Study: Having 6,141 friends you don't know may be beneficial - 0 views
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Scrabulous aside, there may be an educational upside to social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace.
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"Students using social networking sites are actually practicing the kinds of 21st-century skills we want them to develop to be successful today," said Christine Greenhow, a learning technologies researcher in the university's College of Education and Human Development and lead investigator of the study. "Students are developing a positive attitude towards using technology systems, editing and customizing content and thinking about online design and layout. ... "The websites offer tremendous educational potential."