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Posts Tagged ‘Web 2.0’

Time to Embrace Health 2.0

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

Authenticity is key to connecting with people around their health. Utilizing technology to create behavior change takes an entrepreneurial spirit, passion to make a difference, and a holistic view of health. A possible explanation for the reason that Health has generated its own “2.0” term are its applications across health care in general, and in […]

Web 2.0 Resources for Higher Education

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

Just took a long maternity leave. Now I hope to continue here. Found a worthwhile site for Web 2.0 resources. http://www.diosacommunications.com/highereducation.htm Social Network Design: Examples and Best Practices 50 Ways to Get Your Site Noticed It’s time to get back in action and develop some new innovative web projects.

Web 2.0 Storytelling

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

The latest issue of Educause has an article entitled, Web 2.0 Storytelling: Emergence of a New Genre My interest in digital storytelling began in 2003 when I was a graduate student. My focus was a project using blogs to build healthy communities. I think I will always continue on looking for the right project that […]

Science 2.0 – Is Open Access Science the Future?

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

“Science happens not just because of people doing experiments, but because they’re discussing those experiments” ~Christopher Surridge, editor of the Web-based journal, Public Library of Science On-Line Edition (PLoS ONE) Read the article: Science 2.0 – Is Open Access Science the Future?

Just One Question

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

David Eckoff, VP of New Product Development & Innovation at Turner Broadcasting was a memorable speaker at PodcampSoCal. He shared that there is just one question to ask when evaluating the success of a social media project – Do you know what that is? The one question to ask your audience is……. “Would you recommend this […]

A Front Seat at Expo 2007

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

As I mentioned earlier, I attended the Podcast and New Media Expo last month in Ontario, CA.  Some of the presentations were designed specifically for educators.  I soaked up so much valuable information.  I was also a bit overwhelmed with how little I knew, and I see that I could be on the computer 24/7 to keep […]

Virtual Health Promotion

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

An essay written by Richard Crespo reminded me of where I would like to go with community health education.   After some great examples of collaborative virtual projects, Crespo wrote: What intrigues me about online communities is that the characteristics of community participation and ownership they exemplify are also fundamental to community health. Community health practioners, […]

Living Conversations

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

The Today Show caught my attention today. For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a site was highlighted to share the voices and experiences of breast cancer survivors, called Living Conversations. It is a nice example of creating a platform for sharing experiences – a learning community. Visit the site at: http://www.livingconversations.com/

eHealth Literacy Model

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Understanding the issues of health and science literacy is very important in my role as a community educator.  My passion is  new media, however I do recognize electronic health tools provide little value if the intended users lack the skills to effectively engage them. I found an interesting article entitled, “eHealth Literacy: Essential Skills for Consumer Health […]