MyWhat?

Decoding social technologies

"A social networking site is an online location where a user can create a profile and build a personal network that connects him or her to other users. In the past five years, such sites have rocketed from a niche activity into a phenomenon that engages tens of millions of internet users."

• My Facebook page (scr, another example)
• My MySpace page (scr)
• My Flickr page (scr)
• My del.icio.us page (scr)
• More social networking options (word doc)

• Illinois Library Association + MySpace's NetSafe program
• Awesome resources on Facebook
• Libraries with MySpace pages for teens (scr, example)
• Flickr: Rutland Free Library, Librarian's Desks, Library Postcards
• Social software in libraries website
• DOPA implications for libraries

• What's it called and how it's spelled.
• What it's for and what it's actually used for.
• How you can use it, how kids can use it.
• What's private and what's visible.
• What's normal and what's trouble.

• Anatomy of a "social"-ite - tools I use
• Cyber Safe Kids - Cyber Savvy Teens - free booklet
• Kids rules for online safety
• NetSafe & bookmarks
• GetNetWise & BlogSafety
• Pew Report: Social Networking and Teens

Jessamyn West is a community technology librarian and the editor of the weblog librarian.net. She teaches email classes for seniors, builds tiny websites for tiny libraries and advocates for sensible technology use for everyone.

IM her at iamthebestartist.

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