1. Essentials of Digital Communications – Social Networks and Web 2.0 Jim Spellos BAEO 6 th Annual Seminar November 13, 2010

2. Terms of Endearment Web 2.0 Crowdsourcing Social Bookmarks Cloud computing Mashups/Apps RSS.

3. How Do You Prefer to Connect?

4. How Did We Get Here – A Quick Social Media History  SN & BBS’s  1995 – eBay & Craig’s List  The New Millenium  ‘03 – LinkedIn & MySpace  ‘04 – Facebook & Ning  ‘06 - Twitter Great Resource – Classroom20.com – Social network for those interested in Web 2.0, Social Media & Education.

5. Why Bother with Social Media? Really? Why Use It?Where To Spend Your Time The JonesesFacebook SharingBlogging, Twitter, Social Bookmarking Training/EducationYouTube, Podcasting Branding (Corporate)Blogging, Twitter, YouTube, Wikipedia, Social Bookmarking, Podcasting Branding (Personal) Add LinkedIn; Remove Wikipedia Customer Service Twitter, Blogging, Wikis, branded social networks Presence Blogging, Wikipedia, Podcasting,Facebook Twitter,SecondLife Make Oodles of $$$

6. Blogs Pods & Feeds… So, Do You Write a Blog? (and why not?) Why podcast? Feeding the beast. Searching for blogs? Try Google’s blog search tool – http://blogsearch.google.com

7. I Want (M)iGoogle RSS – Really Simple Syndication Subscribe to great content from blogs, news sites & other sources. Remember This Icon!

8. Why Facebook? (Re)establishing Connections Education Resource – facebook.com/education Customize for your needs!

9. Anatomy of a Tweet # - Hashtag – #baeo2010 @ - Mentions RT - ReTweet D username – Direct message. Another must – Using a URL Shortening Tool…Try Tinyurl.com

10. 8 Twitter Education Tags #education #edchat – Every Tuesday 12 & 7pm #4learning #ebc10 – Edublogger Conference tag. #edunews #highered #elemchat #teachertuesday Want more? www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html - Hundreds of educational hashtags you can follow.

11. What’s a Wiki? Wikipedia What About Educational Wikis? –Educationalwikis.wikispaces.com –Create your own – Google Docs Defined – A neutral & unbiased compilation of previously written, verifiable facts.

12. Thank You! James Spellos, CMP President, Meeting U. 718-224-5516 jspellos@meeting-u.com www.meeting-u.com twitter.com/jspellos