Resource Log (Sources #61-66)

#61 “Social Constructivism” – This is a wiki that discusses social constructivism and how social networking sites fit into and complement the concept of social constructivism.

Gerstein, J. (2009). Social constructivism. Tangient LLC. Retrieved from http://jackiegerstein.wikispaces.com/Social+Constructivism

#62 “Social Networking in Education” - This article discusses how education is all about professors working to build connections with students, and it discusses how social networking sites allow professors to expand upon and improve this connection.

Morrill, D. (2009, January 30). Social networking in education. City University of Seattle. Retrieved from http://techwag.com/index.php/2009/01/30/social-networking-in-education/

#63 “Online Social Networking and Education: Study Reports on New Generations Social and Creative Interconnected Lifestyles” – This article discusses surveys that have been conducted by Microsoft, The National School Boards Association, Verizon, and Newscorp. These surveys have shown how important social networking sites are in the lives of today’s teens. This article suggests that schools need to take advantage of these social networking sites and use them for more educational-oriented purposes. This article offers a lot of data about the number of students who use different social networking sites and how frequently they use these sites.

Good, R. (2007, November 9). Online social networking and education: Study reports on new generations social and creative interconnected lifestyles. MasterNewMedia. Retrieved from http://www.masternewmedia.org/learning_educational_technologies/social-networking/social-networking-in-education-survey-on-new-generations-social-creative-and-interconnected-lifestyles-NSBA-20071109.htm

#64 “Social Networking Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship” – This article discusses the history of social networking sites and how they can be effectively used in today’s classroom. It also provides a really thorough working definition of the term “Social Networking Site”.

Boyd, D.M. (n.d.). Social networking sites: Definition, history, and scholarship. University of California-Berkley. Retrieved from http://www.danah.org/papers/JCMCIntro.pdf

#65 “Social Networking Defined: Facebook, My Space, Bebo, and Other Community Websites” - This article provides a good working definition of “Social Networking Sites” and discusses several of the most popular social networking sites of today’s generation.

Shoemaker-Galloway, J. (2007, May 28). Social networking defined: Facebook, My Space, Bebo, and other community websites. Suite101.com Website. Retrieved from http://internet.suite101.com/article.cfm/social_networkingwhat_is_it

#66 “Social Network Service” – This article provides the best definition of “Social Networking Service” that I have found so far. It defines “Social Network Service” as a web based service that provides a variety of ways for users to interact, such as e-mail and instant messaging services, and focuses on building online communities of people who share interests and/or activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others. These ideas seem to directly correlate with the chapter of our WikiText that discusses learning communities.

Wikipedia. (2009, April 6). Social network service. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network_service