Chapter 4: A little birdie told me... Twitter and other Social Media

This module was interesting. We learned about both sychronous and asychronous types of communication (sychronous requires both recipicents to be online at the same time like IM, while asychronous (like email) does not), social media sites, and how to practice proper netiquitte. I thought we learned some really useful practical things about using social media in a professional setting. One student said they used Twitter to post weather updates since they want to become a meterologist. I thought this was a great idea and a wonderful way to impress future employers. However, social media can be used against you when you are looking for a job. We learned how to track our digital dirt and the importance of minimizing any dirt. I don't really have any dirt, just maybe a few party pictures, but the idea of employers searching me, makes me a little nervous because my friends might post something stupid.

I definately feel as though I put the necessary time and effort into this module. However, I did lose track of a due date and had a late submission, which wasn't good.  In order to prevent this from happening again, I will be more organized in the future.

What's the good word? Well, here are a few:

Flaming- use of flagrant or insulting terms when responding to someone online
Message rule- tool on email that automatically moves certain messages (usually from certain senders) to specific folders
Wiki- webpages that can be edited or deleted by authorized users
Stationery- background image a user can add to outgoing email messages
Lurking- reading a mailing list's messages without responding or posting to the list (sounds much creepier than it actually is, in my opinion)

Useful Links


http://www.scribd.com/doc/3283966/The-Essential-Guide-to-Social-Media
An introduction to social media sites and guide on how to use them.