SOCIAL NETWORKING COURSE

WHAT IS SOCIAL NETWORKING?

http://www.commoncraft.com/video-social-networking (Good plain English, non-technical intro)

PURPOSES AND ADVANTAGES OF SOCIAL NETWORKING

Friends—Old and new

Sharing interests

Family unity

Business and organization

Getting Involved

Entertainment

Education and news

WHAT ARE YOUR INTERESTS NOW?

EXPORING SITES AND FORMATS

See our Social Networking blogs: http://www.broadbentpage.blogspot.com/

http://seniors-blogging.blogspot.com/

http://mashable.com/2007/10/23/social-networking-god (Fairly complete listing of links)

Youtube

FaceBook

GMAIL

TALK

Blogger

OrKut

picasa http://picasaweb.google.com/frank.broadbent4/GETTINGYOURPLACEONTHEWEB#a

flickr

myfamily.com/welcome/tour/

Twitter

linkedIn

Imeem

Bebo

RSS and Gadgets/widgets (AJAX)

opensocial (Google)

MySpace

Wikipedia

Wikis

Blogs

Craigs List

Furcadia (Role playing game)

Usenet, MUDs, listserves, chat rooms, forums, bulletin boards

GETTING ON LINE WITH BLOGSPOT, FACEBOOK AND TWITTER

SELECTING YOUR OWN MEDIUM OR GROUP PROJECTS

SHARING (Will you be my friend?)

Share ideas, discoveries, and questions on the Class blog

Share project with class.

http://www.grandparents.com/gp/content/expert-advice/long-distance-grandparenting/article/get-splashy-with-it.html

LIST OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES

Family is invoved in internet

My son, Bill, has run successful internet businesses starting with T-ShirtKing and now www.apppublishing.com
My daughter has done grahics on many sites and has some art sites including, www.broadbentdahlquist.com , and is developing Apps for iPhones at www.susanbroadbentapps.com.
I have developed sites for the Maine School Science Volunteers and www.navyleaguecascobay.org , plus others and blogs.

USEFUL INFORMATION FROM FORMER COURSE ON BLOGING

This is a blog used in a previous course. It has some tips on blogging and pictures of Sr. Collegers you may know:
http://seniors-blogging.blogspot.com/