Week 10 Blog (Dune Sunday, June 3)

This is it - the LAST post of the LAST spring quarter EVER at Ohio University...

Go Bobcats!

Summarize the things that you have learned in MDIA 470B: Social Media Management by offering your own list of what you would consider to be "Top 10 Best Social Media Practices."  Use Brogan and Azua to help you formulate your thoughts, but make it your own.

Photo Cred: Lynchburg Business Development Center

Be thoughtful, be creative. Your list should obviously include 10 items :) Include pictures where appropriate.  Have fun with it. And that... that's all you have to do for your Week 10 blog post.

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That said, I encourage you to keep blogging either here or somewhere else. Delve further into social media..different apps, different platforms... find what works for YOU. Make yourself marketable as you leave for summer and work a summer job or as you graduate and continue on in your career path!

Week 9 Blog Entries (Due Sunday!)

MDIA 470B: Week 9 Blog Entries

(10 points total)

Blog Post #1 (5 points)

Re-watch the TED Video where Rhonda Lowry talks about identity, Second Life, and how virtual realities affect our conceptualization of who we are as individuals.

What do you think about what she says about how we conceptualize our identity based on our social media use? Relate the content of Lowry’s discussion in this video to three concepts of your own choosing that we’ve discussed throughout the quarter. Has it helped you to synthesize the content of MDIA 470B in anyway? Explain why it has or why it hasn’t.  Include a link to this video in your post.

Blog Post #2 (5 points)

Choose a mobile app (Facebook, Draw Something, Yelp, Words with Friends, foursquare, etc.) Write a review of the app. Explain the purpose of the app and its social aspects. 

Photo Cred: Mr. Social

Additionally, identify the creators of the app and an assessment of their success. What are some of the techniques the developers use to promote the app? Make sure to include at least one picture in your post. Be thoughtful but concise.

Have these done by Sunday night. Sound fair enough? Yay!

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NOTE: Make sure you proofread your entries for spelling and grammar. Points will be deducted for poor grammar and/or spelling!

Week 8 Blog Post

 Sometimes you need to be a little more personal and less businessy on your blog, as we've learned in class this quarter. And since we had an "easy" week where we met today and talked about economic stuff... let's make this blog post plain and simple.

So for your week 8 blog, you get... another one-and-only-post...just like week 5! Tell me what you're thinking... or as Twitter asks:

Photo Cred: Sharocity

 
Make sure you write a substantial enough amount. It's just one post. Be creative. Include a couple of pictures to break up your text. Employ all the things you've learned about blogging. And that's it!

AND you have until Sunday again to post it. #Boom. Happy Week 8!

Week 7 Blogs - DUE SUNDAY by 7PM!

MDIA 470B: Week 7 Blog Entries

(10 points total)

Blog Post #1 (5 points)

Rewatch the TED Video where Evan uses “the force” to move virtual objects.

Then reflect on these ideas:

• What do you think of this latest development in communication technology with respect to human connection? Does it help it? Hinder it? 
• What are some of the advantages of technology like this? What about disadvantages?
• Explain whether you think it will help us connect MORE and participate MORE or if it’s just another “isolating” feature of our technical world.

Blog Post #2 (5 points)

Read Chapter 77 in Brogan (p. 283-288). After our discussion concerning Social Innovation and our talk all quarter about implementing social tools, tell me what you think about Brogan’s suggestions about consistency in social media practice.

Browse through Brogan’s list of things to consider when implementing social media in businesses. Choose 5 points and expand on them, making connections to what we’ve talked about all quarter (remembering especially our crash course in marketing and our discussion on Chapter 10: Social Innovation).

Have these done by Sunday night at 7PM. Sound fair enough?

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NOTE: Make sure you proofread your entries for spelling and grammar. Points will be deducted for poor grammar and/or spelling! Don't forget to "dress up" your entries - make them more exciting than just a block of text!

Week 6 Blog Post

Another week of only one blog post (Yay, right?)

Today in class we talked about the Open Source Movement and watched Howard Rheingold's TED talk about Collaboration and Cooperation. Re-watch the video, found here: 

Answer these questions based on the video/lecture/reading from Chapter 8 in The Social Factor:

• What does Rheingold say about cooperation and collaboration?  
• How does it relate to the open-source movement as we discussed in class today?

Then, answer these questions with your own opinions: 

• What do you think about the open-source movement? 
• What are the odds of its success? 
• Do you think people will move towards it or will proprietary software companies always have bank on software development and distribution? 
• Will you buy into it? (Haha, that was a little punny...)

Make sure you link to Rheingold's Ted Talk in your post. You can embed it from YouTube as I've done here simply by clicking the "director's cut plate" icon on the Dashboard and typing in: "Howard Rheingold Ted Talk." The first video that comes up in the search results is the one! Or you can link to his talk on the Ted Website by using this link: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/howard_rheingold_on_collaboration.html

This is a Director's Cut Plate. Or that's what I call it. And that's what you should look for to post a Video. K?

Remember - Your posts should be up by 5PM Thursday (that's tomorrow), but remember I probably won't check until sometime Friday. Still... get it up there yo'!

Week 5 Blog

Your one and only blog assignment this week (since it's midterms, I figured you deserve a break :) ) is ::drum roll please::

Photo Cred: FringeFamily

Create a post of your own choosing. Like Facebook asks: "What's on your mind?" ... tell me! 

Photo Cred: ECC

Make sure you write a substantial amount. It's just one post. Be creative. Include a couple of pictures to break up your text. Employ all the things you've learned about blogging. And that's it!


Happy Week 5!

Week 4 Blog Assignment

MDIA 470B: Week 4 Blog Entries

(10 points total)

Blog Post #1 (5 points)

Read Chapter 73 (p. 271-272). Tell me what you think about what Brogan says about comments in a short, paragraph post (paragraphs are typically 3-5 sentences, remember). Then, visit three of your classmates’ blogs (using the links on the sidebar of my blog), read what they’ve written so far this quarter, and leave a CONSTRUCTIVE comment for them. Link to the post you’re commenting on in your blog entry. So it should look something like this:

Brogan says really cool things in Chapter 73, like blah blah blah. Summary summary summary. Woohoo. Whatever. Please summarize better than this. MDIA 470B ROCKS! Just kidding.

So, in the spirit of commenting, I’ve commented some blog posts written by my amazing classmates. Here they are:

1.     Classmate Number 1 Name (<-- you can link the text by clicking link in your edit panel up top and posting the URL in the pop up box, that way it doesn’t look all clunky and URL-ish.)

2.     Classmate Number 2 Name

3.     Classmate Number 3 Name

You should post on THREE DIFFERENT CLASSMATES’ blog posts. If it appears that many comments have already appeared, maybe visit someone else’s blog to share the wealth of commenting. Everyone likes to get comments, ya know!

Blog Post #2 (5 points)

Tell me what you’ve learned so far in this class. 

• What’s been the most interesting concept? 
• Most boring/ You could care less? Be honest. 
• Finally, how do you think you might be able to take what you’re learning here and apply it to the real world?

Address each question in a separate paragraph. (So… entries should be at least three paragraphs). Include at least one image to spice things up some. Explain why you’ve chosen this image/how it relates to your entry.

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NOTE: Make sure you proofread your entries for spelling and grammar. Points will be deducted for poor grammar and/or spelling!