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1 Social Networking Learning in Retirement Carleton University Fall 2009 Lecture 2 Popular Social Networks

2 Popular Web Sites Utilities Utilities Dictionaries Dictionaries Onelook Go To onelook Onelook Go To onelookGo To onelookGo To onelook Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Wikipedia Go To Wikipedia Wikipedia Go To WikipediaGo To WikipediaGo To Wikipedia

3 Maps Maps Mapquest Go To mapquest Mapquest Go To mapquestGo To mapquestGo To mapquest Google maps Go To googlemaps Google maps Go To googlemapsGo To googlemapsGo To googlemaps

4 Financial Financial Banking Banking Scotiabank Go To Scociabank Scotiabank Go To ScociabankGo To ScociabankGo To Scociabank Stock Portfolios Stock Portfolios TSX Go To TSX TSX Go To TSXGo To TSXGo To TSX Reservations Reservations Air Canada Go To Air Canada Air Canada Go To Air CanadaGo To Air CanadaGo To Air Canada

5 Search Engines “Universal Addressing” Google Go To Google Google Go To GoogleGo To GoogleGo To Google

6 Blogs From Wikipedia: From Wikipedia: A blog (a contraction of the term "web log") [1] is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. A blog (a contraction of the term "web log") [1] is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. [1]

7 Blog Sites http://www.blogtopsites.com / GOTO http://www.blogtopsites.com / GOTOGOTO

8 Social Networking Learning in Retirement Carleton University Fall 2009 Lecture 3A Popular Social Networking Sites

9 Portals Yahoo! Go to Yahoo! Yahoo! Go to Yahoo!Go to Yahoo!Go to Yahoo! Yahoo! provides a wide array of internet services that cater to most online activities. Yahoo! provides a wide array of internet services that cater to most online activities. It operates a web portal which provides content including the latest news, entertainment, and sports information, and gives users quick access to other Yahoo! services like Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Maps, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Groups and Yahoo! Messenger. It operates a web portal which provides content including the latest news, entertainment, and sports information, and gives users quick access to other Yahoo! services like Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Maps, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Groups and Yahoo! Messenger. My Carleton Go To MyCarleton My Carleton Go To MyCarletonGo To MyCarletonGo To MyCarleton

10 YouTube Go to Youtube YouTube Go to YoutubeGo to YoutubeGo to Youtube a video sharing website on which users can upload and share videos a video sharing website on which users can upload and share videos Flickr Go To Flickr Flickr Go To FlickrGo To FlickrGo To Flickr a photo sharing site a photo sharing site Posting Sites

11 Social Network Sites MySpace MySpace LinkedIn LinkedIn Facebook Facebook Twitter Twitter

12 MySpace Go to MySpace MySpace Go to MySpaceGo to MySpaceGo to MySpace a social networking website a social networking website LinkedIn Go To LinkedIn LinkedIn Go To LinkedInGo To LinkedInGo To LinkedIn professional connections professional connections

13 Facebook Facebook Facebook Facebook's mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected. Facebook's mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected. Millions of people use Facebook everyday to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet. Millions of people use Facebook everyday to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet. Go To Facebook Go To Facebook Go To Facebook Go To Facebook

14 Twitter From Wikipedia: From Wikipedia: Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the author's profile page and delivered to the author's subscribers who are known as followers. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the author's profile page and delivered to the author's subscribers who are known as followers.

15 Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow open access. Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow open access. Users can send and receive tweets via the Twitter website, Short Message Service (SMS) or external applications. Users can send and receive tweets via the Twitter website, Short Message Service (SMS) or external applications. The 140 character limit on message length was initially set for compatibility with SMS messaging, and has brought to the web the kind of shorthand notation and slang commonly used in SMS messages. The 140 character limit on message length was initially set for compatibility with SMS messaging, and has brought to the web the kind of shorthand notation and slang commonly used in SMS messages.

16 Twitter Play Clip Play Video Play Clip Play VideoPlay VideoPlay Video Twitter Go To Twitter Twitter Go To TwitterGo To TwitterGo To Twitter

17 Social Networking Learning in Retirement Carleton University Fall 2009 Lecture 3B Create a Facebook Group

18 Facebook Group Reference http://www.facebook.com/ help.php?page=414


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