Upside Learning
NOVEMBER 30, 2009
In 2009, several new tools were added including the popular microblogging service Twitter and other popular social networking sites like Linkedin, Facebook, and MySpace. Twitter has arrived with a bang in 2009. Here are some graphs pulled out from the report: You could get the report (pdf) from the CMR website.
Learning with e's
DECEMBER 21, 2009
In September 2006, Facebook came late to the party, but within a short time (March 2008) it overhauled Myspace as the world's favourite social networking tool. In June 2009, the UK Government published its Digital Britain Report , committing the UK to a universal broadband provision by 2012.
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Learning with e's
MAY 29, 2013
Tribal identity in the age of the Web transcends ethnicity, traditional cultural expectations and geography (Wheeler, 2009). Membership of digital clans can be volatile, as has been demonstrated in the sharp rise and decline of once popular tribal online spaces such as Bebo or MySpace. 2009) Digital tribes, virtual clans.
Learning with e's
JULY 16, 2009
Should we try to use social networking services such as Facebook and Myspace as serious educational tools, or should they remain the domain of informal chat and backstage antics? Selwyn N (2009) Faceworking: exploring students' education-related use of Facebook , Learning, Media and Technology, 34 (2), 157-174.
Learning with e's
DECEMBER 20, 2009
Myspace was to become the trend setter - within 3 years it had signed up an astounding 100 million users. The history of both Myspace and Facebook are very well documented on their respective Wikipedia entries. This series concludes tomorrow with a review of the years 2006-2009. It was later to be renamed Facebook.
Learning with e's
DECEMBER 8, 2009
80% of children in the UK have encountered unsuitable or harmful content on the Internet (Byron, 2009 - see report link below) and it has usually been down to parents to educate their children about keeping safe on the web - that is until now.
Learning with e's
JANUARY 1, 2010
I closed down my Bebo, Plurk and MySpace accounts in 2009 because I was being overloaded by so many friend requests and spurious linking to things I couldn't be asked to spend time on. Tags: MySpace 2010 Plurk friending FaceBook Bebo. It's for these reasons I may take the plunge and also close down my Facebook account in 2010.
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