SIT DOWN

BE QUIET

DO YOUR OWN WORK

K-18 WORK PLACE

SOCIAL NETWORKS

CREATIVE CLASS

Creative Class Economic Theory by Dr. Richard Florida

In a Knowledge Based Economy the Creative Class ie.

Science, Engineering, Architecture, Education, Art, Entertainment

Must have Talent, Technology, Tolerance

Social Networks can help develop the next Creative Class

Why one more social network?

MySpace – 250,000,000FaceBook – 125,000,000Bebo – 40,000,000Classmates.com – 50,000,000Flixster – 63,000,000Friendster – 80,000,000Habbo – 100,000,000

Wikipedia lists 132 social networks

Marc and I founded Ning in October 2004 to give everyone the opportunity to create your

own social networks for anything. Today Ning powers the largest number of social networks

on the Internet. Over 500,000

MARC ANDREESSEN GINA BIANCHINI

90% of online teens have tried social networks

They spend 9 hours a week on social networks

½ have talked about homework

70% of new jobs between 1998-2004 are interactive intensive

Collaborative, judgment, insight

Banking

Insurance

Health care

Work place

Steven Hepplle keynote from 2008 K12Online Conference

communitymutuality

usness

RIT study 2007-2008 children and Internet

50% of K-1 report adult supervision

George Seimens explains, "Knowledge is distributed. Learning is the process of creating networks. This is increasingly aided by technology." George posed a question this week, "If a network structure is a foundation of learning, are our education systems designed to appropriately take advantage of networking opportunities?"

http://teachweb2.blogspot.com/2008/09/cck08-network-metaphors-and-week-three.html

NING

PEACE