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NingNingA Workshop for UH COE

ETEC 687

October 9, 2008

Yuki Horikiri

Jean Isip

Penny Pereboom

OverviewOverview• Introductions

• What is Social Networking?

• Ning: features

• Ning: demonstration

• Create your social network

• More cool networks

Workshop ObjectivesWorkshop Objectives

• Define social networking.• Compare Ning with other social

networking sites.• Identify the main features of

Ning.• Create a social network on Ning.• Locate other social networks.

Participants will be able to:

IntroductionsIntroductions

• What online networks

are you a part of?• Why do you go there? / What do you do

there?• How does it add value to your life?• How often?

Social Networking in Plain EnglishSocial Networking in Plain English

Social Networking SimplifiedSocial Networking Simplified

• Online community of internet users

• Connect existing friends and family

• Make new friends, business contacts, relationships

• Find people with common interests: hobbies, activities, politics, etc.

SocializingSocializing• Creating a profile page

• Viewing other people’s pages

• Inviting people to your network

• Sending messages, participating in discussions

• Sharing pictures, videos and music

Benefits of Social NetworkingBenefits of Social Networking• Stay connected to friends and family• Meet people with similar interests• Gives you the opportunity to meet people you

may have never met• Create an online environment for your

classroom

DrawbacksDrawbacks

• Privacy

• Predators

• Imposters

• Losing interpersonal skills and connections?

Who is social networking?Who is social networking?Social

Network

F/M

A G E Total

14-17 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+

MySpace F 5,158,453 7,091,214 3,800,542 1,252,287 542,694 167,087 71,531 18,083,813

M 3,365,442 5,226,788 3,238,471 1,209,510 475,566 167,101 66,852 13,749,732

Facebook F 784,214 1,685,029 767,619 184,057 72,743 21,441 10,270 3,525,373

M 357,017 977,753 609,655 177,662 62,033 22,024 8,545 2,214,689

LinkedIn F 3,697 39,594 178,550 69,197 24,368 7,726 1,355 324,487

M 4,618 42,642 222,431 124,759 45,310 16,083 3,379 459,222

Flickr F 87,720 303,941 363,220 139,090 60,707 19,871 5,113 979,662

M 44,170 235,015 398,061 205,631 89,587 33,994 8,998 1,015,456

Who is social networking?Who is social networking?Social

Network

F/M

A G E Total

14-17 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+

MySpace F 5,158,453 7,091,214 3,800,542 1,252,287 542,694 167,087 71,531 18,083,813

M 3,365,442 5,226,788 3,238,471 1,209,510 475,566 167,101 66,852 13,749,732

Facebook F 784,214 1,685,029 767,619 184,057 72,743 21,441 10,270 3,525,373

M 357,017 977,753 609,655 177,662 62,033 22,024 8,545 2,214,689

LinkedIn F 3,697 39,594 178,550 69,197 24,368 7,726 1,355 324,487

M 4,618 42,642 222,431 124,759 45,310 16,083 3,379 459,222

Flickr F 87,720 303,941 363,220 139,090 60,707 19,871 5,113 979,662

M 44,170 235,015 398,061 205,631 89,587 33,994 8,998 1,015,456

Who is social networking?Who is social networking?Social

Network

F/M

A G E Total

14-17 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+

MySpace F 5,158,453 7,091,214 3,800,542 1,252,287 542,694 167,087 71,531 18,083,813

M 3,365,442 5,226,788 3,238,471 1,209,510 475,566 167,101 66,852 13,749,732

Facebook F 784,214 1,685,029 767,619 184,057 72,743 21,441 10,270 3,525,373

M 357,017 977,753 609,655 177,662 62,033 22,024 8,545 2,214,689

LinkedIn F 3,697 39,594 178,550 69,197 24,368 7,726 1,355 324,487

M 4,618 42,642 222,431 124,759 45,310 16,083 3,379 459,222

Flickr F 87,720 303,941 363,220 139,090 60,707 19,871 5,113 979,662

M 44,170 235,015 398,061 205,631 89,587 33,994 8,998 1,015,456

Who is social networking?Who is social networking?Social

Network

F/M

A G E Total

14-17 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+

MySpace F 5,158,453 7,091,214 3,800,542 1,252,287 542,694 167,087 71,531 18,083,813

M 3,365,442 5,226,788 3,238,471 1,209,510 475,566 167,101 66,852 13,749,732

Facebook F 784,214 1,685,029 767,619 184,057 72,743 21,441 10,270 3,525,373

M 357,017 977,753 609,655 177,662 62,033 22,024 8,545 2,214,689

LinkedIn F 3,697 39,594 178,550 69,197 24,368 7,726 1,355 324,487

M 4,618 42,642 222,431 124,759 45,310 16,083 3,379 459,222

Flickr F 87,720 303,941 363,220 139,090 60,707 19,871 5,113 979,662

M 44,170 235,015 398,061 205,631 89,587 33,994 8,998 1,015,456

Why Ning

?

Two Simple ThingsTwo Simple Things

to do on Ningto do on Ning

1.Join a group2.Create a group

Ning’s Unique

Features

Let’s Play!

1. Create your page

2. Manage your page

3. Add content

4. Invite me!– pereboom@hawaii.edu

Create Your First Page

Go to www.ning.com

ETEC Book Club

etecbooks

Step 1

Step 2

Penny Pereboom

pereboom@hawaii.edu

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There are so many great books on Educational Technology out there. Every month we will choose a title to discuss on this network.

Books for Educational Technology Enthusiasts

Educational Technology books

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

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Step 6

Create Your Own Page

Manage Your Page

Main Page

Main PageClick here to close messages

Edit your features here

Main Page

Links

Practice Managing Your Page

Add Content to Your Page

What else?

• Customize individual My page

• Members

• Upload Photos, Videos

• Start a Discussion

• Post events

Insert a linkInsert an image

Wikinomics Discussion

Read Wikinomics by Don Tapscott. Watch the video and post comments by due date.

Discussion

Let’s visit my page.http://

etecbooks.ning.com/

Conclusions

• Why / How will you use Ning?

• Ning provides the template – Contains good tools– You could start to create

your independent social network

Conclusions

• Limitations– Storage and bandwidth

• 10GB of storage and 100GB of bandwidth

• About 5,000 photos or 500 videos

– Ads– Your own domain name --- URL– Look for “ premium services ”

Last Tasty TidbitsLast Tasty Tidbits

• Twitter

• 43 Things

• Live Mocha

• Hi5

• Gather

• Profilactic

Thank you!

Please visit

Etec.wik.is

Complete our workshop evaluation and receive a parting treat!