Professional Documents
Culture Documents
•Friendster
•MySpace
•Ning
Pew Internet & American Life Project
• 2007 National Study
– 55% all online American Youth between the age of
12 and 17 use social networking sites for
communication.
Pew Internet & American Life Project
Creating and Connecting Project by
National School Boards Association
• Online survey of about 1,300 American kids (9 to 17 years)
and over 1,000 parents, and telephone interviews with more
than 200 school district officials in 2007
– Students are spending almost as much time using social
networking services and Web sites as they spend watching TV
– 96% of students with Internet access engage in social networking
– 60% of students say they use the social networking tools to
discuss classes, learning outside school, and planning for college
– Students report using text messaging, blogging, and online
communities such as Facebook and MySpace for educational
activities, including collaboration on school projects.
http://www.nsba.org/SecondaryMenu/TLN/CreatingandConnecting.aspx
Social Networking Research in UK
• Despite the fact that the minimum age for most major
social networking sites is usually 13, 27% of 8-11 year
olds who are aware of social networking sites say that
they have a profile on a site.
• The majority of adults who had used a social
networking site had a profile on Facebook (62%) and
this was the most mentioned main social networking
site (49%).
• Two-thirds of parents claim to set rules about their
child’s use of social networking sites, although only
53% of children said that their parents set such rules.
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/advice/media_literacy/medlitpub/medlitpubrss/socialnetworking/report.pdf
Social Networking Research in UK
Item M SD
1. I feel comfortable using the class social networking site. 3.08 0.76
2. My class social networking site allows me to interact and build a 3.46 0.51
learning community.
3. My class social networking site allows me to personalize pages to 3.62 0.51
express individuality and creativity.
4. My class social networking site allows me to pose questions to the 3.54 0.52
community.
5. My class social networking site allows me to share photos, music, 3.62 0.51
and videos.
6. My class social networking site allows me to hold forums to 3.62 0.51
discuss topics of interest.
Results
Item M SD
7. My class social networking site allows me to find and share 3.62 0.51
educational resources.
8. My class social networking site allows me to create study groups. 3.62 0.51
13. My class social networking site promotes knowledge sharing. 3.38 0.51
15. Social networking is a great tool for class communications. 3.69 0.48
16. Social networking can be used for professional development. 3.62 0.51
17. I will become more actively involved in courses that use social 3.77 0.44
networking.
18. I would like to see more social networking class sites used in other 3.65 0.51
classes.
Conclusion
• Increasing interest in the use of social networking in
education
• Students in the course welcome the opportunity to
experience and explore the use of social network in
teaching and learning
• Students found the class social networking site was user-
friendly and gave them a sense of belonging
• Students had positive experience of using social networks
in learning
• Students felt more actively involved in the course that
use social networking