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Chris Draper

Facebook by the numbers: 1.06 billion monthly active users | Internet & Media - CNET News - 0 views

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facebook users 1.06 Billion 25% increase

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  • The social network is now at 1.06 billion monthly active users. In addition to a 25 percent increase in monthly users from last year
  • jeramie cadle on 16 May 13
     
    Chris if you feel up to put this together i'm good with that
  • jeramie cadle on 16 May 13
     
    i think your gonna have to show more then just a growing popularity for facebook though how does it improve literacy skills but im sure you have some thoughts
Chris Draper

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  • Change increasingly defines the nature of literacy in an information age.  Literacy is rapidly and continuously changing as new technologies for information and communication repeatedly appear and new envisionments for exploiting these technologies are continuously crafted by users. Moreover, these new technologies for information and communication permit the immediate exchange of even newer technologies and envisionments for their use. This speeds up the already rapid pace of change in the forms and functions of literacy, increasing the complexity of the challenges we face as we consider how best to prepare students for their literacy futures. Today, continuous, rapid change regularly redefines the nature of literacy.  This simple observation has profound implications for literacy education.
    • Chris Draper
      Chris Draper on 16 May 13
       
      Change determines literacy in an information age. The contstant changing elements makes it easier and easier to function i.e. be literate today.
    • Andrew Abeyta
      Andrew Abeyta on 16 May 13
       
      Agreed. Everything that we learn; technology somehow creates an even better and easier way of communicating to us.
  • The continuously changing technologies of information and communication are largely driven by these global forces in the nature of work.  As individuals or organizations identify problems, gather information, and seek solutions, digital bits become faster and cheaper than atoms (Negroponte, 1995) and in a highly competitive context speed, information, and cost become paramount.  Most of the technologies of literacy are driven by these three considerations.  Successful information and communication technologies allow faster access to more information at a cheaper cost than alternatives. Moreover, the globally competitive context in which we find ourselves ensures that new technologies for information and communication will continually be developed, resulting in continuously changing literacies and envisionments for literacy.
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