Our Mission Statement...

Our Mission Statement...

We will be discussing the various ways technology in the form of social media and other online capacities can be used in the elementary and secondary classroom. Our aim is to explore how using these methods in the classroom can allow for a new emerging relationship between teachers and students. A relationship based on the collaborative gathering of information and community building. We will be looking at our own areas of interest and how new technologies can be incorporated into our own teaching methodologies and how learning theories apply to online learning. We hope that you find the information contained within this blog useful and helpful in creating strategic approaches to effective implementation of online learning. Our goal is to also share and discuss the opportunities and challenges we might face in using current technologies in learning and while expliring future opportunities and areas of growth.

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Created by: Bavina, Candida, Roshni, Safia and Sasha - May 2012

Saturday, June 9, 2012

The History of Social Networking

Hi Everyone,

As I was doing some research for our group video, I came across and interesting article that examines how social networking has evolved.  The author, Alan Tilghman looks as the rise and fall of some of the most popular social networking websites over the last 10 years.  While the article was written in 2010, I think that the websites he mentions are still very relevant.  He makes reference to the first social networking site in 2003 - almost 10 years ago!  MySpace entered after, and it reigned supreme in 2007.  hard to imagine that this was only 5 years ago (that really surprised me!)  Of course, what comes after is history, since Facebook and Twitter have gained momentum and popularity since the downfall of MySpace.  The author also created a great infographic that sorts all of the different social networking sites into categories, such as Pictures and Blog Platforms.  I have attached the infographic, and a link to the original article which can be found here.

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