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SOCIAL NETWORKING
AND THEK-12
CLASSROOM
By Belinha De AbreuMedia Literacy Educator
Drexel University
IT ALL BEGAN WITH…
IT ALL BEGAN WITH…
INSTANT MESSAGING (IM)
IT ALL BEGAN WITH…
EMOTICONS & TEXT LANGUAGE
AFAIK As Far As I KnowB4N Bye for nowBFz4evr Best friends foreverCU@ See you at __FOMCL Fell out of my chair laughingH&K Hugs and kissesIMHO In my honest (or humble) opinionPRW Parents are watchingSETE Smiling ear to earTTYL Talk to you later2d4 To die for2g4u Too good for you4gvn Forgiven
IT ALL BEGAN WITH…
Texting in All Sorts of Places
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Thank you for a great year Mrs. D. HAGS!
IT ALL BEGAN WITH…
IDK MY BFF ROSE (AT&T Commercial)
IT ALL BEGAN WITH…
SOCIAL NETWORKING
HOW PREVALENT IS IT?
YouTube & South Park
HOW PREVALENT IS IT?
HOW PREVALENT IS IT?
HOW PREVALENT IS IT?
In Teen Fiction
By Author: Lauren Myracle
HOW PREVALENT IS IT?
HOW PREVALENT IS IT?
Text messaging…
…Has become the most popular form of communication for young adults. Do we use it in the
classroom?
Advertisers are beginning to use the social networking/text language to communicate with teens and young adults.
HOW PREVALENT IS IT?
WHEREARE
THEYONLINE?
Creating and Connecting – National School Boards Association
TEENS ONLINE FACTS• 85% of teens ages 12-17 engage at least
occasionally in some form of electronic personal communication, which includes text messaging, sending email or instant messages, or posting comments on social networking sites;
• 55% of online teens ages 12-17 have created a profile on a social networking site such as Facebook or MySpace;
• 47% of online teens have uploaded photos where others can see them, though many restrict access to the photos in some way;
• 14% of online teens have posted videos online.
Pew Internet and American Life Project - 2007
TEENS ONLINE FACTS
TEENS ONLINE FACTS• 57% of online teens say that they watch
videos on video sharing sites such as YouTube;
• 49% of teens play games online;
Pew Internet and American Life Project, 2007
• Email usage is steadily decreasing for this age group as a form of communication.
Kaiser Family Foundation, 2007
THINGS TO KNOW:Content Creators-
Online teenagers who have created or worked on a blog or webpage, shared original creative content, or remixed content they found online into a new creation.
(Pew Internet and American Life Project)
Participatory Cultures-A culture with relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement, strong support of creating and sharing one’s creations, and some type of informal mentorship whereby what is known by the most experienced is passed along to novices.
(Prof. Henry Jenkins – MIT)
IN THE CLASSROOM…• Does it exist?
– Yes, but not used by many teachers.
• Biggest Barriers?– School Internet Policies.
– Educators do not see its value in the classroom.
– Do not find it to be an effective communications tool.
– Unknowledgeable.
IN THE CLASSROOM…Based on the Partnership for 21st Century Skills…
Every student in this country must be:• A critical thinker• A problem solver• An innovator• An effective communicator• A self-directed learner
– Information and media literate• Globally aware• Civically engaged• Financially and economically literate.
IN THE CLASSROOM…
• What is being used?
– Blogging -Moodle
– EduSpaces -edu 2.0
– Flickr -iGoogle
– Second Life -SchoolTube
– TeacherTube -Wikis
IS THERE A DISCONNET?
SOME PARTING THOUGHTS…
“There are two ways to think: ‘How do you protect the kids from the technology?’ OR
‘How do you unlock the creativity of the kids by engaging them with technology?’ If you assume that students will get their hands into the cooking jar, you’re thinking about it the wrong way.”
-Adam Newman, Outsell
SOME PARTING THOUGHTS…
Zits by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman
SOME PARTING THOUGHTS…
“I look at the technology that kids bring to school and try to harness that. You can either ban iPods, (and cell phones, Blackberries or MP3s), or fill them with
content. What do they have in their bookbags that we’re not letting them use?”
-Karl Schaefer, North Carolina’s Durham Academy, The Journal
A FEW RESOURCES:
• Goodstein, A. (2007). Totally Wired: What Teens and Tweens Are Really Doing Online. NY: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN-10: 0312360126
• Engdahl, S. (2007). Online Social Networking (Current Controversies). NY: Greenhaven Press. ISBN-10: 0737738006
• Kelsey, C.M. (2007). Generation MySpace: Helping Your Teen Survive Online Adolescence. NY: Da Capo Press. ISBN-10: 1600940110
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Belinha De AbreuMedia Literacy Educator
Auxiliary Assistant Professor
Drexel University3141 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA [email protected] or
203-668-7392 or 860-339-5151
