Brian Dixon’s presentation to our class was interesting for a couple of reasons. I liked that he talked about how social media could be beneficial beyond the classroom. From my personal standpoint, this wasn’t all that new. I already used Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Depending on what’s going on, I’ll post pretty regularly to Facebook. I have my resume on LinkedIn and I’ve used it to search for and network for jobs. I’m not a regular tweeter, but I do follow people and news sites and I have followers. (You can follow me at @swilmore).
I’ve essentially compartmentalized how I use various social networking sites. I use Facebook to keep up with family and friends. I use Twitter to keep abreast of news events. I find that I tend to pick up new people to follow based on news events. I’m following CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien and would suggest others in the class follow her (@Soledad_Obrien) also because of her recent documentary: “Don’t Fail Me: Education in America’’. I haven’t been able to watch it yet, but through Twitter, I’ve kept up with the feedback on it. Finally I use LinkedIn for professional reasons.
I think it’s a good idea that Brian is pushing his students to develop professional relationships on the various social networking sites. This is very good advice for them.
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