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Joel Bennett

Social Media is Here to Stay... Now What? - 0 views

  • Social media is driven by another buzzword: "user-generated content" or content that is contributed by participants rather than editors.
  • I'm going to share my research in three acts: 1) How did social media - and social network sites in particular - gain traction in the US? And how should we think about network effects? 2) What are some core differences between how teens leverage social media and how adults engage with these same tools? 3) How is social media reconfiguring social infrastructure and where is all of this going?
  • many adults have jumped in, but what they are doing there is often very different than what young people are doing.
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  • over 35% of American adults have a profile on a social network site
  • Facebook was narrated as the "safe" alternative and, in the 2006-2007 school year, a split amongst American teens occurred. Those college-bound kids from wealthier or upwardly mobile backgrounds flocked to Facebook while teens from urban or less economically privileged backgrounds rejected the transition and opted to stay with MySpace while simultaneously rejecting the fears brought on by American media. Many kids were caught in the middle and opted to use both, but the division that occurred resembles the same "jocks and burnouts" narrative that shaped American schools in the 1980s.
  • Teens are much more motivated to talk only with their friends and they learned a harsh lesson with social network sites. Even if they are just trying to talk to their friends, those who hold power over them are going to access everything they wrote if it's in public
  • while you can replicate a conversation, it's much easier to alter what's been said than to confirm that it's an accurate portrayal of the original conversation.
  • 1. Invisible Audiences. We are used to being able to assess the people around us when we're speaking. We adjust what we're saying to account for the audience. Social media introduces all sorts of invisible audiences.
  • Social media brings all of these contexts crashing into one another and it's often difficult to figure out what's appropriate
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    1) How did social media - and social network sites in particular - gain traction in the US? And how should we think about network effects? 2) What are some core differences between how teens leverage social media and how adults engage with these same tools? 3) How is social media reconfiguring social infrastructure and where is all of this going?
LUCIAN DUMA

#diaspora #opensouce social network alternative for #googleplus and #facebook to malke ... - 0 views

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    What are the best social networks to build a pln in education 2.0 ? http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-social-networks-to-build-a-pln-in-education-2-0
International School of Central Switzerland

Profile Publisher - ReadWriteThink - 4 views

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    "With this interactive tool, teens can create printed social networking or magazine/newspaper profiles for themselves, peers or family members whom they have interviewed, or fictional characters from books they have read. Featuring components of popular online social networking applications, this tool engages teens and provides a means for adults to talk about safe, responsible online behavior, such as having an awareness of who could be seeing online profiles and limiting highly personal information."
Maggie Verster

Sharing Learning - online conference on Communities of practice - 3 views

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    "From November 5th to 8th, 2009, there will be an open-knowledge event, Social Networking, organized by AVEALMEC and ARCALL, two LatinAmerican associations, one based in Venezuela and the other one in Argentina, interested in promoting the use of ICT in the language classroom. It will be completely online and free, and its aim is to encourage practioners to reflect the role of communities of practice as social networks in ELT."
Martin Burrett

themultlife - 1 views

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    A social network where posts are translated into 36 languages and reads them out at the click of a button. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools
Tami Brass

World Chinese Teachers Network | Google Groups - 0 views

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    WCTN is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that enhances the personal growth, professional development, advancement and building the network to benefit Chinese teaching around the world.
LUCIAN DUMA

#edtools of the day #schoox your social and #curation edutainment network - 6 views

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    #edtools of the day #schoox your social and #curation edutainment network . For more #edtools https://twitter.com/#!/web20education
Martin Burrett

Tonguetide - 6 views

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    Tonguetide is a social networking site for people looking to improve their foreign language skills. Find a language partner or use the site's learning tools to help you. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Languages,+Culture+&+International+Projects
Maggie Verster

Virtual Author Visits in Your Library or Classroom - Skype An Author Network - 0 views

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    The mission of the Skype an Author Network is to provide K-12 teachers and librarians a way to connect authors, books, and young readers through virtual visits. Wouldn't it be great to invite authors into your classroom or library to video chat with students before, during, and/or after reading their books? We are growing a list of authors who want to make that connection with you via Skype. Visit our Skype Overview page to learn more about Skype.
Stéphane Métral

ShoutEm - Roll your own Microblogging Social Networking - 0 views

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    Shout'Em is platform on which you can easily start co-branded microbloging social networking service. Something simple as Twitter or with more features like Pownce. It is up to you :)
Maggie Verster

Study: Children Who Blog Or Use Facebook Have Higher Literacy Levels - 8 views

  • The digital age often gets a bad press but the findings of this report demonstrate that social networking sites and blogs are linked to young people’s more positive attitudes to writing
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    "A research by The National Literacy Trust on 3,001 children from England and Scotland showed that schoolchildren who blog or own social networking profiles on Facebook have higher literacy levels and greater confidence in writing."
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