Week 9-Social Networking

Social networking has been growing in popularity in the past few years and it has begun to be noticed by people everywhere. Some feel very positively toward it, but many others feel that it is a way that students are decreasing their social skills and avoiding peer-to-peer interaction. There are reasons to believe both points of view, and this has become a huge debate, especially among educators and how it applies to students. It is possible that it could have an impact on how people communicate in the future, but it could be a positive or a negative impact. I think that only time can tell how it will change the face of human interaction and communication.

This relates very much to education because social networking provides many opportunities for teachers to reach out to students in new ways. It also gives teachers a roadblock to overcome as they must find new ways to get into the heads of students. They may have to learn an entirely new form of communication that they were not previously used to. If it does affect students ability to have face-to-face interaction, then teachers must be aware of that as well.

The resource I chose for this blog entry is this video. It is a humorous attempt to explain social networking and how it is affecting the youth. It is a clip from the Daily Show and clearly demonstrates social networking in students, while still maintaining a funny point of view.