Web+2.0

Web 2.0

I looked at several different of the links that were listed on the Web 2.0 page. There were a lot listed and a lot of different things that could be done with each of these sites. Some of the sites were no longer up and running (Kinesthetic Learners – Note Taking Tools – [|Stickkit]), some required subscriptions (Kinesthetic Learners – Interaction – [|Flash Card Machine] and [|Quia]), and some I have already used (Kinesthetic Learners – Collaboration – [|Facebook]). I wanted to look into a website that falls into this category but was not listed on the Web 2.0 page.

The site that I looked at was [|LinkedIn]. This is similar to Facebook but it meant to be the professional version of it. On my Facebook account I have more of my social life displayed. Yes, I have listings of where I work and what schools I have attended, but for the most part I have pictures of my latest happenings, posts of what I’m up to, and I’m able to write on my friend’s wall. On LinkedIn it allows you to search for classmates from college, besides that, it is hard to search specifically for a person. Typically, searchers are done by the profession that that person holds. I have played around with my profile and page, but haven’t had a chance to look at a lot of others because I don’t have a lot of contacts (or Facebook’s friend).

The reason why I decided to take time to look into this is for two reasons. One, my husband and I have been talking about it because one of his co-workers is on it and says my husband should sign-up to be on it too. The second reason is that I just finished the school year by teaching a careers unit. I focused on cover letters, resumes, and interviewing techniques. I ran out of time, but next year I’m going to incorporate the explanation and importance of this networking site.