Share Paper: Leveraging social networks for educational purposes

  1. Jean Kiekel, University of HoustonVHS, Inc, United States
Wednesday, March 7 5:15 PM-6:45 PM Capitol D

Abstract: Social networking is shaping our lives on a daily basis. We blog, Twitter, Facebook, post photographs to Flikr or Picasa, and use GoogleDocs with colleagues to collaborate on projects. We rely on technology for our day-to-day activities. However, when we enter a school building, we shut down those activities until the school day is complete. The reasons vary, but the primary reason is teachers do not know how to tap into the power of social networking for educational purposes. A new culture of learning is developing. Information networks allow for the sharing of vast amounts of data on any subject ...