Report.

Busy writing a report  to HR on what we learned at the training( Web 2.0 and Social Media for Development..

The Training is done. What is next?

I am currently planning on how I am going to share the wonderful knowledge I have received during the training on Web 2.0 and Social Media for Development.

Web 2.0: 2.1 Group productivity and collaborattion tools

2.1 Group productivity and collaboration tools

Web 2.0: 1.4 Current issues and new ideas

 1.4 Current issues and new ideas

The social media tools are constantly evolving. Mobile devices have become a trend of sharing information via sms, hangouts, whats app, Facebook, Twitter. People are also enable to download apps.  The desktop computer has become history.

WEB 2.0: 1.3 Social privacy, intellectual property and access to social media

1.3 Social privacy, intellectual property and access to social media

when it comes to social privacy, the company or organization should clearly spelled out what is privacy and must be secured at all times.

Access to social media can be a challenge in terms of slow internet connection or the people does have the know how.

Web 2.0:1.2 Social Networking and Communities

1.2 Social Networking and Communities

Social  networking is a platform for building communities. The most popular social networking is Facebook and Twitter. These social networking sites focus on friendship and personal relationship. Through social networking people can share(ideas,music, video) create content, form groups of specific career and even connecting with international companies.For example in my company, Facebook page is used to communicate announcements of events to students and staff and i strongly feel it should be emphasized for more staff to utilize this kind of tool.

Web 2.0: 1.1 Introduction to web 2.0 and social media

1.1 Introduction to web 2.0 and social media

Web 2.0 is an avenue for people to share information and collaborate online. Web 2.0 also provide you with tools to enhances collaboration and creating useful networks.First and foremost there must be an understanding of using the web tools otherwise it might not work.

Web 2.0

Day 5: Wb 2.0 and Social Media for Development

Today, we have learned:
how to create content

Day 4: Web 2.0 and Social Media for Development

Today, we have learned about the followings:

1. Dropbox
2. Android device manager
3. working with Google maps
4. What is social networking?
5. Linked in
6. Facebook

•  social graphic
• how your organization use Facebook
• creating a page

Day 3 - Web 2.0 and Social Media for Development Training

Today I have learned about the following:
Tagging and Social Bookmarking
If you find an article or information which does not necessarily have a blog you can bookmark them
Collaborating remotely using wikis
How I add a page to Wikipedia
How to use google drive to share documents, edit and create survey

Day 2: Web 2.0 and Social Media for Development Training

I have never enjoyed a training like web 2.0 and social media for development. I thought yesterday was mind-blowing today was something else. It is getting better by the day.

In today's training:

• to retweet that is sharing a tweet with my followers
• creating a list where i can filter a group of people find information on the internet using a search engines or  a directory.
• with the search engine Google when you click on images and then go to search tools you will get options on choosing a colour, size and also check the usage rights.
• also we learned on exact phrase to be or not to filter the information you are looking for.
• alerts and RSS whereby one can refine their search in Google by email or RSS. 
• how to set up an alert. 
• vanity search where you look for information for yourself on Google.
• how to link websites to one page to be able to read them and avoid having to visit different blog that by using Feedly. 
• you can also create blogs into different catergories.

Today's training was very productive.

Day 1: Web 2.0 and Social Media for Development

Web 2.0 and Social Media training is enlightening.  I have learned quite a lot. The importance of information sharing is outstanding. Web 2.0 is user friendly in the sense that it help people to access information with any device. During the training i could learned the difference between a blog and vlogg. Amazingly i have used Drop-box but i never knew that Drop-box is an example of cloud storage devices. The web 2.0 tools provoke me to get to know how to use them. What do you think about web 2.0 and social Media training?