact Go to ‘Find from your Yahoo Select friends to invite (if Friends’. email or other your friends do not have applications. Facebook account). Select friends you want to add as Facebook friends. STEP 4 Editing Profile Go to ‘Profile’. Click ‘Edit Profile’.
  • 13. Chapter 1: Facebook 7 Select the information you would like to edit. Then, click ‘Save Changes’. STEP 5 Grouping Friends Go to your account. Click ‘Edit Friends’. Click ‘Create a List’.
  • 14. 8 Chapter 1: Facebook Insert the name of your grouping, e.g: Students. Now you can start editing your list of friends by clicking the‘Edit Lists’. Select your friends grouping. STEP 6 Privacy Go to ‘Account’. Click ‘Privacy Settings’.
  • 15. Chapter 1: Facebook 9 Choose the privacy of your facebook account. Then, click ‘Apply These Settings’. STEP 7 Making Status (wall post) Private Write your status Choose your (wall post) here. privacy, or you can customize your privacy. Choose your status visible to ‘these people’. And you can hide from selected people. Then, click ‘Save Setting’.
  • 16. 10 Chapter 1: Facebook STEP 8 Photo Album Click ‘Photos’ at your Facebook homepage. Select photos from your document files. Click ‘Select Photos’. Name your album. Click ‘Create Album’. Select the privacy status you would like to share.
  • 17. Chapter 1: Facebook 11 Select the privacy you would like to share. Write the description of your album. Click ‘Save Changes’. STEP 9 Creating Groups At your Facebook homepage, click ‘Create Group’.
  • 18. 12 Chapter 1: Facebook Insert your group name. Select members to be added to this group. Click ‘Create’. Choose your privacy. Post your topics to start a discussion. Select your activities.
  • 19. Chapter 1: Facebook 13 STEP 10 Creating Events Then, click ‘Create an At your Facebook Event’. homepage, click ‘Events’. Insert the information of your event. Then, click ‘Create Event’.
  • 20. 14 Chapter 1: Facebook REFERENCES Baker, P. 1999. Creating learning communities: The unfinished agenda. In B. A. Pescosolido & R. Aminzade (Eds.), The social works of higher education (pp. 95- 109). Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press. Caroline Lego Muñoz & Terri L Towner. 2009. Opening Facebook: How to Use Facebook in the College Classroom. http://www46.homepage.villanova.edu/john.immerwahr/TP101/Facebook.pdf [7 March 2011] Mazer, J. P., Murphy, R.E., & Simonds, C. J. 2007. I’ll see you on ‘Facebook’: The effects of computer-mediated teacher self-disclosure on student motivation, affective learning, and classroom climate. Communication Education, 56, 1-17. PennState. 2007. 7 Things You Need to Know about Facebook Applications. http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/facebook_applications.pdf [7 March 2011]
  • 21. Chapter 2: Twitter 15 Chapter 2 TWITTER WHAT IS TWITTER? Microblogging is a Web 2.0 technology and a new form of blogging that allow users to publish online brief text updates, usually less than 140-200 characters. The posts can be edited and accessed online, or sent as SMS, e-mail or via instant messaging clients. Usually, the microblogs authors embed their posts as a widget on blogs or sites. Microblogging enables a real-time interaction between users, using different devices, technologies and applications. The best known microblogging services are Twitter (Carmen & Gabriela 2008). Twitter is a website, owned and operated by Twitter Inc., which offers a social networking and microblogging service, allowing its users to send and read messages called tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the user's profile page. The short format of the tweet is a defining characteristic of the service, allowing informal collaboration and quick information sharing that provides relief from rising email and IM fatigue. Twittering is also a less gated method of communication: you can share information with people that you would not normally exchange email or IM messages with, opening up your circle of contacts to an ever-growing community of like-minded people (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter).
  • 22. 16 Chapter 2: Twitter ADVANTAGES OF TWITTER Advantages of Twitter include the following: 1. Twitter is easy to use. In registration, it will only take you less than a minute to join, and no confirmation e-mail needed. 2. You can create as many accounts as you want. Followers are considered friends. Once they follow you through your tweets, you can follow them back and immediately considered you as a friend. 3. Message boards or “tweets” itself can be viewable in public whether you are friends or not, and you may include your URL as well which is clickable. 4. Twitter also has unique profile templates, which can be created through HTML mode or purchase it through legitimate dealers in different auction sites related to templates. (Source: http://unblocked.me/twitter_faq/advantages-and-disadvantages-of- twitter.php) WAYS OF USING TWITTER IN EDUCATION The following are some ways of using Twitter in education according to Steve Wheeler (2009): 1. Twit Board: Notify students of changes to course content, schedules, venues or other important information. 2. Summing Up: Ask students to read an article or chapter and then post their brief summary or précis of the key point(s). A limit of 140 characters demands a lot of academic discipline. 3. Twit Links: Share a hyperlink – a directed task for students – each is required to regularly share one new hyperlink to a useful site they have found. 4. Twitter Stalking: Follow a famous person and document their progress. Better still if this can be linked to an event.
  • 23. Chapter 2: Twitter 17 5. Time Tweet: Choose a famous person from the past and create a twitter account for them – choose an image which represents the historical figure and over a period of time write regular tweets in the role of that character, in a style and using the vocabulary you think they would have used (e.g. William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar). 6. Micro Meet: Hold discussions involving all the subscribing students. As long as everyone is following the whole group, no-one should miss out on the Twitter stream. All students participate because a sequence of contributors is agreed beforehand. 7. Micro Write: Progressive collaborative writing on Twitter. Students agree to take it in turns to contribute to an account or ‘story’ over a period of time. 8. Lingua Tweeta: Good for modern language learning. Send tweets in foreign languages and ask students to respond in the same language or to translate the tweet into their native language. 9. Tweming: Start off a meme – agree on a common hash-tag so that all the created content is automatically captured by Twemes or another aggregator. 10. Twitter Pals: Encourage students to find a Twitter ‘penpal’ and regularly converse with them over a period of time to find out about their culture, hobbies, friends, family etc. Ideal for learning about people from other cultures.
  • 24. 18 Chapter 2: Twitter GET STARTED WITH TWITTER STEP 1 Go to: http://www.twitter.com. STEP 2 Sign Up/Register To create a twitter account, click ‘Sign Up’. Fill up the appropriate information: Full name, username, password and valid email address. Next, you need to access the email account you have Then, click entered. Twitter will ‘Create my send you a account’ confirmation email. Click on the link in that message to confirm your email address.
  • 25. Chapter 2: Twitter 19 You will be taken to the twitter page and you need to sign in first to use your registrated username and password. STEP 3 Finding Friends Click ‘Find Friends’. Find friends on Twitter through your email accounts, such as Gmail, Yahoo!, AOL, Hotmail and MSN accounts. Also, Twitter will give you a list of people among your email friends who have Twitter accounts.
  • 26. 20 Chapter 2: Twitter STEP 4 Becoming a Tweeter foll Click ‘Tweet’ to update and let Write here to start a people know and conversation on retweet what Twitter. you are up to. STEP 5 Following To start following (know the latest post and update), open the page you want to follow then click the icon ‘Twitter’. Or, you can click ‘Who To Then, key in the Follow’ at a your twitter keyword to start page. searching the page you want to follow.
  • 27. Chapter 2: Twitter 21 The screen will be like this. Click here to start following. Click ‘Reply’ to write a Click ‘Retweet’ to reply/tweet the post. the post you like. REFERENCES Advantages and disadvantages of Twitter. http://unblocked.me/twitter_faq/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-twitter.php [27 May 2011] Carmen Holotescu & Gabriela Grosseck. 2008. Using microblogging in education. http://www.scribd.com/doc/2286799/Can-we-use-Twitter-for-educational- activities [27 May 2011] Steve Wheeler. 2009. Teaching with Twitter. http://steve- wheeler.blogspot.com/2009/01/teaching-with-twitter.html [27 May 2011] Wikipedia: Twitter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter [27 May 2011]
  • 28. 22 Chapter 3: Linkedin Chapter 3 LINKEDIN WHAT IS LINKEDIN? LinkedIn is a huge database of professionals. The standardized information entered by users such as “Profile Headline”, “Summary”, “Education”, “Company”, etc. categories allow us to pinpoint the person we are looking depending on specific factors. In short, LinkedIn is the place to find and be found (Neal Schaffer 2009). BENEFITS FOR STUDENTS The following are benefits of Linkedin to students: 1. Increased skill and proficiency in technology. 2. Increased exposure to diverse views. 3. Development of communication skills. 4. Increased ability to work on group projects. 5. Many students already use these forms of technology, so they might be more engaged in learning if they are utilized. 6. Students can develop a positive image of themselves by putting best qualities out there. 7. Keeping in touch. 8. Creativity. (Source: http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/content/7-ways-college-students- can-benefit-linkedin)
  • 29. Chapter 3: Linkedin 23 BENEFITS FOR TEACHERS The following are some benefits of using Linkedin for teachers: 1. Cheap and effective way to relay information to parents and get word out about school and events. 2. Can reach parents who are unable to come to school. 3. Can form partnerships with schools in other states or countries. 4. Collaborate with other teachers. 5. Exchange lesson plans and information. 6. Increased access to resources. (Source: http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/content/7-ways-college-students- can-benefit-linkedin) WAYS STUDENTS CAN BENEFIT FROM LINKEDIN The following are some ways student can benefits from Linkedin: 1. Getting job email alerts. 2. Connecting with professionals. 3. Conducting company research. 4. Getting recommendations. 5. Letting companies find you. 6. Connecting with other students. 7. Landing international jobs. (Source: http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/content/7-ways-college- students-can-benefit-linkedin)
  • 30. 24 Chapter 3: Linkedin GET STARTED WITH LINKEDIN STEP 1 Go to: http://www.linkedin.com/ STEP 2 Join Now/Sign Up If you do not have a LinkedIn account, you need to register and fill in the required information. Then, click ‘Join Now’.
  • 31. Chapter 3: Linkedin 25 LinkedIn will send an email to your Click the link to sign up email. confirm your email address. This window will appear. You need to click the ‘Confirm’ button’. Now you can sign in your LinkedIn account. Insert you email address and password. Then click ‘Sign In’. STEP 3 Invite Friends To invite friends and connect using LinkedIn, insert your friends’ email address here. Then click ‘Send Invitation’.
  • 32. 26 Chapter 3: Linkedin STEP 4 Editing Your Profile To start editing your profile, click the ‘Profile’ tab here. Go to ‘Edit Profile’. Adding profile photo To add/change your photo profile, click ‘Add Photo’. You also can post and share your update here. Browse picture from your computer file. Click the ‘Upload Photo’ button.
  • 33. Chapter 3: Linkedin 27 You can check the percentages of your You can share your profile to others LinkedIn completeness profile. members. You also can save and print it in pdf Click them to update. format. STEP 5 Search & Add Network Insert the name of the person you want to search in LinkedIn. Or, you can search using the advance search version here.
  • 34. 28 Chapter 3: Linkedin List of people in the search result Number of search results. Choose and click at the person you want to add as a network. Click here to add to your network. Or, you can send an email before you add.
  • 35. Chapter 3: Linkedin 29 REFERENCES What is LinkedIn and Why Should You Join? http://windmillnetworking.com/2009/08/26/what-is-linkedin-and-why-should- you-join/ [11 August 2011] Teaching and Learning Resources / Social Networking. http://teachinglearningresources.pbworks.com/w/page/31012687/Social%20Ne tworking [11 August 2011] 7 ways college students can benefit from Linkedin. 2011. http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/content/7-ways-college-students-can- benefit-linkedin [11 August 2011]
  • 36. 30 Chapter 4: Blogger Chapter 4 BLOGGER WHAT IS A BLOG? Generally, a weblog or blog is a personal diary, collaborative space, breaking-news outlet and a collection of links to your own private views memos to the world. In short, your blog is whatever you want it to be. There are so many of them, in various shapes and sizes, and there are no real rules. In simple terms, a blog is a website, where you write stuff on an ongoing basis. New stuff shows up at the top, so your visitors can read what is new. Then they comment on it or link to it or email you. In the field of education, blog or weblogs are being used to satisfy a variety of communication needs to favour e-learning practices (Susana & Sergio 2007). ADVANTAGES OF WEBLOGS OR BLOGS According to Susana and Sergio (2007), weblogs or blogs have several advantages: 1. They are easy to setup and administrate in contrast to other technologies. 2. They are easier to publish all types of resources (text, images, video, etc.) to the Web when compared to traditional web publishing. 3. They allow instant publishing with just one click and are easy to create and maintain, as opposed to traditional web pages that are labor-intensive and require at least some web design knowledge (HTML, CSS, JavaScript). 4. They can be updated easily, from anywhere without having to worry about FTP connections, web authoring software, etc. 5. They have the ability to reach a large audience without losing information quality and allowing for different levels of detail. They break the trade off between reach and richness of information. 6. The access to information posted in weblogs is 24/7 (anytime/anywhere)
  • 37. Chapter 4: Blogger 31 7. No special blogging software is needed to create a weblog. Some bloggers use plain HTML to create their weblogs. However, most blogging software allows a person to create and maintain a weblog without knowing HTML. Instructor does not need to periodically request the learning logs to the students. 8. Other technologies can be applied jointly into a weblog. For example, using of Wikis as enablers for group writing and knowledge sharing (eg. building glossaries). BENEFITS OF USING A BLOG The following are the benefits of using a blog listed by Anamaria (2010): 1. A blog allows web-savvy students to legitimately use their favorite source of information, the Internet, and makes use of their skills for the purposes of the program. 2. It increases the students’ motivation to take an active part in the learning process, since blogging is fun and interesting. 3. It develops the communication skills of students that are less internet-savvy through peer-to-peer learning. 4. It keeps students informed with the most up-to-date information about of their object of study. 5. Through the use of comments and other forms of feedback, it develops critical thinking (and the appropriate ways to put it into writing). 6. It is a portal for creativity and personal initiative where good ideas are rewarded not only with good grades but also with direct responses from readers across the web. 7. It increases the visibility of our programs on the web and has the effect of giving it a more clearly defined positive image, which in turn may result in higher commitment of the students to the program and a sense of pride in their work. 8. It makes learning flat, not hierarchical, with the teacher as control point rather than unique source of information and interpretation.
  • 38. 32 Chapter 4: Blogger WAYS OF USING BLOGS According to Susana and Sergio (2007), weblogs can be used by instructors and students as follows: Instructor weblog: weblogs written by instructors are mainly used as an additional communication channel to share information with students. Instructor weblogs usually contain course content, course management information, general commentary to all students about their learning progress, etc. Student weblog: weblogs written by students are basically learning weblogs or project weblogs. A learning weblog (Lowe 2006) is a learning diary, created concurrently with the learning experience, and reporting on the learning content as wells as the process (including time taken, sources used, and so forth). A project weblog, often authored by a team of students, documents the project progress and findings.
  • 39. Chapter 4: Blogger 33 GET STARTED WITH BLOGGER STEP 1 Go to: http://www.blogger.com/ STEP 2 Sign Up/Registration To start creating your blog, you need to have a Google account. Click ‘Get started’ to create your account. To create a Google account, fill in the online form.
  • 40. 34 Chapter 4: Blogger Select your country. Enter your mobile Click ‘Send phone number. verification code to Start with your my mobile phone’ country code. and the code number will be sent directly to your mobile phone. Once you have received the verification code, enter it here. Then, click ‘Verify’.
  • 41. Chapter 4: Blogger 35 STEP 3 Name your Blog Enter your blog title. You can change your blog title later. Click here to check the availability of your blog title. Then, click ‘CONTINUE’. STEP 4 Choose your Templates Choose your template or you can choose it later. Then, click ‘CONTINUE’.
  • 42. 36 Chapter 4: Blogger Now your blog has been created. You can start posting and coustomizing your blog. Click here to start blogging. STEP 5 Posting To start posting, click ‘New Post’ at the top right corner of your blog page. Insert your page title. Type your text here. Then, you can choose ‘SAVE NOW’ or ‘PREVIEW’. If you are ready to publish, click ‘PUBLISH POST’.
  • 43. Chapter 4: Blogger 37 When editing your text, you can insert a link, an image or a video. You can upload your videos from your own folder or from YouTube. STEP 6 Commenting a Post This page will appear and you can type your comments here. To start commenting, open the post you want to comment, and click ‘Comment’. Then, click ‘Post Comment’. You can ‘Preview’ the comments before publishing it.
  • 44. 38 Chapter 4: Blogger STEP 7 Customizing your Blog This page will appear and you can To customize your click and drag the blog, click ‘Design’ page element of at the top right hand your blog. corner of your blog page. Then, you can ‘Preview’ and ‘Save’. You can add a gadget to your blog. You can choose from the various gadgets available.
  • 45. Chapter 4: Blogger 39 REFERENCES Anamaria Dutceac Segesten. 2010. Blogs in higher education – some ideas about their benefits and downsides. http://uvenus.org/2010/06/07/blogs-in-higher- education-%E2%80%93-some-ideas-about-their-benefits-and-downsides/html [4 May 2011] http://gplsi.dlsi.ua.es/proyectos/webeso/pdf/inted07.pdf [4 April 2011] Lowe, A.J. 2006. Blog use in teaching – Dragster activity. Internet: http://www.webducate.net/dragster2/examples/bloguse/. [4 May 2011] Susana de Juana-Espinosa & Sergio Lujan-Mora. 2007. The use of weblogs in higher education: Benefits and barriers. What’s a blog. http://www.blogger.com/tour_start.g [4 May 2011]
  • 46. 40 Chapter 5: Wordpress Chapter 5 WORDPRESS WHAT IS WORDPRESS? WordPress is a free online publishing. It is a web-based software program that allows anyone to build and maintain in term of creating and editing a website or blog. It was originally intended as an easy way to set up a blog. (Source: http://www.mcbuzz.com/wordpress/what-is-wordpress/) ADVANTAGES OF WORDPRESS Wordpress is the most common choice for blog users because of the following features: 1. Ease of use and versatility - WordPress is suitable for just about anybody - from the absolute novice to the advanced programmer. 2. Feature-rich interface - WordPress has a rich text editor with advanced multimedia support. 3. Expandable - WordPress's community distributes a large number of modules for almost any popular website feature. 4. It is Open Source - Free to install and use Wordpress for your site. (Source: http://kb.siteground.com/article/What_is_WordPress.html)
  • 47. Chapter 5: Wordpress 41 WAYS OF USING WORDPRESS The following are some ways of using Wordpress: 1. WordPress is an easy-to-use platform, it can be used as as a platform to build just any kind of website and including portfolio website (Cameron 2009) 2. WordPress as the engine behind your organisation website and classroom blogs. You can log in to the class website online and use the web interface to add contest to your website (Kuroneko 2008). 3. WordPress allows you to set up various levels of access to your site by changing the user role. That way, you can get students (and teachers) to write articles for your website, but you can control what actually gets published online (Kuroneko 2008).
  • 48. 42 Chapter 5: Wordpress GET STARTED WITH WORDPRESS STEP 1 Go to: http://wordpress.com/ STEP 2 Sign Up/Registration To start the registration, click the ‘Sign up now’ button. Fill in the form to create your WordPress account and your blog address. Next, click ‘Sign up’.
  • 49. Chapter 5: Wordpress 43 Once you have clicked ‘sign up’, this page will appear. You need to check your e-mail inbox to activate your account. You will received this email, and you need to click this link to start activating your account. Fill in the profile form. Save your profile by clicking the ‘Save Profile’ button. Once you have finished activating your account, you can login and start using WordPress.
  • 50. 44 Chapter 5: Wordpress STEP 3 Editing Blogs On your blog homepage, click ‘About’. Click ‘Edit’ to start editing the page. Click ‘Preview Changes’ before you click the ‘Update’ button. Delete the text, and start writing some information Click ‘Update’. about your homepage. To return to your homepage, click this button.
  • 51. Chapter 5: Wordpress 45 STEP 4 Adding Links Go to ‘My Blog’. Click ‘Dashboard’. Click ‘Add New’. Insert the required information and click ‘Add Link’.
  • 52. 46 Chapter 5: Wordpress STEP 5 Customizing Appearance Click ‘Appearance’ at the dashboard page. This page will appear and you can choose your favorites themes and appearance. Select a theme and click ‘Activate’.
  • 53. Chapter 5: Wordpress 47 STEP 6 Commenting Post At your blog page, you can see the text ‘Comment’ here. To start commenting a post, you need to click this ‘comment’ text. This page will appear. Write your comments here. Click ‘Post Comment’ to submit/reply your comments.
  • 54. 48 Chapter 5: Wordpress REFERENCES Cameron Chapman. 2009. Ultimate Guide To Using WordPress For A Portfolio. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/29/ultimate-guide-to-using- wordpress-for-a-portfolio/ [8 March 2011]. Koruneko. 2008. WordPress Roles and Capabilities: How to get Students and Teachers to Put Content on Your School or Class Website. http://blog.classroomteacher.ca/68/wordpress-roles-and-capabilities-how-to- get-students-and-teachers-to-put-content-on-your-school-or-class-website/ [8 March 2011] What is Wordpress. http://kb.siteground.com/article/What_is_WordPress.html [8 March 2011] What is wordpress. http://www.mcbuzz.com/wordpress/what-is-wordpress/ [8 March 2011]
  • 55. Chapter 6: Edmodo 49 Chapter 6 EDMODO WHAT IS EDMODO? Edmodo is a free and private online social platform for teachers and students to share ideas, files, events and assignments. Edmodo provides classrooms a safe and easy way to connect and collaborate. The site is accessible online and from any mobile device via free smart phone applications. Built on a micro-blogging model and adapted to be used in education, Edmodo allows teachers to post messages and notes, discuss classroom topics, give assignments and grade classwork, share content and materials, and network and exchange ideas with their colleagues. In addition, they can maintain a class calendar, store and share files, have public (RSS) stream, and conduct polls. Edmodo is built around closed group collaboration, which means only students with a secret code can join the groups. (Source: http://www.edmodo.com) USING EDMODO IN EDUCATION The simplicity in terms of interface and accessibility makes Edomodo an effective learning sphere. It allows an active participation from students. Edmodo provides tutors with a place to post assignment reminders, build an event calendar, and post messages to the group. Users can also share links, videos, and images. Edomodo can be the medium for tutors to communicate successfully to students in need of guidance. For subjects such as foreign language, tutors have been using Edomodo to set a co-class between them with language teachers from other parts of the world. Students can review links that were posted through an RSS feed easily. Tutors can also conduct other formative authentic assessments using Edmodo. An in-class assignment to read and analyze a passage could easily turn into a writing assignment.
  • 56. 50 Chapter 6: Edmodo Students could formulate and deliver answers, and respond to one another in turn. (Picardo, 2011). According to Jarc (2010), Edmodo allows him to keep track of students’ progress, deliver content electronically, send students alerts via email and text message, and most importantly has provided a quick and easy way to conduct authentic assessments. Using a discussion thread is almost like conducting interviews with students and their peerswhile encouraging dialogue, challenges students to write concisely and defend their positions with supporting information from their reading. Edmodo helps build a better and secure networking area, so the risks of being contacted bystrangers for non-academic purposes are greatlyreduced, thereby providing a safer environment in which students and teachers or tutors can interact and collaborate. It is also reduces the amount of paper used in classroom.
  • 57. Chapter 6: Edmodo 51 GET STARTED WITH EDMODO STEP 1 Go to: http://www.edmodo.com/ STEP 2 Register/Join Click ‘I’m a Teacher’ button. Fill up the information required. Click ‘Sign up’.
  • 58. 52 Chapter 6: Edmodo Edmodo Main Site Type of posts that User can user can perform. view or edit setting. User can claim profile URL. For new user, there is a list to guide users. STEP 3 Creating a Group Click ‘Create’. Type the intended group name. Click ‘Create’.
  • 59. Chapter 6: Edmodo 53 The code that will be used by the students to join the group. Click ‘Close’. STEP 4 Searching & Adding School Click ‘Settings’. Click ‘Add School’. Select the relevant country and Click ‘Search’. type the school name or postal code. Click ‘Add your school’ if it is not available.
  • 60. 54 Chapter 6: Edmodo Fill in the required information. Click ‘Add School’. STEP 5 Changing Settings and Notifications Click ‘Settings’. Click to ‘Upload a Users can photo’ or change the choose an type of animation instead. notifications. Privacy Users can options. change their personal information. Users can change the password. Users can ‘Add School’.
  • 61. Chapter 6: Edmodo 55 STEP 6 Adding Materials to Library Click ‘Library’. Click ‘Add to Library’. Click ‘Upload’ to add file. Click ‘Add to Library’. Uploaded files can be previewed here.
  • 62. 56 Chapter 6: Edmodo STEP 7 Creating a Folder Click ‘Library’. Click the ‘Folder’ icon. Type the Click on ‘Folder Name’. groups if you like to share. STEP 8 Posting Assignment Click ‘Assignment’.
  • 63. Chapter 6: Edmodo 57 User can also Type assignment ‘Load name Assignment’. Write the Set ‘due date’. description of the assignment. Assignments can be send to specific Click students. ‘Send’. STEP 9 Posting Poll Click ‘Poll’. Type your questions here. Type your answers here. User can ‘Add Answer’.
  • 64. 58 Chapter 6: Edmodo STEP 10 Posting Notes Click ‘Note’. Type your notes here. Users can send notes to User can include specific attachments to students. Then, click notes ‘Send’.
  • 65. Chapter 6: Edmodo 59 REFERENCES Edmodo. http:// www.edmodo.com. [27 September 2011] EdmodoReview. http://www.appappeal.com/app/edmodo/ [29 September 2011] Jen Dick, 2011. Tool Review: Edmodo. http:// http://newlearninginstitute.blogspot.com/2011/04/tool-review-edmodo.html. [1 October 2011] Picardo, J. 2011. Edmodo: What students think. http://www.boxoftricks.net/2008/09/edmodo-what-students-think/. [4 October 2011] Picardo, J. 2011. Edmodo: microblogging for classroom. http://www.boxoftricks.net/2008/09/edmodo-microblogging-for-the- classroom/#respond. [4 October 2011] Jarc, J. 2010. Edmodo – The Secure, Social Learning Network for Teachers and Students. http://trendingeducation.com/?p=69. [4 October 2011]
  • 66. 60 Chapter 7: Ning Chapter 7 NING WHAT IS NING? Ning is an internet-based service that allows users to create their own social networks and participate in other networks. Ning allows creators of networks to determine the site’s appearance and functionality, as well as whether the site is public or private. Most networks include features such as photos or videos, lists of network members and events, groups within the network, and communication tools such as forums or blogs. No special skill is required to set up a social network, and there are no limits to the number of networks a user can join. Ning offers no-cost networks, which are supported by advertisements, or users can pay for premium services that eliminate advertisement and let users choose network URLs that are separate from the Ning domain (Educause 2008). BENEFITS OF USING NING IN EDUCATION The following are some benefits of Ning in education: 1. Students can look for Ning sites on a particular subject when trying to research information for an assignment/project or just for general interest. For example, someone who wants to learn about tourism can search the Ning site and access any relevant information that will help them. 2. Read other people’s posts, see their photos and videos as well as learn new bits of information on your area of interest. 3. In addition, if anyone sign up and become a member of that NING page, he/she can contribute to the discussion and upload hes/her own content. (Source: Ning and Its Educational Potential 2009)
  • 67. Chapter 7: Ning 61 WAYS OF USING NING Registered users can create new social networks quickly, with no special skill required. Once a name and a URL are selected, assembling the network is a simple process of working through four screens. The user indicates whether the network is private (only invited people can view or join) or public; writes a tag-line and description of the network; assigns keywords; chooses from a selection of features (such as photos or videos, a blog events, groups, or gadgets) and uses drag-and-drop tools to place those features on the page; chooses a visual theme (colors, fonts, sizes) and can customize these choices; and decides what information users will be asked to provide to join the network. If membership is restricted, the creator can invite individuals to join. The creator of the network has access to other options, such as importing photos from Flickr, adding Ning features to Facebook pages, requesting access to source code to further customize a network, and including JavaScript that allows external tools to track network usage statistics. Various features permit users to read news or learn about related events, join groups, read and comment on blog entries, view photos and videos, and other activities as set up by the network creator. RSS feeds let users subscribe to updates from specific parts of the social network (Educause 2008). USAGE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING Ning provides an avenue for instructors to take advantage of social networks in a neutral setting, offering functionality and an experience that are familiar and comfortable to students. By creating social networks around academic topics, or even about specific projects for a course, an instructor can: 1. Facilitate a strong sense of community among the students, 2. Encourage personal interactions that can lead to the creation of new knowledge and collective intelligence.
  • 68. 62 Chapter 7: Ning In addition, Ning provides an opportunity for: 1. Students to create their own social networks. 2. Student to learn how to cultivate and sustain a community of users that might resemble professional contacts and relationships. 3. Easy way for a cohort of students to stay connected through their studies and beyond, even as they transfer to other institutions, graduate, or relocate. (Source: Educause 2008)
  • 69. Chapter 7: Ning 63 GET STARTED WITH NING STEP 1 Go to: http://www.ning.com/ STEP 2 Creating a Ning.com for Social Network Create a social network name. Create a web address for your social network. STEP 3 Sign up for Ning.com Click ‘Create’.
  • 70. 64 Chapter 7: Ning Fill in the required fields. STEP 3 Describing your Network Fill in the required fields. Then, click ‘Next’.
  • 71. Chapter 7: Ning 65 STEP 4 Adding Features Drag features to layout spots. Add features to layout. Click ‘Next’.
  • 72. 66 Chapter 7: Ning STEP 5 Customizing Ning a) Invite friends b) Broadcast message Write your message here. Then, click ‘Send’.
  • 73. Chapter 7: Ning 67 c) Latest Activities Choose your preferences. Click ‘Save’. d) Network Information Fill up the required information.
  • 74. 68 Chapter 7: Ning e) Features Choose your Then, click features and drag ‘Save’. to your layout. f) Appearance Select your appearance.
  • 75. Chapter 7: Ning 69 h) Members To add member, click ‘Invite More People’. i) Network Privacy Select ‘Public’ or ‘Private’. Then, click ‘Save’.
  • 76. 70 Chapter 7: Ning j) Feature controls Select your feature control. Then, click ‘Save’. STEP 6 Using the Master Key
  • 77. Chapter 7: Ning 71 STEP 7 Inviting People Insert the email addresses of the people you want to invite. Click ‘Send Invitations’.
  • 78. 72 Chapter 7: Ning STEP 8 Blogging Click a title for your blog entry. Write a description about what you are uploading. Add keywords about your blog. Click ‘Publish Post’.
  • 79. Chapter 7: Ning 73 STEP 9 Removing People from Ning Click ‘Manage Managers’. Select the members to be banned.
  • 80. 74 Chapter 7: Ning Click ‘Ban’ to remove member. REFERENCES Educause. 2008. 7 things you should know about…. Ning. www.educause.edu/eli [16 March 2011] Ning & Its Educational Potential. 2009. http://www.slideshare.net/pbowler/ning- tutorial-2009 [16 March 2009]
  • 81. Chapter 8: Grouply 75 Chapter 8 GROUPLY WHAT IS GROUPLY? Grouply is pioneering the “social group” — a new type of online community that combines the best features of social networks and online groups. Social groups offer the social interactivity, media sharing, and modern design of social networking sites like Facebook; and the rich discussions, popular email interface, and people-discovery opportunities found in traditional online group systems like Yahoo! Groups. With Grouply, you can create a new social group about anything you like or join a social group and connect with others who share your interests and passions. (Source: http://blog.grouply.com/about/) BENEFITS OF GROUPLY Grouply’s social group provide benefits such as:  A comprehensive email interface - All content can be both posted and received via email, providing a convenient way for members to participate.  Group analytics - Gain useful insights into membership activities through charts and graphs that show the most active members, the most popular topics, and member participation over time.  Advanced website privacy - Make some pages public, some viewable by visitors, and others for members only.  Cross-group administration dashboard - Review and approve members and messages for all the groups your run in one location. (Source: http://blog.grouply.com/migration-tool-moves-a-ning-network-to-a-free- grouply-social-group/)
  • 82. 76 Chapter 8: Grouply GROUPLY IN EDUCATION Grouply has long been a favorite tool in the education community. Teachers, parents, and students use Grouply social group to collaborate and share information with each other. Grouply for Education, is a special package of premium services offered at no charge to qualifying education groups such as schools, classrooms, and parent-teacher associations (PTAs). Grouply for Education specifically to meet the needs of teachers and educators. Grouply provides a rich feature set with dozens of applications to help parents, teachers, and students communicate and collaborate online, yet it is remarkably simple to configure and easy to use. Every Grouply social group includes a customizable community website, event management, discussion forums, an activity feed, Facebook integration, unlimited group members, 10 GB storage for photos and other content, and an app store with useful applications. (Source: http://blog.grouply.com/education/)
  • 83. Chapter 8: Grouply 77 GET STARTED WITH GROUPLY STEP 1 Go to: http://www.grouply.com/ STEP 2 Register/Join Click ‘Sign up’ to start registering with Grouply. Fill in the information required. Then, click ‘Next’.
  • 84. 78 Chapter 8: Grouply Insert your Yahoo or Google password to give Grouply access to your group. This is optional. Next, click ‘Submit’ or ‘skip’ this step. STEP 3 Finding/Inviting Friends To find/invite friends to Grouply, click ‘Invite’. Click the ‘Connect’ and ‘Find Friends’ button to invite friends.
  • 85. Chapter 8: Grouply 79 STEP 4 Setting Up Profile At your Grouply, click ‘My Profile’ tab. You can write anything you want here. To change your profile, click ‘Edit Profile’. STEP 5 Starting a Group Click the ‘Groups’ tab. Then, click ‘Start a Group’.
  • 86. 80 Chapter 8: Grouply Insert your group name and your group URL. Click ‘Next’. Then, fill in the descriptions of your group. Click ‘Next’.
  • 87. Chapter 8: Grouply 81 Choose the privacy preference of your group. Click ‘Next’. Invite friends to your group from other applications. Click ‘Next’. This is your group preview.
  • 88. 82 Chapter 8: Grouply REFERENCES http://blog.grouply.com/about/ [15 October 2011] http://blog.grouply.com/education/ [15 October 2011] http://blog.grouply.com/migration-tool-moves-a-ning-network-to-a-free-grouply- social-group/ [15 October 2011]
  • 89. Chapter 9: Squidoo 83 Chapter 9 SQUIDOO WHAT IS SQUIDOO? Squidoo is a relatively new site where anyone can create a free web page about his/her interest or passion. Squidoo is an example of a community-driven web 2.0 site. Squidoo pages are called lenses and are really easy to create. It does not take any special skill to create a lens and there are many different kinds of modules you can incorporate that create an interactive and visitor friendly site. Squidoo is a great web site that allows you to create a web site about your interests, passions and causes for free. It also allows you to contribute to charity, make money for yourself and generate huge amounts of traffic to your web site. Squidoo establishes you as an expert in your field. (Source: http://www.internet-marketing-4-small-business.com/what-is-squidoo.html) BENEFITS OF SQUIDOO 1. Squidoo lenses get indexed very quickly. Your lense can be found in Google search returns in 48 hours. 2. Google places a lot of value in the pages here on Squidoo. Most lenses will climb to the top of the results for their keywords (given that the lens is made properly). 3. Squidoo is free for all. (Source: http://www.squidoo.com/what-is-squidoo#module2778658)
  • 90. 84 Chapter 9:Squidoo BENEFITS OF CREATING A SQUIDOO LENS According to Pam Gaulin (2008), the following are some benefits of creating Squidoo lens: 1. Focusing on Web Writing Topics  Squidoo is an ideal way of teaching writers to hone their own web writing lens. Your web writing lens is the lens through which you narrow down and focus in on content.  Think of Squidoo as your own personal microscope of keyword phrases and topics. You may start out with one idea and as you build your lens you can begin to see the many different cells that can make up one topic. 2. Generating Web Writing Topics  During the lens creating process, you may also come up with new ideas. 3. Keyword Popularity  There are plenty of free ways to check on the popularity of keywords. Squidoo is an easy way to actually test out keyword phrases for popularity and web traffic. With your free Squidoo account, you have access to a dashboard which lists statistics, including how many visits your lens has received in the last seven days.  With Squidoo you can see which of your lenses is the most popular. This can be eye-opening when it comes to discovering searchable and popular topics. 4. Market to Niche Audiences  Another benefit of creating a Squidoo lens is that it can help you organize your content and promote it to niche markets.  By making one attractive web page with all of your related content, you make it easier for readers to find just the articles they need.
  • 91. Chapter 9: Squidoo 85 GET STARTED WITH SQUIDOO STEP 1 Go to: http://www.squidoo.com/ STEP 2 Register/Join At Squidoo home page, click the ‘Join for free’ button. Next, fill in the required information. Then, click ‘Join Now!’.
  • 92. 86 Chapter 9: Squidoo STEP 3 Starting a Lens Once you are logged in, at your Squidoo home page, click the ‘Start a lens!’ button. You have to write about your lens and make it specific. Then, click ‘Continue’. Next, insert your page title and other related information. Then, click ‘Continue’.
  • 93. Chapter 9: Squidoo 87 Insert tags for helping people to find your lens within Squidoo. Click the‘Continue’ button. Lastly, choose the option of the payment. Click the‘Continue’ button.
  • 94. 88 Chapter 9: Squidoo Here is the example of your lens preview STEP 4 Dashboard At the top left corner of your Squidoo page, click ‘Dashboard’.
  • 95. Chapter 9: Squidoo 89 Unlock items Statistic of Earn points in your your Your Squidoo when you Squidoo. cumulative account create lens. growth. settings. Go to the Lenses tab to view the list of your lenses. This is your dashboard page view. STEP 5 Editing Lens At your dashboard page, go to the‘Lenses’ tab. Click ‘Edit’ at the lens you wish to edit.
  • 96. 90 Chapter 9: Squidoo Preview Click the before you ‘PUBLISH’ button publish your to start publishing lens. your lenses. Click ‘Edit Title’ to edit your lense title. Click ‘Edit’ to start writing and posting an interesting topic.
  • 97. Chapter 9: Squidoo 91 REFERENCES Pam Gaulin. 2008. Benefits of Creating a Squidoo Lens. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/676915/benefits_of_creating_a_squ idoo_lens_pg2.html?cat=15 [4 October 2011]. http://www.internet-marketing-4-small-business.com/what-is-squidoo.html [4 October 2011]. http://www.squidoo.com/what-is-squidoo#module2778658 [4 October 2011].
  • 98. 92 Chapter 10: Google Wave Chapter 10 GOOGLE WAVE WHAT IS GOOGLE WAVE? Google Wave is an Internet-based communications and collaboration platform. Some called it a new form of real-time communications (MacManus 2009). Google Wave helps make real time, online, cross platform collaboration for users in digital world. It includes many elements of many different applications that have been separate from one another that are then integrated together to create an online social networking community. BENEFITS OF GOOGLE WAVE In Google Wave: 1. Users can create online spaces called “waves” which includes multiple discrete messages and components called “blips” that constitute a running, conversational document. 2. Communication in which separate copies of multiple messages are not sent to different people; instead, the content sides in a single space. Users can access the content, respond to it, change it, replay it, send it to a blog, or add new material or attachments. 3. Users can create a wave, enters content (a typed message, an attachment, a web-based widget) and adds other people to that wave. Although waves appear in a user’s “inbox,” waves, unlike e-mail, are not sent. 4. Users can access waves online, where they can read and edit existing blips, respond to them, or add new content. 5. Discussion can be real-time or asynchronous, as they can be edited, deleted, reply, or insert anywhere in the conversation. A playback feature lets
  • 99. Chapter 10: Google Wave 93 participants review the history of all blips and activities that took place in the wave; like a flash forward or some would relate it to flashing back history. 6. Google Wave supports drag-and-drop of media from the desktop or other applications, such as interactive maps, trip planners, a weather service, or informal polls. 7. Adding a blog to the contacts list will allow users to publish a wave to the blog while retaining complete Google Wave functionality. GOOGLE WAVE IN EDUCATION Google Wave can be used to attract students’ active participation in teaching and learning settings. Students and teachers can create a robust learning sphere and develop a good and effective communication relationship. Teachers can set assignments, online discussions, brainstorming sessions on Google Wave and also interact with other groups with similar education goals. Google Wave makes interactive coursework a possibility for non-technical students, moving larger numbers of students away from purely text-based assignments and into multimedia composition. Groups can conduct real-time joint review not only of documents but also of multimedia presentations. The evolution of how knowledge is created, stored, and shared is explored. It could provide an accessible way to model disciplinary thinking and processes with students. (Source: MacManus 2009)
  • 100. 94 Chapter 10: Google Wave GET STARTED WITH GOOGLE WAVE STEP 1 Go to: http://wave.google.com/ STEP 2 Sign up/Sign in For users with no Google account, click here. Sign in using a Google Click ‘Sign account. in’
  • 101. Chapter 10: Google Wave 95 Google Wave Main Site Navigation Inbox Waves or activities available for users. All waves or activities will be shown here. User’s Contacts STEP 3 Inviting People to Google Wave Invitation "nominations" to To invite others to share with their own join Wave, type their contacts. email addresses. Click add to invitation list.
  • 102. 96 Chapter 10: Google Wave STEP 4 Adding Contacts (with Google Wave account) Click + (add) button. Type new contact’s email address. Click ‘Submit’.
  • 103. Chapter 10: Google Wave 97 STEP 5 Getting Started on a Blank Wave Click on the ‘Blank wave’ icon. User can type anything or insert text, add hyperlinks and videos.
  • 104. 98 Chapter 10: Google Wave Click on G+ (google search) to search for images, web links and video and insert it to wave. Click to add participants to the wave.
  • 105. Chapter 10: Google Wave 99 The wave will be available to participants via inbox. Click to view. Participants of the wave can reply by typing here.
  • 106. 100 Chapter 10: Google Wave STEP 6 Starting a Discussion Click on the ‘Discussion’ icon. Preview A discussion template will be available. Users can just replace the template with his/her own.
  • 107. Chapter 10: Google Wave 101 Add participants to the discussion. The discussion wave will be available to participants via their Click to get inbox. started. Participants can reply to the topic.
  • 108. 102 Chapter 10: Google Wave STEP 7 Starting a Brainstorming Session Click the ‘Brainstorm’ icon. Preview A discussion template will be available. Users can just replace the template by using their own templates.
  • 109. Chapter 10: Google Wave 103 Example Click this Click to add window. participants. Participants will be able to view in their inbox. Click on the wave to view .
  • 110. 104 Chapter 10: Google Wave Participants can reply to the topic by clicking ‘Reply’. STEP 8 Starting a Meeting Click the ‘Meeting’ icon’.
  • 111. Chapter 10: Google Wave 105 Preview A meeting template is available for editing.
  • 112. 106 Chapter 10: Google Wave Click this window. Add participants to the meeting. The wave can be seen by participants in their wave inbox. To view it, participants need to click on it. Participants can type their reply and click ‘Done’.
  • 113. Chapter 10: Google Wave 107 REFERENCES MacManus, R. 2009. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_wave_use_cases_education.p hp. [5 October 2011] 7 things you should know about Google Wave. http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7055.pdf. [5 October 2011]. Google Wave. http:// wave.google.com/. [5 October 2011]