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Social Networks and Communications. - Karen Hrisafinas. Introduction. A social network service focuses on building and reflecting of social networks or social relations among people, e.g., who share interests and/or activities.
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Social Networks and Communications - Karen Hrisafinas
Introduction • A social network service focuses on building and reflecting of social networks or social relations among people, e.g., who share interests and/or activities. Most social network services are web based and provide means for users to interact over the internet, such as e-mail and instant messaging.
Introduction • Since their introduction, social network sites such as MySpace, Facebook, Cyworld, and Bebo have attracted millions of users, many of whom have integrated these sites into their daily practices.
What Is Social Networking? Social Networking. . . It's the way to the 21st century communicates today. Want to know what it really means?
What Is Social Networking? We define social network sites as web-based services that allow individuals to • Construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system • Articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection • View and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system.
History According to the definition above, the first recognizable social network site launched in 1997. SixDegrees.com allowed users to create profiles, list their Friends and, beginning in 1998, surf the Friends lists. Each of these features existed in some form before SixDegrees, of course but SixDegrees was the first to combine all these features.
History New social networking methods were developed by the end of the 1990s, and many sites began to develop more advanced features for users to find and manage friends. This newer generation of social networking sites began to flourish with the emergence of Friendsterin 2002, and soon became part of the Internet mainstream.
History • Friendster was followed by MySpace and LinkedIn a year later, and finally, Bebo. Attesting to the rapid increase in social networking sites' popularity, by 2005, MySpace was reportedly getting more page views than Google. Facebook, launched in 2004, has since become the largest social networking site in the world.
History • Today, it is estimated that there are now over 200 active sites using a wide variety of social networking models • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites
Social Networks in Education Almost 60 percent of students who use social networking talk about education topics online and, surprisingly, more than 50 percent talk specifically about schoolwork. Yet the vast majority of school districts have strict rules against nearly all forms of social networking during the school day — even though students and parents report few problem behaviors online.
Social Networks in Education • Social networks focused on supporting relationships between teachers and between teachers and their students are now used for learning, educator professional development, and content sharing that include educational blogs, e-portfolios, formal and ad hoc communities, as well as communication such as chats, discussion threads, and synchronous forums.
Facebook in Education Using Facebook in education is one way to use technology to your benefit. Facebook offers many applications and room for the imagination to explore a bit. Students can use this Internet technology to perform various tasks and practice their computer skills at the same time.
Facebook in Education • http://www.interactyx.com/blog/facebook-apps-for-education • http://www.collegedegree.com/library/college-life/15-facebook-apps-perfect-for-online-education • http://www.facebook.com/education • http://www.facebook.com/pages/Advanced-learners-of-English-as-a-Foreign-Language-EFLESL/314378923180?ref=search&v=wall
What is Communication? • The exchange of thoughts, messages, or information, as by speech, signals, writing, or body language
Information Communication • Information Communication is a process by which meaning is assigned and conveyed in an attempt to create shared understanding. This process requires a vast repertoire of skills in interpersonal and interpersonal processing, listening, observing, speaking, questioning, analyzing, and evaluating. It is through communication that collaboration and cooperation occur.
What is Skype ? • Skype is an IP telephony service provider that offers free calling between subscribers and low-cost calling to people who don't use the service. In addition to standard telephone calls, Skype enables file transfers, texting, video chat and videoconferencing.
Facts about Skype • Skype was developed by Estonian developers Ahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu and Jaan Tallinnand founded in 2003. • Responsible for 12% of global international calling • 3.1 billion minutes of calls to landlines and mobiles in the third quarter of 2009were made. • Skype is a leading global internet communications company
Skype in Education • http://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/skype-in-education • http://www.verbalplanet.com/ • http://www.englishacademy.com/ • http://murcha.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/using-skype-in-education/
How to create a Skype account • http://www.skype.com/intl/en/home
