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Department of Professional & Staff Development Career Tech and Special Education

Department of Professional & Staff Development Career Tech and Special Education. Social Networking in Education. Presented by: Barry S. Britt. This presentation will be published online at www.soundzabound.com. Session Outline. History Obstacles Reasons Resources.

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Department of Professional & Staff Development Career Tech and Special Education

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  1. Department of Professional & Staff Development Career Tech and Special Education Social Networking in Education Presented by: Barry S. Britt This presentation will be published online at www.soundzabound.com.

  2. Session Outline • History • Obstacles • Reasons • Resources

  3. A Review of Corporate

  4. Created by Chris DeWolf and Tom Anderson • Began as SiteGeist, a community web site • Initially catered to local actors, musicians and artists in Southern California • Local bands (particularly Indie rock bands) created profiles and quickly became MySpace’s primary marketing tool • Eight months after its initial launch, MySpace experienced the “network effect,” an exponential growth of people adding “friends” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yWpnto-hqQ&feature=related

  5. Founded by Mark Zuckerberg while at Harvard • Named for facebooks used in some colleges to get acquainted • Originally called thefacebook.com • A hobby project became a Harvard, Stanford and Yale phenomenon within months, in high schools the following year, available to general internet public (13+) the following year • Renamed FaceBook in 2005 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cEySyEnxvU

  6. Founded by Chad Hurley, Steven Chen, and Jawed Karim • First registered domain name, then developed site in a garage • "Broadcast Yourself” • Business model is based on traditional banner advertising, sponsorships, partnerships and promotions • Generated early interest with a contest to win an iPod Nano http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoQxFtQenrI&NR=1

  7. Quirkysurprising innovative competitive visionary

  8. Obstacles • Internal Network • Administration • Parental • Self

  9. Reasons • Viable / Necessity • 21st Century Skills / State Standards • Media Literacy • Student interest • Project sharing • Compete with U.K., India, China

  10. Resources • Classroom 2.0.com • Ning in Education.com • SchoolTube.com.com • Soundzabound.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoQxFtQenrI&NR=1

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