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Survey: Who am I this time?

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Published on July 1, 2008 in Social Media and Surveys. 4 Comments Print This Post Email This Post

“More employers are looking online to learn about their employees. Some people are putting sensitive personal information on Web sites, such as myspace.com and friendster.com. And some employers are watching.”
- NPR’s Steve Inskeep

As a webby college instructor teaching industry-focused courses I am frequently confronted with the challenge of explaining online reputation issues to students who have been generating online content since they were in high school. Their challenges are unlike any other generation.

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Social networking and social class: Survey

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Published on April 29, 2008 in Social Media. 3 Comments Print This Post Email This Post

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For those who have experienced inequity on the wrong side of the social and digital divide, social networking sites may not be experienced in quite the same way as those who enjoy material privilege and/or stability. In this sense, webby fun is relative to inclusivity. Especially in spaces that are not designed according to our actual identities, values, beliefs and experiences but the value of our consumer demographic data.

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My Twitter survey: results

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Published on April 3, 2008 in Social Media, Surveys and Technology. 0 Comments Print This Post Email This Post

About a month ago I created a short Twitter survey. The idea for this survey emerged out of discussions about using Twitter in learning environment and the varied responses I received from students and educators. This inspired me to capture and share these responses in hopes that we might, collectively, demystify this weird new moment of microcontent. I distributed the survey via my blog and Twitter network and solicited responses for two weeks.

Download it here: Twitter Survey [PDF]

Of all of the questions I asked, I was most interested in knowing HOW we can use Twitter for productive ends. Read on (below)

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Take my Twitter survey

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Published on February 17, 2008 in Announcements, Surveys and Technology. 2 Comments Print This Post Email This Post

Are you using Twitter? What do you think of it?

Do you have any ideas … about how Twitter might be used - for education, media, publishing, personal use, work, study, etc?

Having tried it in my own classroom, I’m especially interested in hearing from students, educational professionals/teachers and content producers (citizen or professional):