Social Networking Dan, Eugene, Marco, Shufan Users Latin American China Site map What are SNT’s? Home Goal: The main purpose of this project is to become acquainted with a recent trend in today’s society and try to see the pedagogical implications of such trend. Social Awareness Project Last Updated: May 10, 2015

Social Networking Dan, Eugene, Marco, Shufan Users Latin American China Site map What are SNT’s? Home DEFINITION: We define social network sites as web- based services that allow individuals to (1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, (2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and (3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system. The nature and nomenclature of these connections may vary from site to site. What’s New

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Social Networking Dan, Eugene, Marco, Shufan Users Latin American China Site map What are SNT’s? Home Schools reflect society Collaboration Interaction 21st century citizens Schools should reflect the world we live in today. And we live in a social world. We need to teach students how to be effective collaborators in that world, how to interact with people around them, how to be engaged, informed twenty-first- century citizens. Why should schools encourage all this sharing and meeting?

Social Networking Dan, Eugene, Marco, Shufan Users Latin American China Site map What are SNT’s? Home Networking changing education Academic networking We need to teach kids the powerful ways networking can change the way they look at education, not just their social lives. We don't talk enough about the incredible power of social- networking technology to be used for academic benefit. Let's change the terms. Let's not call it social networking. Let's call it academic networking. Why should schools encourage all this sharing and meeting?

Social Networking Dan, Eugene, Marco, Shufan Users Latin American China Site map What are SNT’s? Home Dominate our lives Benefits Disadvantages Interconnected web of friends Health and psychological benefits for those who "friend" and are "friended." Growing obesity and musculoskeletal problems to loss of privacy and overwhelming commercialism Flocking behavior

Social Networking Dan, Eugene, Marco, Shufan Users Latin American China Site map What are SNT’s? Home Growing market Hi5 Orkut & Facebook Latin America Latin America is a growing online market, with monthly unique visitors in the region growing from 53.6 million unique visitors last June, according to comScore’s first report covering the entire region, to 61.6 million this past April (2008).

Social Networking Dan, Eugene, Marco, Shufan Users Latin American China Site map What are SNT’s? Home 300 million online users QZone QQ Linkist Wealink China

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Social Networking Dan, Eugene, Marco, Shufan Users Latin American China Site map What are SNT’s? Home Site Map Home Demographics What’s New Latin America China Site map Chart #1 Chart #2