Never Too Young (or Old) To Learn: Web 2.0 for Newbies
Written by Audrie Zettick on April 21, 2009
Just came back from a fabulous reception held by the PA Commission on Women, where my sister-in-law, children’s multi-media performer and producer Maria Del Rey (unabashed plug for her children’s music CDs here and here) was an honoree for the Voices Project. Voices, intended to provide Latina and African-American role models for middle-school age girls, is based on a book produced in 2006 and is kicking off a statewide tour, beginning at the PA State Museum.
Lots of high-powered women there, as you might expect. Intelligent, management-level gals full on into their careers. I ran into a colleague I hadn’t seen in years–a woman who holds a position at the highest level of state government–letting her know I could promote one of her health-related nonprofit events on Twitter (see me here).
She had no idea what Twitter was. Barely knew Facebook (I’m admittedly a marginal user there).
As a member of TCOT who has only been Twittering part-time on that ID since November (approaching 1500 followers soon–goal to double that in the next month), I’m proof that you are never too old to learn new things. So, to get off the box and into the action, here’s a quick low tech video on Web 2.0 and beyond produced by my daughter and a friend. (Note: this doesn’t address Twitter, but you can find a good source here).
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2 Responses to “Never Too Young (or Old) To Learn: Web 2.0 for Newbies”
LOL. Great job Alexandra and Alex!
By Kathy E. on Apr 22, 2009
Although I’ve yet to be persuaded to sign on to Twitter myself (despite conversations about its merits with serious Twitter fans who have followings in the 3,000-5,000 range), most of Web 2.0 strikes me as must-know stuff. You may also be interested in a site called Journalism 2.0 — http://www.kcnn.org/resources/journalism_20/ — which offers a great overview of tools for those of us who are at best semi-geeks.
By Fred Baldwin on May 2, 2009