Comments on: Social Media Policy? https://blog.learnlets.com/2015/07/social-media-policy/ Clark Quinn's learnings about learning Mon, 06 Jul 2015 22:29:16 +0000 hourly 1 By: Clark https://blog.learnlets.com/2015/07/social-media-policy/#comment-820223 Mon, 06 Jul 2015 22:29:16 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=4381#comment-820223 Thanks for the feedback. I’d have trouble keeping track of all the accounts, let alone all the blogs! I suppose I should experiment with video more. In my copious spare time, of course ;).

]]> By: Virginia Yonkers https://blog.learnlets.com/2015/07/social-media-policy/#comment-820219 Mon, 06 Jul 2015 14:57:15 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=4381#comment-820219 I wonder if when you joined (the lifecycle of the social media) and it’s original intent make a difference. Like you, I use facebook just for a few close friends, family, and colleagues. However, I was on facebook when it was a closed network for the university. I have a “university” account, then developed a different account when my kids went on as teens (mostly to monitor what they were doing). I was a LinkedIn user near the beginning but now am more active as my work situation changes. I actually use it to keep up contacts with my former students as they graduate. This helps me to contact them for feedback once they are in the workplace but also to find new employment opportunities.

I use twitter like you. It is professional. Likewise with my blog, although I now have 5 different blogs: 3 for students, one targeted towards social media users over 50, and one to publish my research and thoughts on topics I am interested in researching.

I think you should start using youtube in the same way you use twitter. I have to admit that I have been on Youtube almost since the beginning for the same reason I was on facebook: my kids. They would upload their own videos that I would monitor for public appropriateness. However, I have begun to also use it to save videos for my teaching. I also have my students create videos which they have the skills to do. As a user of videos, I can give them feedback (e.g. The video is way to long and boring; you lost my attention within the first 2 minutes). The new generation seems to be moving away from text (which the 25-30+ were very deep into) so I feel I need to understand how they use visuals (e.g. instagram and youtube). I have begun to play with my own videos and find the new features on Youtube make it very easy to use (think skype with subtitles if you want them). I’ll be working with my class this semester on how to use pinterest and instagram. I use pinterest for personal use, but it appears that women use this more than men, so it would be useful to be familiar with it just so you don’t lose a demographic.

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