Explosion of social networking
The last few years have seen an explosion of social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Twitter, and others. You will discuss the impact of social networking on the use of technology for collaboration in schools, now and in the future.
Discuss the impact of social networking technology on current collaboration and the implications for future collaboration in the schools.
Consider the following ideas:
- Given the current demographic of teachers being over 50 years of age, discuss how to facilitate the use of social networking technology for collaboration.
- Analysis of the trends in participation of different generational groups.
- Future improvements in technology
- How does the impact of younger teachers in education impact the use of social technologies?
