three stars and a chili pepper
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Three Stars and a Chili Pepper: Social Software, Folksonomy, and User
Reviews in the College Context
Joseph Ugoretz
Borough of Manhattan Community College
CUNY IT Forum—December 2, 2005
Vignette the First—Boca Raton
Vignette the Second—Vatican City
Vignette the ThirdBrooklyn
Vignette the Fourth—Massachusetts
The New Tools--Google
The New Tools--Wikis
The New Tools—Tagging and Folksonomy
The New Tools—User Reviews
The New Tools
•Little central authority
•Shared, social, control
•Collaborative references
•User-provided content
What Can We do with These New Tools?
•Use them for what they are—
•New tools have new uses.
What Can We do with These New Tools?
•New Questions—
•Who is an expert?
•What is expertise?
•What is relevant?
•What is accurate?
What Can We Do with These New Tools?
•Use the tools—and make use of the fact that they’re public.
•Evaluate and challenge.
•Object lessons—learn the rules of the tools (and the rule of extremes).
What Can We Do with These New Tools?
Serendipity!
Caveats and Conclusions
•Think about your own discipline…
•A hacksaw is not a hammer!
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