Sorbet: A refreshing palate cleanser and for the "23 Things" crew "Things 10 &11"

Naku te rourou nau te rourou ka ora ai te iwi

With your basket and my basket the people will live

The whakatauki this week speaks to the idea of co-operation and the joining of resources to achieve positive outcomes for all involved. I know I am reaching with this whakatauki but I can see how this could be applied to this weeks "Things" because it is by sharing what we have created and that which we have found to achieve mutual benefit for all parties. This week we are asked to share a blog from another of the "23 Things" crew. I decided that I would share this one by  Nicole Price

Digital exploration: Cyber Safety - Thing 2,3 & 4: Step one was to make the decision to undertake the journey, step two is to ensure that the boat and any equipment I might need is safe and ...

I have chosen this post because I enjoy the style of writing that Nicole uses and her use of images within the blog (which I tried to emulate in a couple of my last posts). I also like the links to other relevant sites that she includes within her posts.

I believe that to be able to reach our target audiences we have to ensure that our blogs, and the other social media platforms we use are written in styles that encourage engagement and I think that Nicole does a very good job of this.

For "Thing 11"  I have an embedded you tube video which is a short remix of a longer presentation Using social media to disseminate research outputs -- Melissa Terras which is also available on you tube. I decided to use the remix to generate interest in the original longer presentation. 

Although really superficial at 1:35 seconds there is still information of interest to the 23 Things "Crew" such as

• Use of multiple social media platforms
• Blog (write about your research)
• Twitter (Tweet links to your blog and your research
• Need to build a digital presence and then use of that to launch your research

This Link is from one of the databases that we are subscribed to called Alexander Street Press (ASP)., please have a look:  

How to Annotate and Share Research Using Online Social Bookmarking 

To access this video you will need to use your net ID and password.  The reason I added this was we just recently had a "Thing" that referred to bookmarks and RSS Feeds so I thought it appropriate for the "23 Things" Crew.   

• A basic how to use Diigo for organisation of your readings, research and bookmarks. (Looks similar to Delicious) 

• ASP provide very good transcriptions for most of their video and audio resources. 

Lastly I also thought that it would be an opportunity to shamelessly promote our own online databases  (both Education in Video and Counseling and Therapy in Video are provided by ASP.)

Note:  Nearly all the databases with titles that end in "... in Video" are from ASP.