We typically assume that the internet is turning kids into narcissistic, vicious cyber-bullies, but a growing body of research indicates that the opposite is true. New research suggests that spending time emailing, texting, and Facebook-ing might actually help both adults and kids become better friends and people
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Social Networking Bill of Rights - Background Check - 7 views
An Educators Guide To Twitter - 31 views
Is the internet making teens nicer? - Yahoo! News - 10 views
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the more time college students spent on the internet, the more empathetic they were both online and off
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Forty-five percent of 3,777 teens surveyed reported being bullied, but fewer than 20 percent of those said it had occurred online or via text messaging or phone. Almost 40 percent said it had happened in person. And two-thirds of those bullied online said they didn't even find the abuse upsetting.
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Pros and cons about children under 13 using social media.
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My Big Campus extends the classroom to a safe, engaging online environment.
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Advice for students in how to build a positive online presence in comic poster form.
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Secure and safte student socialnetworking site.
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Great blog post reflection on events in Egypt
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make your own social network
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Connect and collaborate while studying online.
Cybraryman Internet Catalogue - 5 views
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Very nice list of great educators on Twitter via @cybraryman
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affective issues and the creation of a place where people feel comfortable and trusted will foster active engagement, that the fostering of strong rather than weak ties will help in this.
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figure out the conditions in which people might actually want to participate actively by creating, and then producing the environment and the conditions in which participants feel comfortable doing so.
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Where things get a bit more confusing with PLNs is when we fail to advance beyond those warm fuzzy feelings about being connected to others with more substantive knowledge and action.
