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quotes banked **Just a few left here guys have we used do we want them, shall we bank for later?? (KS 8/8)**

Here are a couple of quotes/facts taken from [|**http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article**/viewArticle/1394/1312#note4]

"In an age of digital media, do we really have any privacy?" “Social media should improve your life, not become your life!” -- Patrick Driessen, Consultant and Executive Coach retrieved [] “This isn’t a direct marketing tool, this is human communication.” -- Rob Key, CEO of Converseon, a social marketing firm. retrieved from []

// 4/8 (DF) bank of references to later throw into discussions if we want.... //
(GB) 'inject' them into the stream discusisons...e.g 'john, you raise an interesting point, and this resource backs that up....'(GB) //...our role should be to keep questioning/extending rather than participating (KS)// Banked 8/8 incase we need this info

T2. - Masters & Barr, (2/9 KS) **it is important to consider the 6-8 group working in the space. This age group is likely to become even more confident with the Wed 2.0 tools than their older siblings and they are potentially more vulnerable to cyber safety issues"** I like this quote. (DF) it is tricky to use cause we have no site? (eg. retrievedAugust 28, 2010, from ...........)

Reading9: Mason & Rennie (2008). //Social networking as an educational tool.// sounds good Reading10: Valenzuela, Park & Kee (2009). //Is there social capital in a social network site?// sounds good haven;t read Reading11: Jones, Blackey, Fitzgibbon & Chew (2010). //Get out of MySpace!// YIP Jones, Blackey, Fitzgibbon and Chew’s (2010) research explores the “disruptive nature and opportunity of social networking for higher education”. They note the same significant and growing use of educational technology as other studies but focus on two distinct divides; the learning space and the personal space. They argue that these spaces can and do overlap depending on user preference. They conclude by reminding readers that student s have a choice to either separate or combine their ‘personal’ and ‘learning’ spaces. Interestingly they relate their findings to Vygotsky’s theory to not separate social life and learning! Reading12: Hughes (2009). //Social software//. Don’t know haven’t read it Reading 13: Sharples, Graber, Harrison & Logan (2008). E-safety and web 2.0 for children aged 11-16. This one is in their course material and good because it talks about UNCROC and relates to the issues and need s with young children. It would relate to our task about strategies to support ... Reading7: Beldarrain (2006). //Distance education trends//. provides a rationale for our seminar and the value of online collaboration, interaction and sharing.... shall we look at his for a intro quote..then tick this reading is done Reading8: Pettenati, & Cigognini (2007). //Social networking theories and tools to support connectivist learning activities.// Relates to the facebook task they argue that “connectivism” (social networking applied to learning and knowledge contexts) can lead to a reconceptualization of learning in which formal, non-formal and informal learning can be integrated as to build a potentially lifelong learning activities to be experienced in “personal learning environments”. At the same time, the culture of lifelong learning is gaining importance as one of the most effective answers to face the challenges brought by the Information and Knowledge Society (Siemens, 2006):

Livingstone, S., & Brake, D. (2010). On the rapid rise of social networking sites: New findings and policy implications. Children & Society, vol 24, p 75-83 4/8 (KS) Delete as

only in hard copy- good reading though

Pempek, T. A., Yermolayeva, A., & Calvert. S. L. (2009). Students' social networking expereinces on facebook. **﻿ 4/8 (KS)** ok but not overly relevant to our seminar so **suggest delete**

Mason & Rennie (2008). //Social networking as an educational tool// 4/8 KS) suggest delete Masters and Barr (2010)

This additional/optional reading shares recent intitatives (including SuperClubsPLUS a popular Australian project) on cyber safety and strategies to help those people working with young children. They warn that children as young as 6 and 8 year olds are beginning to hit the scale for active online social networking activity. It profiles these children and provides useful insights into young childrens patterns of involvement. About value of facebook but low evidence that it builds social capital, rather youth use it to depended friendships and acquaintances rather than meet new people Good for political participation
 * below readings banked 5/8 by KS**
 * Reading9:** Mason & Rennie (2008). //Social networking as an educational tool.// Ok a book
 * Reading10:** Valenzuela, Park & Kee (2009). //Is there social capital in a social network site?//

New Directions in Youth Development: Theory, Research & Practice. ** *Greenhow, C. ** & Robelia, E. (2009). [|Informal learning and identity formation in online social networks]. Learning, Media and Technology, 34(2), 119-140. [|Research on Learning and Teaching with Web 2.0: Bridging Conversations] . Educational Researcher seen it now delete , 38 (4), 280-283. //***Greenhow, C.,** Dexter, S., & Hughes, J. (2008). Teacher knowledge about technology integration: An examination of inservice and preservice teachers’ instructional decision-making. Science Education International//, 19 (1), pp. 9-25.
 * Greenhow, C**. & Walker, J.D. & Kim, S. (2009). Millenial learners and net-savvy teens: Examining internet use among low-income students. Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, //26//(2), 63-69.
 * Greenhow, C.,** Robelia, E., & Hughes, J. (2009).

Welcome Thread in STREAM Hi everyone, Welcome to Group One's seminar on Social Networking!! This seminar is based around the roles and functions of ˜social networking" and how it can improve the learning experiences of our students. Our seminar has been developed on a wix site, click the url below go there. Everything you need to know is in the opening page; but please make sure you read all sections carefully especially ﻿the ˜guidelines" of every page before starting the tasks (this may save you some time later on). Website url: //[]// Time frame: 2 weeks. We expect each of the tasks will take approximately **1-2** hours (including responding to other participants). Your contribution and responses to other participants will enhance the outcomes of this seminar and there should be sufficient time for this. The dates given for each task act as a guideline to work with so you can spread the tasks over two weeks and we have made some of the readings optional in the 'background materials' package- but all are worth a skim read and will help you with the ta sks. We would appreciate the order of the tasks followed. Task One and Two in week one, and Task Three and Four in week two. Each task can be accessed by using the navigation bar at the top of each web page. All readings/resources can be accessed by clicking on the blue text which are links to the readings/resources (under 'Readings'). We have set up 'Discussion Topics' for each Task where you can post your 'Task response**,'** this way it is easy to monitor and see responses/feedback to your contributions. We hope you find the seminar interesting and rewarding but above all we hope this seminar succeeds in enhancing your knowledge and skills regarding social networking in education. If you need any clarification at all, let us know through //the 'Problems or Issues' thread.// We look forward to working with you all. Enjoy! Melz, Gab and Kath.// 3/8 (DF) on wix site: WELCOME! Seminar 9th August - 23rd August This seminar aims to develop our knowledge and skills on using social networking in education, more specifically the challenges, benefits, possible solutions and a small focus on forward thinking - where are we heading? The seminar consists of three main tasks that will run over the two weeks, guidelines are provided to identify the timeframe we are working within. Details of each task can be accessed on their separate webpage by clicking on the relevant button at the top of this screen (see the navigation bar above). We aim to engage you in the seminar for a period of 1-2 hours per day; note: this includes readings, discussion posts and any other work related to the task. Please take care to answer the questions in the appropriate thread. Any problems or questions please let us know through the Seminar One Problem Thread. We are looking forward to working with you throughout the seminar deveoping our awareness and knowledge on Social Networking in education. To get you started please click on the link social networking......to read the definition and to provide the basis of which we can develop on from. Enjoy, Melz, Kath and Gab