Fin de la nuit

The journey continues. I have just posted my first Slideshare presentation, based on the one I gave at a conference last week. As with each new social media tool I use, I feel really nervous. I know perfectly well that only a handful of people look at it, but somehow it feels quite different, as if everyone online could see it. I'll probably create a link from my LinkedIn page, to create a more complete professional portrait.

The Week 3 group task involves looking at how I might support the digital and lernaing literacies of students on my course. There's a personal element and a group element. For the personal element, I would like to consider how I could embed the use of Lindked in my MA professinal courses, to intiate and enhance students' social presence, particularly in the induction modules (ie the modules that students first do). Quite a few students have LinkedIn accounts already, but some don't, so I would need to put together a slide presentation (may be with voice-over) to explain: what LinkedIn is what the benefits are (and possible problems) give some hints about how to use the software. My prof comm students are usually very computer savvy, so an issue here could be that some will know more than I do!. Another issue is where to consider about the slide presentation: should it go within the 'walled garden' of the Blackboard environment supported by my university, or out ther...