Today I attended my first ever Webinar, hosted by Adult Learners Australia on:
ins and outs of social networking online.
Robyn Jay is the presenter and provides a general overview but with a focus on Facebook.
Think of a social network that YOU are a member of?
- group or club
- purpose - why are you a member
- how do people join
- are there rules
- how are they determined
I used the example of belonging to the Tango group - joined to learn to dance, meet new people and have fun.
Moderator (Robyn Jay): Hi everyone - looking forward to the session - would love to know where you're from
Me: Hi Robyn, I'm in Brisbane
Melanie:Are you in Vic?
Melanie: Ah thought so with the footy metaphot
Bernadette: Hi Robyn, I am from Wyndham Community and Education Centre in Werribee. Bernadette
Moderator (Robyn Jay): Hi Bernadette
Melanie: I am in Sydney,
Moderator (michael chalk): Feel free to use the text chat to ask questions at any time..
Me: Good afternoon Peter
Peter & Denise: Hello from Denise & Peter in Brisbane
Moderator (michael chalk): [Notes] please ask questions in the text chat at any time, Robyn happy to be interrupted too.
Bernadette: I am in a local writing group as I like writing. Purpose is to share ideas and activities.
Jill K: NING and Facebook
Moderator (michael chalk): [Notes] there are often unspoken contracts underlying your social connections online.
Moderator (michael chalk): [Notes] the web expands our reach for connecting with like-minded souls. It's more likely we'll find people with similar interests online.
Me: is it more likely that we decrease the diversity of thinking when we connect with like-minded souls?
Moderator (michael chalk): [Notes] Ning is a social networking space like facebook, often used in education.
Nina: we at Morrisons are currently trialling YAMMER
Me: Nina - what do you think of Yammer?
Jill K: http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/members/ has over 20,000 members!
Moderator (michael chalk): [Notes] your online profile is often the basis of your introduction to a group.
Jill K: circumspect...
Melanie: it can easily take on a life of its own
Moderator (michael chalk): [Notes] What we write online stays online - persistently. Flippant comments can expand out of proportion without face-to-face expressions.
Moderator (michael chalk): [Notes] important to be mindful of group dynamics within these contexts.
Melanie: Instagram now also owned by facebook so will be integrated there now I guess
Pinterest useful for sharing things of interest with others possibly better than Delicious. Can connect Facebook to Pinterest
M Vincent: Sounds good - I am learning more which is great
Jill K: But you pin to Facebook don't you?
Moderator (michael chalk): http://pinterest.com/ yes that's right.
Peter: very handy information, nephew used last week while visiting from qld.
Peter: instagram, that is
Moderator (michael chalk): [Notes] underpinnings used to be around "tags" (especially flickr & social bookmarking) and also "RSS" (aka feeds or headlines).
Moderator (michael chalk): [Notes] underpinnings now around common interest groups and selective or thoughtful publishing. Thinking about who would be interested in the information (hashtags in twitter can extend your message to other forums).
Moderator (michael chalk): [Notes] need to avoid flooding people with information they won't like. (Really? What a good idea!)
Moderator (michael chalk): [Notes] levels of engagement, from "Like" to comment or even 'share'/ 're-tweet'.
Moderator (michael chalk): [Notes] motives to join facebook could include: stay in touch with family & friends who aren't into public blogging, twitter etc.
Deb: Only joined facebook because we started using it for work. Not sorry- keeps me in touch with lots of people that I don't have time to see.
Me: now that I'm away from my family find it very useful
Jill K: Most of my 'friends' don't post they just lurk
Me: that seems to be the case for me too Jill
M Vincent: keep up to date with family, what's going on but I am not a very active user
Me: although lurking is a good way to get a feel of social media
Janet Bromley: I use FB to connect to Family & friends and keep up with organisations in my area of interest.
Sue: I'm a "lurker"
Jill K: Perhaps we could start a group of chatters rather than lurkers...
M Vincent: me toii
Me: hehehehe Sue
Nina: I've liked other community houses and I like to see what they are up too. As well as post our Morrisons up dates
Peter: another lurker
Melanie: Oh thanks you this is what I have really needed!!
Me: take the plunge ... stop lurking!
Jill K: I NEED that slide!
Jill K: Also known as your 'wall'?
Me: or timeline?
Me: that's what I really like is the push from a site to my newsfeed
Jill K: So can we engage with a PAge?
Nina: morrisons, https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/CGEA-Morrisons/188234854559967 FB page
Me: yes, you can write comments (some don't have this on)
Jill K: Can you post there?
Nina: yes
Deb: Do groups show up in newsfeeds?
Me: I've found you need to 'promote' groups to your favourites just like any page likes
Jill K: SO which should a Learn Local have - Page or Group?
Me: page
Melanie: so it is really a discrete place that doesn't reveal all the other things on your facebook page
Me: you may have to adjust your privacy settings but yes
Me: i opted to set up a professional identity separate from my personal identity but finding this troublesome
Melanie: can you set up a group from your own account or do you need to set up a new account in fB
Moderator (michael chalk): [Notes] Page for promotion of your organisation. Group for courses or conversations.
Moderator (michael chalk): [Notes] Switch on your critical examination when "apps" appear in facebook. Read the fine print, check the privacy implications etc.
Moderator (michael chalk): [tech] cough "adBlocker" for firefox or chrome. Stops the ads.
Jill K: Yep - if you're sick of seeing ads for menopause products - put your year of birth down 20 years!
Melanie: LOL Jill
Moderator (michael chalk): Good point Jill, change your age, and watch what happens.
Me: good idea Jill
Moderator (michael chalk): [tech] http://adblockplus.org/en/
Moderator (michael chalk): [Tech] "down arrow" near your name lets you change privacy settings.
Moderator (Adult Learning Australia): Setting to allow or disallow friends of friends to share
Moderator (michael chalk): [Notes] Robyn's slides available on the ALA site here for later https://ala.asn.au/events/global-connections-the-ins-and-outs-of-social-networking-online/
Jill K: YOu shouldn't need to create a new FB account - just change the email details...
Me: deactivate account?
Nina: I have deactivited an account before
Me: under account settings
Peter: ok
Jill K: You can archive but it's still hanging around...
Nina: but if you accidently log in again it reactivites it
Moderator (michael chalk): Someone took them to court over this because it was horribly impossible.
Me: you can download all data and then deactivate
Moderator (Adult Learning Australia): From Facebook help: http://www.facebook.com/help/search/?q=how+do+i+delete+my+account
Moderator (michael chalk): [Notes] rather than 'unfriending' you can filter their feeds via "hide story" or "subscribe to only important".
Jill K: FB, Youtube and texting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd520wZZGDE&feature=relmfu (common sense media)
Moderator (michael chalk): @Nina, i have separate facebook accounts for social / work life, because we were starting a FB page for work.
