Comments on The New Social Worker Online Blog: Social Work 2.0

Wow. I love it when groups of persons with common ...

2009-07-15T17:59:28.000-04:00

Wow. I love it when groups of persons with common interests show how they use and embrace technology. I think using social media is an excellent method for the delivering of services - particularly for services that impact our younger generations.

I was wondering if anyone uses Twitter for communicating between members? Your thoughts?

Daniel.

Thanks for the excellent discussion! I think the r...

2009-04-29T06:12:00.000-04:00

Thanks for the excellent discussion! I think the real virtual social work is done in the web when social workers discuss and work in virtual worlds with the clients. In Finland there are several organisations working with kids in the virtual worlds where the kids spend their time.

Other thing is the support that the web 2.0 can offer to the social workers. We do e.g. eConsultancy that

Thanks for the response, Linda. :) I wish the blo...

2009-04-27T14:01:00.000-04:00

Thanks for the response, Linda. :) I wish the blog sent alerts to notify commenters when their comments have been replied to... perhaps look into the Disqus commenting system if you want to make the blog a bit more comment-friendly.

"As an online media professional you are well aware that the information found in Wikipedia is just the tip of the iceberg."

Actually, the

Jonathan, thanks for posting these excellent resou...

2009-04-13T10:56:00.000-04:00

Jonathan, thanks for posting these excellent resources. Another excellent resource is Jonathan's own Social Work Podcast. I see that there is a new podcast posted today on social workers and depression at: http://socialworkpodcast.com/2009/04/social-workers-and-depression-interview.html
It looks very interesting!

Brandice - this is both a response to your comment...

2009-04-10T23:21:00.000-04:00

Brandice - this is both a response to your comment, and an opportunity to increase social workers' awareness of useful resources about social work and technology.

As an online media professional you are well aware that the information found in Wikipedia is just the tip of the iceberg. Some folks have written fabulous articles in the past decade about social work and technology. I

Hi, Brandice. Thank you for your feedback. THE NEW...

2009-04-10T11:13:00.000-04:00

Hi, Brandice. Thank you for your feedback. THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER published its first article on technology in social work in Fall 1994, and we have been covering technology on a regular basis for at least 10 years through our former Electronic Connection column written by Prof. Marshall Smith. So, we have covered a wide variety of tech topics over the years. We are very fortunate to have Karen

I'm interesting in seeing more comprehensive cover...

2009-04-10T09:19:00.000-04:00

I'm interesting in seeing more comprehensive coverage of true use of technology in the social work field. How about discussing some ethical issues that come with online media usage by social professionals? As a social worker and an online media professional, I have a very comprehensive base of knowledge about online media, particularly online social media, and I'd even be willing to contribute

This is so cool! Yea for Jonathan! Yea for Karen...

2009-03-17T17:00:00.000-04:00

This is so cool! Yea for Jonathan! Yea for Karen, too!