Friday, February 27, 2009

Re: social networks used

Aside from Pew=A0and other usual suspects=A0I highly recommend Danah Boyd's=
=A0site and her research if you really want to get a handle on children and=
Social Networks.=A0 =0A=0Ahttp://www.danah.org/=0A=0AAs a side note, I man=
age the social network for AARP and we have a surprising number of teens on=
the site.=A0=A0We speculate this is largely because=A0most schools do not =
block our domain.=A0=A0You might find something interesting anomalies yours=
elf if you surveyed your own population.=0A=A0=0A_J________________________=
____=0AJason at jasonpj@yahoo.com =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A__________________________=
______=0AFrom: Doug Fodeman <dfodeman@brookwood.edu>=0ATo: ISED-L@LISTSERV.=
SYR.EDU=0ASent: Friday, February 27, 2009 7:07:28 AM=0ASubject: Re: social =
networks used=0A=0AAli,=0AThis academic year alone our organization, Childr=
enOnline.org, has=0Asurveyed more than 2600 students.=A0 As in the past few=
years, the social=0Anetwork of choice by Independent school students is Fa=
cebook.=A0 For=0Astudents in grades 9-12, 65% of those who admit having a s=
ocial network=0Ahave Facebook. (As opposed to 13% with MySpace).=A0 Other s=
ocial networks=0Aused by high schoolers include Orcut, Friendster, DeviantA=
rt, Hi5 and Bebo.=0A=0AWe did not survey their use of web 2.0 applications.=
=0A=0ABest,=0ADoug Fodeman=0AChildrenOnline.org=0A=0AA forum for independen=
t school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:=0A>Date:=A0 =A0 Thu, 2=
6 Feb 2009 11:28:17 -0500=0A>From:=A0 =A0 "Yares, Ali" <ayares@parkschool.n=
et>=0A>Subject: Social Networks=0A>MIME-Version: 1.0=0A>Content-Type: text/=
plain; charset=3D"us-ascii"=0A>Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable=
=0A>=0A>Has anyone done a survey of parents and students about what kinds o=
f=0A>social=3D=0A> networks or web 2.0 applications they are using? Have yo=
u done one=0A>specifi=3D=0A>c to any application to see what they are using=
the application for? If=0A>so,=3D=0A> would you mind sharing the survey qu=
estions and what kind of response=0A>you =3D=0A>received?=0A>=0A>Thanks,=0A=
>=0A>Ali=0A>=0A>------------------------------------------------------=0A>A=
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