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=**SOCIAL NETWORKING AND WEB IDENTITY**=

John Lee and Carl Young
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=Introduction= A Social Network is a social structure made of nodes (which are generally individuals or organizations) that are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as values, visions, and ideas. That's according to [|Wikipedia], but what's does it mean for us? In education, social networks can be classrooms, schools, professional organizations, or extended groups of students and teachers who are connected using the Internet. Participatory media allow for dynamic social networking opportunities.

While considering participatory media options for social networking, it is also important to think critically about Web Identity -- our online presence and the digital footprint we create in cyberspace. In effect, critically considering our web identity is, on the one hand, a strategy for impression management, but more importantly, it is a means of advancing and promoting our professional goals and endeavors as teacher leaders.

In this session, we will begin by considering the importance of a critical perspective on Web Identity, and then we will look at Social Networking options and begin the process of getting participants online in purposeful and professional ways.

=Web Identity: Critically Considering our Digital Footprint= Carl Young

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 * Introduction: Who are we?
 * Informed Insights
 * Intro and Investigate Activity
 * The Issues
 * What is Identity?
 * Being Proactive: Critically Crafting Web Identity
 * Examples
 * Discussion and Action Steps
 * Resources

= = =Are you //really// online?= Most of us spend a considerable amount of time online, but we might not think about how we live our lives online? There are a number of issues to consider. for example, what does it mean to have a friend online? Do you need to have some face to face contact with a person i order to develop a real relationship? What can we learn about other people from their online presence? Most importantly for us as educators, what can we learn while in online social networks?

We are online right now, and we are in a social network. But, our New Literacies Institute network is framed by online and in person characteristics. We are meeting face to face this week. Before the actual Institute began, we asked you all to join an existing and emerging online social network using a social networking tool called Ning. All this week, we are using online tools to extend experiencs that begin in face to face environments and to do things that might not have been piossible in person. The social network you joined is called the New Literacies Collaborative and is online at [].

=Tools for social networking= //...from micro to macro//
 * [[image:https://assets0.twitter.com/images/twitter_logo_header.png link="http://twitter.com/"]] || [[image:https://www.blogger.com/img/logo100.png width="206" height="60" link="https://www.blogger.com/start"]] || [[image:http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:uDADFxKXjrsmCM:http://juliegomoll.typepad.com/jules_says/images/wordpress.jpeg width="60" height="60" link="http://wordpress.org/"]] || [[image:http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:P5L3xns34LJS0M:http://videomaker.com/community/blogs/videonews/files/2009/01/youtube_logo.jpg link="http://youtube.com"]] || [[image:http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:P4PFaJCCLoRF7M:http://community.plus.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/facebook_logo.jpg link="http://facebook.com"]] ||

Blogging, a time suck or serious journalism?
//Here// Blogging has gone wild. An extreme take on blogging. If any of you blog regularly, you might be able to relate.

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//But//, [|Huffingfton Post] and others have changed the way we get news media information //And//, in education consider []

Tweeting, do we care what your doing?- depends on...what your doing
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You Tube, from the silly to the serious
//On// the silly side, a little ditty from David Choi [|You Tube a Love Song]

More fun from The video blogosphere

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//And//, a serious site from [|Bloggingheads.tv]

//More// from [|CitizenTube]

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Is Facebook a waste of time or a the changing the way we live???
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As with other social networking tools there are serious applications of Facebook from CNN [|Will Obama use 'Facebook Politics'?] Here President Obama's Facebook page [] - he has a lot of friends!

=Now it's your turn to...blog away= OK, now it's your turn to do some blogging. Some of you may already blog, others just on the outside looking in or even a bit reluctant. No matter your previous experiences with blogging, we all have one thing in common, we all write. Ultimately, that's what blogging is all about - writing. We would like for you to do some writing and to do it on the New Literacies Collaborative social network at [].

What are you going to write about? Of course, that is up to you, but here are a couple of ideas.

What's your take on social networking tools and in particular the need for educators to be "online?"

Tell us about your most recent experience learning something new. It could be related to teaching or a hobby of yours or really anything. The important part is how you learn. Share your experience as a learner given your professional life as an educator.

Describe your experiences with new literacies. What is your take on the new literacies? How are your ideas and perspectives changing? What do you know or not know about the new literacies?

//Remember//, you can post your blog entry after clicking on the My Page tab on the [] website.

//And//, just so you know, here is one place where I (John) blog []

Here are a few others
 * []
 * []
 * []
 * and of course the [|newlit.org blog]

//Also//, if you already blog, let's get your blog linked off the NLC Ning

//One more thing//, if you are feeling adventurous, set up your own blog at [|Blogger.com] or some other blogging service