Twitter reading app

I don’t really understand the whole Twitter/Tweeting thing. After a few minutes on Twitter last week I still don’t understand how to use it. Trying to follow the tweets and re-tweets was a little overwhelming. I found the experience much like trying to decipher code. So much information and responses were updating every few second that I couldn’t read any one post without it being bumped to the middle of the page. So I uploaded an app to my iPhone called TweetDeck. Much like Twitter, I don’t know how to use the app. Maybe I can benefit from a Twitter iPhone app E-learning.

A world of connections

I found the term “Enterprise 2.0” interesting. I can see where social networks and blogs can be beneficial to the work place but it can also be an added task to some or even a distraction. Just over the last few months employees have been given the option to install instant messaging through Outlook to communicate internally without having to email to ask simple question. I still find myself emailing to document conversations just to CYA.

Some benefits may include that information or communications can be sent across all nine Gatorade plants. Employees can share out their experiences or problems they have to seek guidance. But doesn’t email already do this?

The drawbacks could have to take the time to read multiple posts about a subject that does not affect a specific facility. This can be time consuming in an already fast paced environment. Setting aside time to check or even post a comment takes time that most people find they don’t have.

As new technologies emerge for the business world, people will need support around time management and setting priorities so that using these technologies is seen as an asset and not a time burden.

Emerging Technologies in E-Learning

Emerging Technologies are innovative ways to get people to network, learn and collaborate with each other. Working in the corporate world, I am seeing how the emerging technologies have become more prevalent in the last couple of years. Our CEO, Indra Noyi has now started blogging and employees can find her blogs in our internal website. Though, what she has to say may be very important for the company as a whole but not a ‘must read’ for me who finds myself fighting fires on the production floor on a daily basis.

While blogging is rare PepsiCo has utilized web conferencing over the last few years. Web conferencing is helpful. Although I like to travel, the thought of traveling to a plant in the middle of nowhere to attend training is rarely appealing. I really enjoy the option to attend a web conference and be home just in time for dinner.

Currently E-learning is non-existent and as sites have been benefiting from web conferencing they too could benefit from E-learnings. E-learning based material can provide a standardize way to deliver information to groups of people throughout the company.

First week of class...

The first week of class was quite interesting. After introductions we jumped right into defining Web 2.0. For the most part, the groups all had similar descriptions. This was also the first time I heard the term Connectivism. What is it really? It's what I do on a daily basis at home, work, and school. Connectivism = Networking via Social Networks, blogs, webinars etc...

The way we use the internet and technology today may not be how we use it five years from now or even two years from now.