TekFest

For my social software I chose MySpace. I've heard of MySpace before, but thought it was more of a gimmick for teenagers. After creating a "space" I think of it like a garden. You can plant many things in it, but it's something that needs to be weeded out on a regular basis. It's a repository where you can keep in one location your profile, mail, photos, videos, blog, favorites and lots of extras to fill your MySpace. You can invite your friends to your MySpace site and you can let people know of your mood (which may be handy if you're in a bad mood) and learn all type of information about you. I really do not like the many ads and soft porn-like sites/photos on the site. You can set your profile to private, to limit the amount of information allowed to be viewed by "non-friends." For me personally, I can't see maintaining my MySpace site. Co-workers of mine update their sites and use the features on a daily basis. I think that parts of the site seems a bit seedy. Just my opinion.

I can see a use for distance learning courses. MySpace could be used for discussion, viewing photos, videos and for blogging without having to upload to a course management system such as Blackboard or WebCt. I'd be interested in knowing if anyone is using MySpace in their distance learning courses.

I'm still working on my presentations, so they won't be posted until sometime on Friday. Unfortunately, all of my presentation trials have expired so I'll be using good old Powerpoint. :)