social media presentation for the computer club
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Presentation from the WVSCC on Wednesday, April 27, 2011.TRANSCRIPT
Social Networking
Stresses, Strategies and Success Tips
Stresses
Privacy Protecting yourself Peer Pressure
Privacy
There is only as much information out there as you allow.
What you sign up for and who sees it is up to you.
Privacy: Signing Up
Many websites don’t ask for more than your email address and a password.
Other times you may be asked to create a username, verify location or provide other information.
Privacy: Passwords
Choosing a password can be hard. Best Practices:
8 characters long At least one capital letter At least one number Use a symbol (&) if the website will allow it Change every three months Avoid using personal information like birthdays
or addresses
Privacy: Passwords
Use substitution to help create a password
Start: potatosalad (11 characters) Next: p0tatosa1ad (2 numbers) Next: p0t@to$a1ad (2 symbols) Next: p0T@to$a1aD (2 capitals)
To store hard to remember passwords write them down rather than saving them to your computer.
Privacy: Signing Up
Facebook: There are many levels of privacy
settings in Facebook, and you have to decide what information that you want public.
Article: http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/02/facebook-privacy/
Privacy: Signing Up
Always read the Terms of Service when signing up for an account online.
Protect Yourself
Always sign out of public computers
Read the Use Agreements
Check the Default Settings
Peer Pressure
Who is using Social Networking Sites anyway?
Everyone.
Well, not everyone, but 56% of Canadians have an account with a social networking website.
Statistic from “Social Networking: 2009” Ipsos-Reid poll.
Peer Pressure cont.
“Social networking sites have become increasingly popular among Canadian Internet users. According to a poll by TNS Canadian Facts, a Canadian marketing and social research firm, online teens and young adults are the heaviest users of social networking sites, with 83% of 13-17 year olds and 74% of 18-29 year olds having visited at least one such site. Six in 10 people in their 30s have visited at least one social networking site and 45% of those in their 40s have done so. “ From:http://
www.privcom.gc.ca/information/social/index_e.cfm
Other Stresses?
Let’s Discuss!
Why even use these sites?
•Inform
•Collaborate
•Learn
•Share
Strategies
What do you want to share? With who?
Let’s look at some common social networking sites and who uses them, and for what
Business
LinkedIn Twitter
This site is aimed at business professionals and in addition to connecting people it also answers questions and finds jobs.
Twitter is a way to update people in 140 characters or less.
Examples: @WestVanLibrary:
http://twitter.com/WestVanLibrary @Kobo
https://twitter.com/kobo @VancouverSun
https://twitter.com/vancouversun Two West Vancouver Political Candidates
@JohnWestonCPChttp://twitter.com/JohnWestonCPC
@danveniezhttp://twitter.com/danveniez
Catching Up
Facebook Sharing Pictures
Picasa Flickr
Talk to Friends Chat Skype
Facebook is website that allows you to communicate with your “friends” or people you know.
You only interact with people that you have added as a friend.
Privacy settings vary.
How an organization uses facebook: http://www.facebook.com/westvancouvermemoriallibrary
Share Pictures
One fun activity is sharing your pictures with family and friends.
Sharing Pictures
Using a photo-sharing site you upload your photos onto the website.
Make sure to set your privacy settings to reflect who you want to see it.
Sharing Pictures
Two major picture sharing sites are: Picasa: picasaweb.google.com Flickr: www.flickr.com
Talk to Friends
Chat: is a term used to describe sending instant messages to your friends online. You need an email account to register You also need the email address of any
you wish to ‘chat’ with.
Talk to Friends
Chat Services: Some you might already have access to! Gmail comes with its own chat function A hotmail or live address lets you use
MSN messenger. Yahoo has Yahoo! Messenger as well.
Talk to Friends
Downloading Chat Services Sometimes, like with MSN Messenger,
you need to download a program in order to use it.
Talk to Friends
Some other services to look into: Skype: www.skype.com This service lets you speak with other Skype
users for free!
Hobbies
Blogs RSS Feed Readers Other
Blogs
Do you have something to share? Set up a blog! Examples:
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com http://overdriveblogs.com/ http://www.miss604.com/
Blogs
There are lots of free websites that allow you to create blogs.
Example: Blogger
Share News
Other services: Wordpress.com Livejournal.com Vox.com
RSS Feeds
RSS: Can stand for “Really Simple Syndication” or “Rich Site Summary”
It refers to a way to keep track of website updates
RSS Feeds
Example: CBC: http://rss.cbc.ca/lineup/topstories.xml
Library RSS feeds: http://catalogue.westvanlibrary.ca/screens/rssfeeds.html
RSS readers: Google Reader Bloglines Others are downloadable, just search
“rss reader”
RSS Feeds
Other
Try out: Librarything: where you can add
your books, and get suggestions! Allrecipies: Add recipes and
comment on others! Flixster: Rate and Review Movies
Discussion
Twitter Forums Most Websites
Just register and contribute!
Comment on News
Create an account with CBC or BBC news and leave comments on news stories!
Example: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/04/26/cra-rcmp-investigation.html
Find News
Digg Stumbleupon Del.ic.ious Websites like those above rank links
as to how many people have saved the links or how many people “digg” the link!
Success Tips
Choose your sites Choose your settings Choose your content
Some Resources:
Digital Tattoo Project: http://digitaltattoo.ubc.ca/
Password Strength http://www.passwordmeter.com/
CommonCraft: http://www.commoncraft.com/
Teach Parents Tech: http://www.teachparentstech.org/watch
Thank you!
Any Questions?