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Tag Archives: social networking

Teaching the Concept or Teaching a Tool? Or, using Status.net for classroom microblogging

March 11, 2010 in Products by Julie Meloni

Although the title of this post hints at a bigger question, in this post I talk about possibilities for using a new product, Status.net, in your classroom.

What’s the buzz? Tell me what’s a-happening.

February 16, 2010 in Products by Julie Meloni

The world has had a week to live with Google Buzz, and it has been a wild week for both users and Google engineers. In this post I discuss some Buzz-related incidents (both good and bad) and some general tips for using Buzz in your daily social networking routine.

EduCon 2.2 — A ProfHacker Perspective

February 4, 2010 in Pedagogy by Jeff McClurken

We here at ProfHacker recognize the vital importance of K-12 education (both in the sense of a shared endeavor and in terms of the reality that successful K-12 teachers are essential for us to have any chance of succeeding in our own educational mission). In that spirit, this post explores an increasingly important K-12 education conference, EduCon.

Tools for Synchronous and Asynchronous Classroom Discussion

January 11, 2010 in Pedagogy by Julie Meloni

In this post, I discuss a few features of synchronous and asynchronous discussion models and the various tools that can help you achieve your scholarly needs—both in the virtual and physical classroom.

Academics and Social Media: #mla09 and Twitter

January 9, 2010 in ProfHacker by George H. Williams

A great deal of Tweeting took place before, during, and after the 2009 meeting of the Modern Language Association. So... how did all those Tweets affect people's experience of the conference? Let's find out.

Managing Facebook Privacy Settings (round 2)

December 11, 2009 in How-To, ProfHacker 101 by Julie Meloni

Facebook once again announced a change to their service, this time asking all 350 million of its users to personalize their privacy settings. But what does that really mean, and what are they really pushing you to do?

Managing Facebook Privacy Settings

October 26, 2009 in How-To, ProfHacker 101 by Julie Meloni

A reader recently asked: "Could ProfHacker do a piece on how to manage Facebook accounts so that I could remember how to keep my privacy settings up to date? I keep losing track of how to shield chat and newsfeed." Here's my long-winded response.

Mentoring Graduate Students Through Social Media, or How I Made it Through the Last 5 Years

September 29, 2009 in Life by Julie Meloni

After Amy recently wrote about how social media led her to Prof. Hacker, I was reminded that social media led me to graduate school in the first place. Without a doubt, I would not have started graduate school—nor would I be finishing, I don't think—without social networking. In this post I will talk about what social networking has meant to me, from the perspective of a graduate student.