StopThePresses: Major New Report on Online Educational Networking

Colleagues/

Cancel All Your Appointments Today and Read This 
Report![:->
And
Consider the Implications and Ramifications (Before It's Too
Late)
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/Gerry 

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More Teens and 'Tweens Are Creating Content and Connecting
Online for
Educational Benefits

Offering Schools New Opportunities to Use Technology Reports
New
National School Boards Association Study

Alexandria, VA - August 14 - A new study released today by
the National
School Boards Association and Grunwald Associates LLC
exploring the
online behaviors of U.S. teens and *tweens shows that 96
percent of
students with online access use social networking
technologies, such as
chatting, text messaging, blogging, and visiting online
communities such
as Facebook, MySpace, and Webkinz. Further, students report
that one of
the most common topics of conversation on the social
networking scene is
education.

Nearly 60 percent of online students report discussing
education-related topics such as college or college
planning, learning
outside of school, and careers. And 50 percent of online
students say
they talk specifically about schoolwork.

[snip]

Students report they are engaging in highly creative
activities on
social networking internet sites including writing, art,
and
contributing to collaborative online projects whether or not
these
activities are related to schoolwork. [snip]

Today, students report that they are spending almost as much
time using
social networking services and Web sites as they spend
watching
television

[snip]

In the future, schools that incorporate social networking
tools in
education can help engage kids and move them toward the
center of the
learning process.*

[snip]

The report, *Creating & Connecting: Research and
Guidelines on Online
Social and Educational Networking,* is based on three
surveys: an
online survey of nearly 1,300 9- to 17-year-olds, an online
survey of
more than 1,000 parents, and telephone interviews with 250
school
districts leaders who make decisions on Internet policy.

The study was carried out with support from Microsoft, News
Corporation, and Verizon, and does not necessarily represent
the views
of the underwriters.

Further details and a link to the full-text of the report is
available
at 

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http://onlinesocialnetwork
s.blogspot.com/2007/09/creating-connecting-research-and.html

]

/Gerry

____
2007 ASIS&T Annual Meeting
Joining Research and Practice: Social Computing
and Information Science,
October 19-24, in Milwaukee
Plenaries: Anthea Stratigos, Outsell (research and advisory
firm) 
Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information
http://www.asis
.org/Conferences/AM07/

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