Last year I wrote about my mother’s connectedness – http://jennymackness.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/177/
When you are 83, connectedness takes on a new meaning year by year. This year my mother’s connectedness is ’shrinking’. Those who she can readily connect to (albeit never online) are dying. And she is becoming forgetful. Her neural connections do not work as well as [...]
Posts Tagged ‘facebook’
Life cycle of ‘connectedness’
Posted in CCK08, tagged community, connected, connections, Connectivism, connectivity, facebook on August 8, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The Future of Social Networking
Posted in CCK08, Communities of practice, tagged CCK08, connectivitism, EtienneWenger, facebook, OLWeekly, StephenDownes on December 12, 2008 | 13 Comments »
Do you get Stephen’s OL Weekly (or Daily)? I have for some time. I have often thought how does he keep it up. I hate routine. The thought of having to do the same thing over and over for weeks and weeks or years and years just fills me with horror. But of course we all [...]
I don’t Twitter or Tweet!
Posted in CCK08, tagged CCK08, facebook, mobile technologies, technology, twitter on September 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have a Twitter account, but I’m not yet convinced that I want to go down this route. Apologies to anyone who has tried to connect with me that way.
I’ve had some quite persuasive arguments put to me about the benefits of ‘twittering’. A friend told me that I would only see the benefits once [...]

