Social+Networking

This page contains resources to help you learn about social networking. This phenomenon is increasingly the way our youth (and small but growing communities of educators and other professionals) stay in touch and learn from one another. It can be called "personal networking" or "professional networking" as well. Scott calls his rich set of these resources his "Personal Learning Network" or "PLN." Here's the Rosetta Stone introduction to Social Networking from Lee LeFever, whose "in Plain English" video series productions at [|Commoncraft] have become staples in any introduction to social technologies:

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[|Vanessa Van Petten] is a 23 year old self-styled "entrepeneur" and expert on the net-generation, and the author of //**You're Grounded!: How to Stop Fighting and Make the Teenage Years Easier** [|(link)]//. Here's her take on MySpace, from [|her rich collection of YouTube videocasts]:

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[|The PEW Internet Project] archives presentations and reports particularly germaine to these issues:

[|Teens and Social Media]: The use of social media gains a greater foothold in teen life as they embrace the conversational nature of interactive online media  [|Teens and the Internet]: Released January 9, 2009, the latest stats

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