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Week 15

It's only the beginning

Submitted by jasminabad on Sat, 12/06/2008 - 11:47pm

1. How has your view of social software changed since starting the course?

Final Week's Reflections

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Submitted by mciocia on Sat, 12/06/2008 - 4:42pm

1. How has your view of social software changed since starting the course?

Reflections

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Submitted by mattmcguire on Sat, 12/06/2008 - 6:49am

My view of social software has evolved from a notion of software young people use to socialize, to amazing tools that libraries can use to service their users at low cost.  The technology is easy to use and it really can be effective.  Personally, I found pipes application the most useful.  Helping manage the flow of RSS feeds and delivering them where I wanted seemed to be the big one for me.  Professionally, I think the RSS feeds are the big one.  For example, in an academic setting I think it is extremly useful to have articles sent to professors on their chosen topics when they are publ

The end.

Submitted by grace.v on Sat, 12/06/2008 - 1:01am
Before this course, I thought social software was mostly for recreational purposes.  I only used it to keep in touch with family and friends through social networking sites, chatting, blogging, etc.  After the course, I was able to really see and understand its great potential to make not only my personal life better but my professional life too.  RSS feed aggregators, wikis, mash-ups, podcasting, etc.

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Submitted by harayda on Wed, 12/03/2008 - 4:57am

Last Reflections

1. How has your view of social software changed since starting the course?

I do not know if my view of social software has changed. However, I have gotten a lot of new insight into these programs and I am now starting to use them. I now have a Facebook page, and I did not have that before this class. Delicious is an awesome tool as well.

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