Comments on: Social network overload http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/08/social-network.html Technology, leadership, and the future of schools Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Repairman http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/08/social-network.html/comment-page-1#comment-14155 Repairman Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2007/08/social-network.html#comment-14155 One of my favorite Larson cartoons! Hey, Scott, I can hardly keep up with blogging and commenting on other blogs I enjoy. You shouldn't feel so bad! ;-) One of my favorite Larson cartoons!

Hey, Scott, I can hardly keep up with blogging and commenting on other blogs I enjoy. You shouldn’t feel so bad! ;-)

]]> By: Zac Chase http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/08/social-network.html/comment-page-1#comment-14156 Zac Chase Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2007/08/social-network.html#comment-14156 Does this beg the question, which tools are going to hang around? Since school started, I've been working fairly hard to find my balance between talking to people, returning e-mails, twittering, blogging (it's suffered the most though it's where I have the most to do), reading, commenting... Can the "market" support all of the tools available? Does the somewhat viral nature of these tools harm their usage? If a teacher is first introduced to blogging, twitter and IM, I would hypothesize that those are the tools they will use the most. If another teacher is first introduced to Ning, Skype and wikis, I would hypothesize those to be the most utilized tools. The diversity can lead to fissures. Are teachers using the tools they need or the tools they know? (Please ignore my question-to-answer ratio here.) Thanks for making me think. Does this beg the question, which tools are going to hang around? Since school started, I’ve been working fairly hard to find my balance between talking to people, returning e-mails, twittering, blogging (it’s suffered the most though it’s where I have the most to do), reading, commenting…
Can the “market” support all of the tools available? Does the somewhat viral nature of these tools harm their usage? If a teacher is first introduced to blogging, twitter and IM, I would hypothesize that those are the tools they will use the most. If another teacher is first introduced to Ning, Skype and wikis, I would hypothesize those to be the most utilized tools.
The diversity can lead to fissures. Are teachers using the tools they need or the tools they know?
(Please ignore my question-to-answer ratio here.)
Thanks for making me think.

]]> By: RogerWhaley http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/08/social-network.html/comment-page-1#comment-14157 RogerWhaley Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2007/08/social-network.html#comment-14157 Couldn't agree more about number 4. There is also Dunbar's Number...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar's_number I don't think you really can have a relationship with everyone. Even if everyone wants to have a relationship with you! So what do we do next? Wait for a clear winner in social networking tools and then pick your sites? Couldn’t agree more about number 4.

There is also Dunbar’s Number…http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar's_number

I don’t think you really can have a relationship with everyone. Even if everyone wants to have a relationship with you!

So what do we do next? Wait for a clear winner in social networking tools and then pick your sites?

]]> By: A. Mercer http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/08/social-network.html/comment-page-1#comment-14158 A. Mercer Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2007/08/social-network.html#comment-14158 Well then, I'll thank you publicly here for being the first edublogger to Skype with me. You started me on the road which has led to me to becoming a webcaster at Ed Tech Talk. It's now official: http://www.webcastacademy.net/node/1264 Your patience and time were invaluable as I started on this road. Thank you! Well then, I’ll thank you publicly here for being the first edublogger to Skype with me. You started me on the road which has led to me to becoming a webcaster at Ed Tech Talk. It’s now official: http://www.webcastacademy.net/node/1264

Your patience and time were invaluable as I started on this road. Thank you!

]]> By: Nick http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/08/social-network.html/comment-page-1#comment-14159 Nick Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2007/08/social-network.html#comment-14159 #2, #7, #8- all of them are solvable by using a cute social aggregator called 8hands It merge on all of your profiles into a single interface on your desktop! You don't have to keep logging in to networks, and you can be sure that you won't miss anything cause it provides live notifications. #2, #7, #8- all of them are solvable by using a cute social aggregator called 8hands
It merge on all of your profiles into a single interface on your desktop!
You don’t have to keep logging in to networks, and you can be sure that you won’t miss anything cause it provides live notifications.

]]> By: K Haugen http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/08/social-network.html/comment-page-1#comment-14160 K Haugen Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2007/08/social-network.html#comment-14160 Here I am in the before-school hours wondering what to do with my new Ning account, how to get to my blog, when to update our school's web site (the old fashioned way), and on and on. I turn to my RSS feeds for some news and inspiration, and find someone's read my mind and even given it a name, 'social network overload.' I'd like to wait for the 'clear winner,' too, simply for a smaller field, if I felt that winning had anything to do with quality of service. A big issue I have with all the web services out there now is that most 'pop up' through popularity, which doesn't always equate with quality. When we're providing (or usurping) these opportunities for our students, quality is what counts. Where to go with that? Ummm... dangerously close to the time I need to get my kids and myself off to school! I'll think on it over some scrambled eggs... Here I am in the before-school hours wondering what to do with my new Ning account, how to get to my blog, when to update our school’s web site (the old fashioned way), and on and on. I turn to my RSS feeds for some news and inspiration, and find someone’s read my mind and even given it a name, ‘social network overload.’ I’d like to wait for the ‘clear winner,’ too, simply for a smaller field, if I felt that winning had anything to do with quality of service. A big issue I have with all the web services out there now is that most ‘pop up’ through popularity, which doesn’t always equate with quality. When we’re providing (or usurping) these opportunities for our students, quality is what counts. Where to go with that? Ummm… dangerously close to the time I need to get my kids and myself off to school! I’ll think on it over some scrambled eggs…

]]> By: The Social Networking Weblog http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/08/social-network.html/comment-page-1#comment-14161 The Social Networking Weblog Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2007/08/social-network.html#comment-14161 <strong>When Do You Find the Time?</strong> Lets face it, social networking takes a lot of time. You need to read your friends blog entries, read all to comments posted to you, find and accept new friends and see all their latest photos. At the same time... When Do You Find the Time?

Lets face it, social networking takes a lot of time. You need to read your friends blog entries, read all to comments posted to you, find and accept new friends and see all their latest photos. At the same time…

]]>