logging in or signing up Using Blogs MySpace and Facebook aSGuest36760 Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 50 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: April 14, 2010 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Using Blogs, MySpace, and Facebook to Reach Your Students : Using Blogs, MySpace, and Facebook to Reach Your Students What We’ll be Covering : What We’ll be Covering Blogs What they are? How to create one for your library MySpace & Facebook How to use these social networking tools to reach your students Blogs : Blogs Do you know what a blog is? Blogs are like web pages except they are easier to edit. With a little practice, anyone can add material to a blog! Blogger : Blogger If you are not familiar with blogs, I suggest you try Blogger—www.blogger.com Blogger is a web-based tool that helps you publish to the web instantly Blog Software : Blog Software There are a lot of different types of blog software available. Some are free, others require a subscription. Some examples are: Expression Engine [IUSB uses](http://www.pmachine.com/) Moveable Type (http://www.movabletype.org/) and Typepad (http://www.sixapart.com/typepad/) [same company] Blogger (http://www.blogger.com) (free) WordPress (http://wordpress.org/)(free) LiveJournal (http://www.livejournal.com/)(has free version) How IU South Bend Libraries Use Blogs: : How IU South Bend Libraries Use Blogs: Our Libraries have 4 blogs. We use Expression Engine for all of them: Schurz Library Newshttp://ee.iusb.edu/index.php?/libnews One Book, One Campushttp://ee.iusb.edu/index.php?/onebook/ Learning Resource Center News http://ee.iusb.edu/index.php?/lrcnews/index/ Hammes Information Commons http://ee.iusb.edu/index.php?/infocomm/ How We Create Our Blog Entries : How We Create Our Blog Entries We log into expression engine: How We Create Our Blog Entries(continued) : How We Create Our Blog Entries(continued) We then choose which blog we want to publish in: How We Create Our Blog Entries (continued) : How We Create Our Blog Entries (continued) We then select what category we want to publish in within the blog: How We Create Our Blog Entries (continued) : How We Create Our Blog Entries (continued) We enter our information into the forms below, and then publish! What the Finished Product Looks Like : What the Finished Product Looks Like Examples of Library blogs : Examples of Library blogs An excellent list of public, academic and special library blogs is available at the Blogging Libraries Wiki: http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/index.php?title=Welcome_to_the_Blogging_Libraries_Wiki Subject Specific Library Blogs : Subject Specific Library Blogs Another type of library blog is the issue or subject specific library blog. A few examples are: Free Range Librarian http://freerangelibrarian.com/ Librarian in Black http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/ PaperCutshttp://papercuts.tscpl.org/ How to Distribute Your Blog to Readers? : How to Distribute Your Blog to Readers? A RSS (Really Simple Syndication) a very easy way to distribute your blog to readers How to put your blog out there to rich the audience? Submit your RSS feed to news aggregator like Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com Final Thought on Blogs : Final Thought on Blogs Hardest part, as with any new technology, is not so much the technology as creating consistently good material to put up on it What areMySpace and Facebook? : What areMySpace and Facebook? Social networking web sites Number of users MySpace: 106 million+ Facebook: 25 million+ Target audience MySpace: anyone who is 14+ Facebook: mainly college/university student, but open to everyone recently How to Sign Up For an Account? : How to Sign Up For an Account? MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/ Facebook: https://register.facebook.com/r.php When You Log into MySpace… : When You Log into MySpace… When You Log into Facebook… : When You Log into Facebook… How to Reach Your Students? : How to Reach Your Students? Look for friends Customize your profile Set up blog Set up photo album Invite friends to library event Look for Friends : Look for Friends Slide 22: MySpace Profile Slide 23: Facebook Profile Create Blog Entry: MySpace : Create Blog Entry: MySpace MySpace Blog : MySpace Blog Create Note Entry: Facebook : Create Note Entry: Facebook Slide 27: Facebook Note MySpace Photo Album : MySpace Photo Album Slide 29: FacebookPhoto Album My Event: MySpace : My Event: MySpace Create an Event: MySpace : Create an Event: MySpace Invite People to Event: MySpace : Invite People to Event: MySpace Want to Know Who is Coming? : Want to Know Who is Coming? My Event: Facebook : My Event: Facebook Create and Invite People to Event: Facebook : Create and Invite People to Event: Facebook A New Event is Up! : A New Event is Up! Who is Coming? : Who is Coming? Facebook: Post an Item : Facebook: Post an Item Facebook Group : Facebook Group Questions? : Questions? 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Using Blogs MySpace and Facebook aSGuest36760 Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 50 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: April 14, 2010 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Using Blogs, MySpace, and Facebook to Reach Your Students : Using Blogs, MySpace, and Facebook to Reach Your Students What We’ll be Covering : What We’ll be Covering Blogs What they are? How to create one for your library MySpace & Facebook How to use these social networking tools to reach your students Blogs : Blogs Do you know what a blog is? Blogs are like web pages except they are easier to edit. With a little practice, anyone can add material to a blog! Blogger : Blogger If you are not familiar with blogs, I suggest you try Blogger—www.blogger.com Blogger is a web-based tool that helps you publish to the web instantly Blog Software : Blog Software There are a lot of different types of blog software available. Some are free, others require a subscription. Some examples are: Expression Engine [IUSB uses](http://www.pmachine.com/) Moveable Type (http://www.movabletype.org/) and Typepad (http://www.sixapart.com/typepad/) [same company] Blogger (http://www.blogger.com) (free) WordPress (http://wordpress.org/)(free) LiveJournal (http://www.livejournal.com/)(has free version) How IU South Bend Libraries Use Blogs: : How IU South Bend Libraries Use Blogs: Our Libraries have 4 blogs. We use Expression Engine for all of them: Schurz Library Newshttp://ee.iusb.edu/index.php?/libnews One Book, One Campushttp://ee.iusb.edu/index.php?/onebook/ Learning Resource Center News http://ee.iusb.edu/index.php?/lrcnews/index/ Hammes Information Commons http://ee.iusb.edu/index.php?/infocomm/ How We Create Our Blog Entries : How We Create Our Blog Entries We log into expression engine: How We Create Our Blog Entries(continued) : How We Create Our Blog Entries(continued) We then choose which blog we want to publish in: How We Create Our Blog Entries (continued) : How We Create Our Blog Entries (continued) We then select what category we want to publish in within the blog: How We Create Our Blog Entries (continued) : How We Create Our Blog Entries (continued) We enter our information into the forms below, and then publish! What the Finished Product Looks Like : What the Finished Product Looks Like Examples of Library blogs : Examples of Library blogs An excellent list of public, academic and special library blogs is available at the Blogging Libraries Wiki: http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/index.php?title=Welcome_to_the_Blogging_Libraries_Wiki Subject Specific Library Blogs : Subject Specific Library Blogs Another type of library blog is the issue or subject specific library blog. A few examples are: Free Range Librarian http://freerangelibrarian.com/ Librarian in Black http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/ PaperCutshttp://papercuts.tscpl.org/ How to Distribute Your Blog to Readers? : How to Distribute Your Blog to Readers? A RSS (Really Simple Syndication) a very easy way to distribute your blog to readers How to put your blog out there to rich the audience? Submit your RSS feed to news aggregator like Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com Final Thought on Blogs : Final Thought on Blogs Hardest part, as with any new technology, is not so much the technology as creating consistently good material to put up on it What areMySpace and Facebook? : What areMySpace and Facebook? Social networking web sites Number of users MySpace: 106 million+ Facebook: 25 million+ Target audience MySpace: anyone who is 14+ Facebook: mainly college/university student, but open to everyone recently How to Sign Up For an Account? : How to Sign Up For an Account? MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/ Facebook: https://register.facebook.com/r.php When You Log into MySpace… : When You Log into MySpace… When You Log into Facebook… : When You Log into Facebook… How to Reach Your Students? : How to Reach Your Students? Look for friends Customize your profile Set up blog Set up photo album Invite friends to library event Look for Friends : Look for Friends Slide 22: MySpace Profile Slide 23: Facebook Profile Create Blog Entry: MySpace : Create Blog Entry: MySpace MySpace Blog : MySpace Blog Create Note Entry: Facebook : Create Note Entry: Facebook Slide 27: Facebook Note MySpace Photo Album : MySpace Photo Album Slide 29: FacebookPhoto Album My Event: MySpace : My Event: MySpace Create an Event: MySpace : Create an Event: MySpace Invite People to Event: MySpace : Invite People to Event: MySpace Want to Know Who is Coming? : Want to Know Who is Coming? My Event: Facebook : My Event: Facebook Create and Invite People to Event: Facebook : Create and Invite People to Event: Facebook A New Event is Up! : A New Event is Up! Who is Coming? : Who is Coming? Facebook: Post an Item : Facebook: Post an Item Facebook Group : Facebook Group Questions? : Questions?