Presentation in Hobart by Frankie Forsyth. Please note that some of the photos are copyrighted and others may be used if credit is given.

1. Welcome to Working and
Collaborating in an Online World
– the world of Social Media
Original image: 'swiss-memory'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/75755822@N00/935197028
by: Jamin GrayReleased under an Attribution-ShareAlike License
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2. Purpose of this session?
We’ll explore how to use the ‘cloud’ including how to
create, write, collaborate, share and talk about your
activities…
1. Documents - Dropbox
2. Talking over the computer -Skype
3. Write and edit webpages easily – Wikis
4. Favourite bookmarks – Delicious, Diigo
5. Presentations – Slideshare
6. Photos – Flickr, Pinterest
7. Videos – YouTube
8. Mini blog – Twitter
9. Social (and now business!) - Facebook
10. Keep track of it all with Google’s tools - IGoogle
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3. Process?
Audience is both physically here in Hobart and online
(using Collaborate software). Interaction is welcome!
• PowerPoint
• Web touring
• Share stories
• Open questions (via text in Collaborate and hands up
in Hobart)
If anyone wishes to blog this session please use the
hashtag #atdc12
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4. Payoff?
• Debunk the hype
• Some ideas to get you
started
• Links to ‘how to do
this’
Image: 'successful business woman on a laptop'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38307206@N02/3941048713 4

5. Terms and definitions
Wikipedia – see http://en.wikipedia.org/
Video –Common Craft explanations
see http://www.commoncraft.com/
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6. Cloud computing
Image: 'Emma doing homework in our Linux-
based Computer+Lab'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27315689@N00/7
49315946
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7. Social Media
Software tools that allow individuals and
groups to generate content and engage in peer-
to-peer conversations and exchange of content
e.g.
• Internet forums (Facebook)
• Weblogs/blogs (Blogger)
• Micro-blogging (Twitter)
• Wikis (Wikispaces)
• Podcasts, pictures, video, (YouTube, Flickr)
• Social bookmarking (Delicious, Diigo)
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8. Google +
Social Media Examples
Webcams
Blogs
Delicious
Social Bookmarking
Discussion forums
Wikispaces
Skype
Twitter
Wikis
Flickr
Elluminate or similar
YouTube
Face book
Online Surveys
Voice emails

9. Living Online (your customers)
Original image: 'IMG_1596‘ http://www.flickr.com/photos/39039882@N00/137063302 by: Tantek Çelik
Original image: 'Joey and April working on their keyboarding skills'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27315689@N00/749317332
by: Michael Surran

10. Where are you on the
Social Media continuum?
A
B
C
D
E
Tutorial 28 Tourism E-Kit

11. Here we go!
Image: 'Google Doodle'

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13. Dropbox
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14. Dropbox
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15. Dropbox
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16. Dropbox
On your file system
On the web
Shortcut
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19. Wikis
A wiki is a collection of
web pages designed to
enable anyone who
accesses it to contribute
or modify content, using
a simplified markup
language[1][2].
Wikipedia

20. Wikis
Wikipedia

21. Wikis
Edit button
Wikispaces

22. Wikis
Save button
Wikispaces

23. Wikis
Wikispaces

24. Wikipedia

25. Wikis

26. Wikis

27. Blogs
http://www.dasa.net.au/blog

28. Twitter – mini blogging
• Max 140
characters
• Pick who to
follow and who
can follow you.

29. Twitter

30. Twitter

31. Twitter
Information about issue
(phew! It’s not just me!)
??? What’s happening
with the internet?

32. Twitter

34. Delicious
http://www.delicious.com

35. Delicious
http://www.delicious.com

36. Diigo
http://www.diigo.com/

37. Diigo
http://www.diigo.com/

38. Diigo
http://www.diigo.com/

39. Slideshare
http://www.slideshare.net/

40. Slideshare

41. Slideshare

42. Flickr http://www.flickr.com/

43. Flickr
• Upload and share your
photos
• Search for photos to
use
• Free – Creative
Commons (check the
licence)
• Pay for use – Getty.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9844565@N0
4/4172582880

44. FlickrCC
http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/flickrCC/index.php?t
erms=alcohol&page=9&edit=yes&com=yes

45. Flickr photos
http://photographicdictionary.com/c/conversation

46. Pinterest

47. Pinterest
http://pinterest.com/

48. YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=D7o7BrlbaDs&feature=related

49. YouTube
YouTube Statistics
More than 3 billion
views per day
48 hours of video
uploaded every
minute
More video uploaded
to YouTube in one
month than the three
major US networks
created in 60 years
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=6LmCbRPdd0Q

50. Searching and Exploring
Image: 'shelf in my reference library'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53133240@N00/8930937
Image: 'Encyclopædia Britannica,
Eleventh Edition (1911)'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/1203794
9632@N01/461099066

51. Searching and Exploring
Original image: 'Google' http://www.flickr.com/photos/36875686@N00/189010710
by: Jürgen Plasser

52. Searching and Exploring

53. Google Alerts – Track who is talking
about you, and where…

54. Google
products

55. Original image: 'Oh, of course. Now I see.‘ http://www.flickr.com/photos/46207792@N00/11951382
by: Doug Shick

56. Google Places
Features of Analytics

57. Keeping track - iGoogle
http://www.google.com.au/

58. Keeping track - iGoogle
http://www.google.com.au/

59. Keeping track – Google Reader
http://www.google.com.au/

60. Keeping track – RSS feeds
Use the RSS
button to
bring the
news into
your
reader.
http://www.google.com.au/

61. Keeping track – RSS and iGoogle
Use the Subscribe to bring the RSS
news feed into your reader.

62. Facebook
Use the RSS button
to bring the news
into your reader.

63. Facebook - personal

64. Facebook - business
To invite
more ‘likes’
you need to
be signed in
as an
individual
not a ‘page’.

65. First Steps
Some choices…
1. Inactive – not involved at all
2. Spectator – watch but haven’t joined
3. Joiner – have an account but don’t do much with it
4. Critic – commented on others’ spaces, uploaded a little
5. Creator – made my own videos, content and actively
participate in the community.
Tutorial 28 Tourism E-Kit

66. First Steps
Some choices…
1. Document sharing Dropbox
2. Voice talk – Skype
3. Wikis - Wikispaces & Wikipedia suite
4. Mini blogging Twitter
5. Favourites & Bookmarks - Delicious Diigo
6. Presentations - Slideshare
7. Photos – Flickr & Pinterest
8. Videos – YouTube
9. Google’s tools -
• iGoogle
• Google Alerts
• Google Places
• Google Reader for RSS
10. Social (and now business!) Facebook
Image: 'Aily on ice'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48783556@N08/6856247203

67. First Steps
Some choices…
1. Document sharing Dropbox
2. Voice talk – Skype
3. Wikis - Wikispaces & Wikipedia suite
4. Mini blogging Twitter
5. Favourites & Bookmarks - Delicious Diigo
6. Presentations - Slideshare
7. Photos – Flickr & Pinterest
8. Videos – YouTube
9. Google’s tools -
• iGoogle
• Google Alerts
• Google Places
• Google Reader for RSS
10. Social (and now business!) Facebook
Image: 'flickr contacts - January 9, 2005 {notes}'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34427466731@N01/3158297

68. A Quick Summary Pt 1 
File sharing (Dropbox)
A file sharing program lets you store, share and retrieve your content
including files, photos etc. from ‘the cloud’ and from any computer. So you can
access, manage and share it from anywhere. Examples include Dropbox and Box.
VOIP (Skype)
Computer based voice and text communication – to other computers and
to landlines/mobile phones
Wiki (Wikispaces)
A wiki is a program that allows users to work together to build, organise and
edit a webpage. You don’t need to be a multimedia guru to use a wiki. Some of the
better known examples are Wikipedia and Wikispaces.
Blog (Blogger)
A blog is a webpage that functions as a diary or journal. It can be used to
record activity or reflect on experiences and as such is a valuable learning tool. For
example: blogger.
Micro-blogging (Twitter)
Users send and read each others' text updates (tweets) which are no more
than 140 characters in length. Now can share photos, links and re-tweet updates.

69. A Quick Summary Pt 2 
Social Bookmarking (Delicious & Diigo)
Social bookmarking e.g. Delicious, Diigo is a way to store, organise
and share your favourite internet pages. Using this tool, you can access your
favourite web pages from any computer that has internet access, share with
your friends and search your friends’ favourites.
Blog (Blogger)
A blog is a webpage that functions as a diary or journal. It can be
used to record activity or reflect on experiences and as such is a valuable
learning tool. For example: Blogger, Wordpress (need a server).
Slide Show Sharing (Slideshare)
Upload your slide shows and share with your colleagues. Good to
search for what others are presenting on topics of interest. Examples include
Slideshare and Prezi.
Online Photo Repository (Flickr)
Store and share your photos with your colleagues Good to search for
photos to use in your presentations. Free and pay options are available.
Example: Flickr.

70. A Quick Summary Pt 3 
Online Pin Boards (Pinterest)
Use this tool to collect images from websites or from your computer and
organise and share them on boards.
Personal Learning Environments (iGoogle)
Personal Learning Environments are tools that enable individuals to manage
the spaces they use for their own learning (i Google).
Video Websites (YouTube)
Online website where you can view, upload and comment on videos.
Social Networking Sites (Facebook)
Hosts and connects individuals through providing individual web pages,
communication tools and a wide range of add on applications.
Virtual meeting rooms/classrooms (Connect, go to meeting)
Online room which has multiple communication tools built in – voice, text,
whiteboard, video, emoticons and can be recorded.

71. I’m not going online, ever!
Original image: 'Kids # 43'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/81765265@N00/870076539
by: Jean-Marie LBReleased under an Attribution-ShareAlike License

72. Working online? Sure!
Image: 'Three girls using the computer at the+grand+opening.'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26204872@N08/3887312861

73. Frankie Forsyth – home office
Photo © Frankie
Forsyth, all
rights reserved.

74. Frankie Forsyth – online
Del.icio.us Forums and Blogs
Own Websites
Linked In
Twitter Flickr
Bloglines
Facebook
Wikispaces Skype
Plus other people’s web spaces!
i-Google

75. Mobile Office...
Photos © Frankie Forsyth, all rights reserved.

76. Interested in more?
Contact me:
Email: frankie@bigpond.net.au
Skype: frankieforsyth
Twitter: frankief
Facebook: Frankie Forsyth Consulting
Delicious links: frankieforsyth http://delicious.com/frankieforsyth
Phone: 613 (03) 6278 9292

77. Thank you 
Contact me:
frankie@bigpond.net.au and on skype: frankieforsyth
A copy of this presentation is available at http://www.slideshare.net/
Original image: 'Rainbow Cafe's door knob' http://www.flickr.com/photos/93382027@N00/80959145
by: CarolineReleased under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License