I have created a Wiki about U2 resources (Spanish language):

http://universidad20.wikispaces.com/

My delicious:

http://delicious.com/swwsman/university2.0

Regards

jose.

Lots more PR faculty are into social media as compared to when I first got into it (about 3 years ago). I think many others are interested but don’t know how to get started — in fact, the best way to get started is just to jump in.

At UGA we’ve hosted several conferences that help faculty integrate social media into the PR curriculum; check out the most recent one at http://ugaconnect.wordpress.com We’ll be holding another Sept. 18-19, 2009, and interested students, educators, and professionals can get updates by following @UGAconnect on Twitter.

Oh, and thanks to you and people like you who are willing to share their knowledge and experience with students!

Like most of us reading this, everything I know re: social media and the internet in general is self taught. I was THE person to go to when my com profs had any sort of internet-related questions, and when I graduated a couple years ago, the majority of the students at my alma mater were on MySpace, but that’s all they knew of social media, if they were even familiar with the term at all.

Knowing that their communications curriculum is outdated, I recently approached a couple of my former professors and explained to them that they really should integrate social media into their classrooms, but their lack of understanding of SM led them to tell me to contact their new journalism chair (?!). I feel like banging my head against the wall on this one.

My curiosity led me to ask a couple college students (at different schools) I know if any of their profs (or if they knew of any) were incorporating social media into their syllabi/curriculum, and again I was met with, “What do you mean?” and looks as if I was from another planet.

I know that this is an uphill battle but reading this post was reassuring that there are some schools/professors that do have a clue right now. I believe that eventually, integrating social media in curricula will be universal, but it’s still relatively new and it will take time. How much time, though, remains to be seen.

Back in my college years, my 67 year-old neuroscience professor had expressed the interest of modernizing his teaching methodology. I was impressed at how forward thinking he was at that age, however, the idea didn’t fly as you might have expected due to school politics/regulations.

I’m so glad to hear that some schools finally started to put the learning of the social web on their syllabus. I’m assuming most professors wouldn’t feel comfortable teaching the material that’s why they shy away from the subject matter. (Dr. Ward is the few exceptions of course:) Nonetheless, they could invite thought leaders like you to talk about the new media and encourage students to share their knowledge in the classroom. Like what we constantly reinforced in the community, teaching could also be a two-way conversation.

School is a sanctuary of shared knowledge, it’s very crucial that the modern day academia equip those curious brains with all the powerful tools to continue their journey of sharing.

Online reputation and taking advantage of the new resources available to obtain employment are subjects that I feel students should be aware of.

Thank you for sharing all these resources – very helpful.

Check out the details here: http://www.thedigitalbus.com/new-media-drivers-license/