tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9900205.post4359513551798154611..comments2023-07-06T09:44:35.727-03:00Comments on MachIanations: Facebook Is The Malt Shop Of The 21st Century Or Where Do You Hang Out?...Dr. Ian H. MacLeod, EdD,CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415900631821645716noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9900205.post-30810399889187916702009-01-22T10:08:00.000-04:002009-01-22T10:08:00.000-04:00As a first year student in a community college IT ...As a first year student in a community college IT programme, and one who intends to take the Web concentration next year, I am struck by how many of my fellow students (most of them under 25) do not grasp the relationship between social media and web work. So many of them view "Web Work" as no more than designing websites. <BR/><BR/>I am not surprised that the corporate world is wrestling with how to manage the new web reality, but it never ceases to amaze me how much my fellow students take social media sites for granted, not realizing the implications for the web in general. <BR/><BR/>A good example of a corporate "fail whale" (social media speak for "screw up") can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/9lqfhx. But why are our students so out of touch? I find it ironic that I, at almost 50, grasp what they do not. <BR/><BR/>Blogging is another example. You and I, Ian, at our age, blog. But in my class presentation on blogging it was evident that almost none of my fellow students understood blogging, or, more importantly, the implications for good web design. I have no answers here, but do find it all rather perplexing. <BR/><BR/>Keep up the good work, Ian. :)<BR/><BR/>Alexandra <BR/>http://blog.grant-paul.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com