Again the report I mentioned these days. The findings are really amazing. It’s now quite clear that [tag-tec]web 2.0[/tag-tec] will not fade away – despite those never-ending debates about its legitimation as a term. Especially social networking sites like [tag-ice]Facebook[/tag-ice] and synchronous media like Instant Messaging penetrated the youth. School are somehow prompted to adapt to that developments. On the other hand – and I’m not an expert in the history of education – schools never participated in the world of its students. School represented at least for century the interest of parents (disguised as the interests of society). What that in mind I hope we will face huge change with respect to how schools relate to their students.
The findings, however, were:
[...] students report that one ofthe most common topics of conversation on the social networking scene is 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 stringent rules against nearly all forms of social
networking during the school day —even though students and parents report few problem behaviors online. Indeed, both district leaders and parents believe that social networking could play a positive role in students’lives and they recognize opportunities for using it in education — at a time when teachers now routinely assign homework that requires Internet use to complete. In light ofthe study findings, [tag-tec]school[/tag-tec] districts may want to consider reexamining their policies and practices and explore ways in which they could use social networking for educational purposes.
Recommendations!
Encourage [tag-ice]social networking[/tag-ice] companies to increase educational value. Educational leaders should work with social networking companies to increase services
that are explicitly educational in nature,via informal or formal initiatives that highlight educational offerings.
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Tags: e-learning, e-portfolio, education, web2.0
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