Web 2.0, PR and media coverage
Web 2.0 technologies like blogs, aggregators et al are brilliant at letting you follow the media, but that isn’t a shock news snap – it’s been happening for ages.
Picked this up Wired article earlier on today via blog trawls – and I apologise, as I can’t find the article I got it from – about the way US sex workers have been using Web 2.0 to track the media in light of the Gov Spitzer case.
The article breaks down how the activists were able to communicate with each other and find people who were willing to be public faces for the different kinds of media.
Truly organisation in a web 2.0 styley.
Sex Drive: IPhones, Twitter Let Sex Workers Spread Their Gospel:
But the whirlwind didn’t catch sex workers and activists lying down. They organized a media blitz through blogs, Tumblr, Twitter and shared Google Docs. They kept tabs on which reporters approached the topic with respect and which didn’t.And perhaps for the first time, they made their voices heard in mainstream venues like Fox News and CNN — organizations that cannot be dismissed as fringe or adults-only media.
Using mobile gadgets and Web 2.0 apps, sex workers mounted an internet-enabled campaign to spin the story. Smartphones, RSS feeds and mobile social networks enabled them to pounce on stories as soon as they appeared in the mainstream media, posting comments on news websites and blogging the good, the bad and the even worse coverage as it appeared.
I’m back
After months of whining and trying to avoid it, I finally gave in and reinstalled windows xp on my laptop.
It’s three years old and the HD was full, so it needed to be done – but what a pain in the nethers, I wont bore you with the detail but suffice to say that my machine didn’t seem to like the recovery disks.
Still, spending the day today reinstalling stuff – only to find out that my copy of MS office will not install. Gone for Open Office until I can get it sorted out!
Anyways, I’m back now and on the case again.
links for 2008-03-24
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Poynter Online – Teaching Tomorrow’s Journalists:
Today’s Best ToolsTech tools for hacks
links for 2008-03-21
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RSS feed software
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So is this Silverlight based system easier to do than Pipes? We’ll see.
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Add to imovies to make a mac camtasia?
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Some tips on how to create a screen cast, but camtasia based
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instructional technoloy stuff
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Georg Siemens
links for 2008-03-13
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Article looking at whether the pros had it right in the first place
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Yes, i probably look like a stalker – it’s another Robin Hamman story. Read and learn
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A blog with tips about blogging, worth a read
links for 2008-03-10
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strategy report
The technology of teaching
Bill Thompson who writes for BBC’s technology pages on the website has been talking about the technology of teaching. He’s apparently just been to a government-backed meeting looking into the future of technologies in education.
Here’s a little taste of what he’s said:
Learning looks set to undergo a big change as novel technologies make it into the classroom, says Bill Thompson.
Grasping the likely technological shifts is one thing, but what do they imply for education? This is a much harder question, since once you start looking at the way schools operate then you start to question teaching methods, assessment, exams and even the very existence of “schools” and “classrooms”.
If every student has a powerful network device that plugs them into the network, and work on digitising every book and other forms of knowledge has been successful, then what is the point of teaching “facts”?
BBC NEWS | Technology | The technology of teaching
Slight problem here, educators (horrible word, but otherwise you get the list) are already at it Bill!
There are many of us exploring how various technological applications work – with everything from the smartphone through to web 2.0 applications.
What is interesting that just as the government seem to be getting to grips with the subject, those that have been around for some time are stopping using the term elearning and moving towards learning (although maybe we could put a 2.0 on the end to make it a bit more hip).
Will there be an end to schools and classrooms? No. It may be that we end up going down a more blended route, but what about those who don’t have access to the technology (last time I checked there were still a massive amount of people without web access, let alone broadband)?
It’s the same thing that the media are facing, the delivery channels are in flux and educators and education will have to adapt – there will be winners and losers along the way.
But if Bill thinks that all that is taught in schools is fact, he’s got a surprise coming – go and check out what (e) learning is happening already in schools where small-scale pioneers are at work. Go and check the wider collaborative projects that are happening up and down the country.
To be fair Bill is a technology correspondent and doesn’t cover education – but maybe he should head along to the JISC conference in Birmingham next month to see what is happening and meet some of my fellow edugeeks who are keen to explore this bright new future.
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Tags: education, BBC, elearning, web 2.0, JISC
links for 2008-03-05
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blog about web 2.0 tools
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beta search enging for communities
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A different mobile streaming service
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collaborative sites
Cool new toy
I’ve been signing up for loads of web 2.0 apps and services again, will list them later. I’m going to log what I’ve got and then look at what I’m using on a montly basis.
But one fun one I’ve been testing is qik (prounced quick as you’d expect in a web 2.0-styley, it’s a site and app that lets you stream live video from a smartphone – I’m playing with the N95 at the moment.
Had a fun one tonight, been trying to get a couple of friends to comment on it because (drum roll please) you can see their comments on the phone while it is streaming.
I’m afraid I’ve deleted the first couple as I look like a complete bufoon – need some in front of camera training to get this right (very painfully self-concious so ideas about using this kind of thing for broadcast might take some work).
As you’ve guessed I’m egrommet there – but as of 21.50 on March 5 there’s nothing there. Stay tuned for an embarrassed looking Gromm yacking total nonsense at you.