Social Media Presentations

A few weeks ago our Emerging Technologies class did presentations for a variety of social media sites. I feel that each of the presentations was insightful and useful. The following is a breakdown of the sites that was presented during our class.

Instagram (Jay Carr):  Jay did a great job with his presentation on Instagram. Jay did state in his presentation that it has become a very popular social media app among the youth.  He also explained that it makes sharing photos easier for mobile devices.

Patients Like Me (Jemeikka Steele):  Jemeikka did a through presentation with this site.  I had never heard of this site before this presentation, but having a child with multiple medical issues I feel that it would be a great tool for families who are going through medical issues. Jemeikka’s presentation was insightful and she gave a lot of helpful information for using this site.

Google+ (Trevon Collins):  Trevon’s presentation for this site explained how useful Google+ could be but also showed how this site stores its user’s personal information. He also showed that the controls could be difficult to set up.

SlideShare (Jordan Dees):  Jordan’s presentation on SlideShare gave some great information that could be a useful tool for teachers as well as students that would like to have a place to store their PowerPoint presentations or to share them.

Twitter (Armoni Parker): I feel that Armoni provided a fair presentation of Twitter and how people use it to keep up with others. I do believe from his presentation that maybe it is geared towards the younger generation.

Facebook (David Carr):  David did a great job presenting Facebook and showed that it is one of the most influential social media sites out there and both young and old use it. We also learned that many people use it as a resource to locate job opportunities.

MeetUp (Brayan Meza): This is one site that I have heard of many times but knew very little about it. Brayan did a great job presenting this site. He explained how this is useful for large events and keeping up with time and location changes.

Pinterest (Cicero Johnson):  This is one site that I do enjoy very much and have an account. Cicero gave a great presentation on Pinterest and its many great uses. I think that he gave a great representation of the site and the ways that people uses it for projects, recipes and just get ideas.

Path (Allyson Kennedy): I have never heard of this site before Allyson’s presentation. I was amazed at how similar it is to Face Book. Allyson did a great job with what I feel was the most difficult of presentations that had to be done. She showed how it was used and also that not many people used the site.