Getting Started in Social Media :: Sign Up For Accounts

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Barbara Nixon

As the semester progresses in Making Connections: Facebook & Beyond, we’ll be investigating many different forms of social media. I will demo the sites for you in class, and then you will have short assignments to complete using the service providers.
To get started, sign up for free accounts at the following sites. For quick and [...]

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So What’s Facebook Good For, Anyway?

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Barbara Nixon

In this week’s Making Connections: Facebook & Beyond class at Georgia Southern University, we’re discussing – what else – Facebook. As an educator, I know what I use Facebook for:

Keeping my Facebook profile updated so my students can learn more about me
Learning more about my students media habits, especially regarding music, TV, movies, etc.
Discovering where [...]

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Welcome to Prof. Nixon’s “Making Connections: Facebook & Beyond” Blog

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Barbara Nixon

Stay tuned: At this site, I’ll provide information for my First Year Experience students at Georgia Southern University.
Course Description: From Facebook to text messages to blogs, we are an intimately connected society. In this highly interactive FYE course, you will create your own blog, contribute to a social network, learn how corporations are using the [...]

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