Comments for Cat's Pyjamas http://www.cats-pyjamas.net Exploring ed tech, social media & learning Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:03:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Social media use in a crisis – #eqnz – findable, usable & shareable by Twitter roars | The PR Blog http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/2010/09/social-media-in-a-crisis-eqnz-the-findable-usable-shareable/comment-page-1/#comment-3767 Twitter roars | The PR Blog Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:03:05 +0000 http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/?p=246#comment-3767 [...] has also contributed superb pieces on the importance and use of Twitter hashtags and how to make the most of social media in a crisis. Both required reading, I’d suggest, for any PR practitioner not yet fully versed in the [...] [...] has also contributed superb pieces on the importance and use of Twitter hashtags and how to make the most of social media in a crisis. Both required reading, I’d suggest, for any PR practitioner not yet fully versed in the [...]

]]> Comment on Social media use in a crisis – #eqnz – which hashtag prevails? by Twitter roars | The PR Blog http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/2010/09/social-media-use-in-a-crisis-eqnz-which-hashtag-prevails/comment-page-1/#comment-3765 Twitter roars | The PR Blog Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:54:28 +0000 http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/?p=219#comment-3765 [...] has also contributed superb pieces on the importance and use of Twitter hashtags and how to make the most of social media in a crisis. Both required reading, I’d suggest, for any [...] [...] has also contributed superb pieces on the importance and use of Twitter hashtags and how to make the most of social media in a crisis. Both required reading, I’d suggest, for any [...]

]]> Comment on Social media use in a crisis – #eqnz – how do you monitor so much information? by Twitter roars | The PR Blog http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/2010/09/social-media-use-in-a-crisis-eqnz-how-do-you-monitor-so-much-information/comment-page-1/#comment-3764 Twitter roars | The PR Blog Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:46:53 +0000 http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/?p=235#comment-3764 [...] you don’t yet know how to tap into and start managing the Twitterstream, check out this excellent blog from the wonderful Joyce Seitzinger of Napier who, from the moment of waking early on Saturday to [...] [...] you don’t yet know how to tap into and start managing the Twitterstream, check out this excellent blog from the wonderful Joyce Seitzinger of Napier who, from the moment of waking early on Saturday to [...]

]]> Comment on Social media use in a crisis – #eqnz – help us learn by Kay Endriss http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/2010/09/social-media-use-in-a-crisis-eqnz-help-us-learn/comment-page-1/#comment-3757 Kay Endriss Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:18:56 +0000 http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/?p=261#comment-3757 From a contact in New Zealand: You may want to check the following Hi all, In response to Christchurch's recent earthquake Jill Hammonds has started a wiki @ http://earthquake-shakeup.wikispaces.com/ This is designed to be a truly interactive collaborative teaching and learning opportunity! From the wiki creator Jill Hammonds: "Over the next weeks we hope this will be a place where schools, students, experts and other interested people from around the world will come and share their ideas and experiences around earthquakes. This is a collaborative project opportunity, and the collaboration extends out to helping me design the inquiry and the wiki site. Please click on Edit on any of the pages and contribute your thoughts and ideas. " I have already contributed a couple of English specific strategies with links to related resources from English Online: http://earthquake-shakeup.wikispaces.com/Share+ideas And Tessa Gray has set up a great social challenge here: http://earthquake-shakeup.wikispaces.com/Make+a+difference This is a great opportunity to participate in an exciting and and important project. It is entirely open and public which means anyone can edit the site - so feel free to add your ideas or use it with your students. Be sure to pass this on to any colleagues from other subject areas that may also be interested in contributing! Cheers Claire From a contact in New Zealand:

You may want to check the following

Hi all,

In response to Christchurch’s recent earthquake Jill Hammonds has started a
wiki @ http://earthquake-shakeup.wikispaces.com/

This is designed to be a truly interactive collaborative teaching and
learning opportunity!

From the wiki creator Jill Hammonds: “Over the next weeks we hope this will
be a place where schools, students, experts and other interested people from
around the world will come and share their ideas and experiences around
earthquakes. This is a collaborative project opportunity, and the
collaboration extends out to helping me design the inquiry and the wiki
site. Please click on Edit on any of the pages and contribute your thoughts
and ideas. ”

I have already contributed a couple of English specific strategies with
links to related resources from English Online:
http://earthquake-shakeup.wikispaces.com/Share+ideas

And Tessa Gray has set up a great social challenge here:
http://earthquake-shakeup.wikispaces.com/Make+a+difference

This is a great opportunity to participate in an exciting and and important
project. It is entirely open and public which means anyone can edit the site
- so feel free to add your ideas or use it with your students.

Be sure to pass this on to any colleagues from other subject areas that may
also be interested in contributing!

Cheers

Claire

]]> Comment on Moodle Tool Guide for Teachers by SA Moodle Meetup 2010 | Brightcookie.com Educational Technologies http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/2010/05/moodle-tool-guide-for-teachers/comment-page-2/#comment-3750 SA Moodle Meetup 2010 | Brightcookie.com Educational Technologies Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:14:36 +0000 http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/?p=187#comment-3750 [...] Is the database tool good for communication and interaction? What tools align well with Bloom’s taxonomy? Joyce’s document – licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share Alike license – will provide the answers for you and your staff. You can find it at http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/2010/05/moodle-tool-guide-for-teachers/ [...] [...] Is the database tool good for communication and interaction? What tools align well with Bloom’s taxonomy? Joyce’s document – licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share Alike license – will provide the answers for you and your staff. You can find it at http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/2010/05/moodle-tool-guide-for-teachers/ [...]

]]> Comment on Social media use in a crisis – #eqnz – findable, usable & shareable by Tweets that mention Social media in a crisis – #eqnz – findable, usable & shareable - Cat's Pyjamas -- Topsy.com http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/2010/09/social-media-in-a-crisis-eqnz-the-findable-usable-shareable/comment-page-1/#comment-3747 Tweets that mention Social media in a crisis – #eqnz – findable, usable & shareable - Cat's Pyjamas -- Topsy.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:41:50 +0000 http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/?p=246#comment-3747 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Paulo Simões, Digital Fingerprint. Digital Fingerprint said: RT @pgsimoes: Social media in a crisis – #eqnz – findable, usable & shareable http://dlvr.it/4nBcP (@catspyjamasnz) [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Paulo Simões, Digital Fingerprint. Digital Fingerprint said: RT @pgsimoes: Social media in a crisis – #eqnz – findable, usable & shareable http://dlvr.it/4nBcP (@catspyjamasnz) [...]

]]> Comment on Social media use in a crisis – #eqnz – which hashtag prevails? by Social media in a crisis – #eqnz – findable, usable & shareable - Cat's Pyjamas http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/2010/09/social-media-use-in-a-crisis-eqnz-which-hashtag-prevails/comment-page-1/#comment-3746 Social media in a crisis – #eqnz – findable, usable & shareable - Cat's Pyjamas Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:36:18 +0000 http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/?p=219#comment-3746 [...] been following the use of social media in this event and reported a little about two of the hashtags that were in use in an earlier post. I’ve been RTing useful tweets with the now prevailing #eqnz tag so they get a better [...] [...] been following the use of social media in this event and reported a little about two of the hashtags that were in use in an earlier post. I’ve been RTing useful tweets with the now prevailing #eqnz tag so they get a better [...]

]]> Comment on Social media use in a crisis – #eqnz – which hashtag prevails? by Joyce Seitzinger http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/2010/09/social-media-use-in-a-crisis-eqnz-which-hashtag-prevails/comment-page-1/#comment-3743 Joyce Seitzinger Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:38:20 +0000 http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/?p=219#comment-3743 Hey Steve, thanks for your comment and helping me think through this. I'm not sure that that was the intention, although it seemed another hashtag #eqchch did pop up for a while as the tag for 'official communications' for authorities and media outlets. Not sure who started that and it seemed shortlived as well. I will be looking into that one too. At any rate, the length of the #christchurchquake tag made it unwieldy, particularly for mobile users. I think what I've learned from this is that it's difficult to compare the use of a hashtag to that of a separate channel. I think that the Twitter account itself, is the closest you can come to an official channel. What happens after that with the information you've broadcast through that channel, is out of your hands. Users will retweet and rehash your message, much more easily than with a tv or radio broadcast. And it is unlikely that users will be conscientious enough to retweet yr message, but stop to strip out the official hashtag if they've changed the message beyond recognition and aren't an official authority. Particularly when RT-ing in most clients is just a tap of one button. It's all very good food for thought.. Hey Steve, thanks for your comment and helping me think through this. I’m not sure that that was the intention, although it seemed another hashtag #eqchch did pop up for a while as the tag for ‘official communications’ for authorities and media outlets. Not sure who started that and it seemed shortlived as well. I will be looking into that one too. At any rate, the length of the #christchurchquake tag made it unwieldy, particularly for mobile users.

I think what I’ve learned from this is that it’s difficult to compare the use of a hashtag to that of a separate channel. I think that the Twitter account itself, is the closest you can come to an official channel. What happens after that with the information you’ve broadcast through that channel, is out of your hands. Users will retweet and rehash your message, much more easily than with a tv or radio broadcast. And it is unlikely that users will be conscientious enough to retweet yr message, but stop to strip out the official hashtag if they’ve changed the message beyond recognition and aren’t an official authority. Particularly when RT-ing in most clients is just a tap of one button.

It’s all very good food for thought..

]]> Comment on Social media use in a crisis – #eqnz – which hashtag prevails? by Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-05 http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/2010/09/social-media-use-in-a-crisis-eqnz-which-hashtag-prevails/comment-page-1/#comment-3735 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-05 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:29:58 +0000 http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/?p=219#comment-3735 [...] Social media use in a crisis – #eqnz – which hashtag prevails … [...] [...] Social media use in a crisis – #eqnz – which hashtag prevails … [...]

]]> Comment on Social media use in a crisis – #eqnz – which hashtag prevails? by Steve http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/2010/09/social-media-use-in-a-crisis-eqnz-which-hashtag-prevails/comment-page-1/#comment-3734 Steve Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:34:44 +0000 http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/?p=219#comment-3734 I thought it had another side to it: civil defence and red cross were using #christchurchquake, while the rest of NZ(it seemed) were using #eqnz the benefit: it separated out "official" info which would have been lost in the firehose of messages of goodwill, thoughts about earthquakes, and other non critical stuff on #eqnz (or worse, false or misheard information). It's like CB radio, a band is reserved for official broadcasts, except it was a crowd-driven phenomenon. I thought it had another side to it: civil defence and red cross were using #christchurchquake, while the rest of NZ(it seemed) were using #eqnz the benefit: it separated out “official” info which would have been lost in the firehose of messages of goodwill, thoughts about earthquakes, and other non critical stuff on #eqnz (or worse, false or misheard information). It’s like CB radio, a band is reserved for official broadcasts, except it was a crowd-driven phenomenon.

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