Finding Your Digital Tribe

May, 2008

 

handshake photo: http://flickr.com/photos/9619972@N08/1350940605/

 

What are some of the ways of "being" in a digital world?

 

Great teachers are great learners.

Will Richardson on the importance of networked learning: http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/the-added-value-of-networking/

 

Mike Romard's "12 Easy Steps to Build Your Personal Learning Network"

http://teachers.saschina.org/mromard/2008/10/03/12-easy-steps-to-build-your-personal-learning-network/

 

Vicki Davis' "Personal Learning Networks are Virtual Lockers for Schoolkids"

http://www.edutopia.org/personal-learning-networks-technology

 

My friend Nandini Dutta belongs to the tribe of intrepid chefs who are interested in learning about food from cultures other than their own. I am going to help her find her digital tribe. Whether you want to help or just follow along, the action is over on the RPS MOODLE course site, Finding Your Digital Tribe.

 

Listservs (Search for a listserv here: http://www.lsoft.com/lists/list_q.html

       Here are the listservs I found: EAT-L@LISTSERV.VT.EDU (500 subscribers, recipe exchange) and

 

Google Groups & Yahoo Groups

    Google Group search: http://groups.google.com/

    Yahoo! Group search: http://groups.yahoo.com/

          http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Asiancuisine/

 

(http://www.chrisbrogan.com/yahoogroups-vs-google-groups/)

 

Websites

 I use "Scroogle" as my search engine; most people use Google. To find this website I used the terms "international cooking":

       http://www.internationalrecipes.net/recipes/

epicurious' international pages: http://www.epicurious.com/recipesmenus/global/recipes?mbid=RF

a site I found using the search terms "fusion recipes"

       http://www.grouprecipes.com/

another site that a friend recommends: http://www.elise.com/recipes/

 

a site that someone Twittered about: http://foodiemama.com/

 

 

 

http://food.alltop.com/

 

See also:

http://www.cookeatshare.com/recipes

http://www.foodnetwork.com/

http://www.recipezaar.com/

 

http://www.cookingforengineers.com/

 

Blogs

 

          http://www.101cookbooks.com/

 

          http://www.flanboyanteats.com/

 

          http://foodandspice.blogspot.com/

 

          http://customcom.typepad.com/gastrokid/

 

          http://hunnypatch.blogspot.com/

 

          http://smittenkitchen.com/

 

          http://twofatals.com/ ("A cooking site for young foodies...")

 

          http://www.blogtoplist.com/food-drink/ (blog directory)

 

    blogrolls - many blogs will have a sidebar consisting of links that the blog's author has enjoyed visiting. If you find a blog whose author's sensibilities are aligned with yours, the odds are good that you may also enjoy their recommended links

 

    comments - blogs are meant to be a conversational medium. If you try and love a recipe that you found on a blog, head back to the blog to leave a comment to that effect. Eventually other readers of food blogs will start to recognize you, and those nascent connections may lead to more great foodie adventures...

 

Flickr

 

del.icio.us

 

LinkedIn (Common Craft explanation is here: http://www.commoncraft.com/linkedin)

 

Facebook

 

MySpace

 

BBC's recipes: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/

 

Food-specific social networking sites: http://www.go2web20.net/

 

Twitter

 

MeetUp - http://www.vimeo.com/1149158?pg=embed&sec=1149158

 

Video: 

http://www.videojug.com/tag/food-recipes

 

Some possible resources:

 

Fabulous Google Guide: http://www.googleguide.com/

 

http://www.metafilter.com/tags/

 

http://www.fanlib.com/

 

http://www.techsavvyed.net/?p=447

 

http://www.slideshare.net/

 

Are any of your friends using Flickr?  Here's how to find out: http://flickrfriends.tinnedfruit.com/

 

http://www.slideshare.net/ewan.mcintosh/unleasing-the-tribe

 

for fun: http://www.predictify.com/index.aspx