As stated in the article by Nicole Buzzetto-More, social networking is becoming more and more dominant in the world. Social networking is working its way into the academic and professional worlds. In my own learning, I use a lot of the internet to research and find information that is needed to complete assignments. I have not, however, used facebook or twitter or any other site like them for a class. I can see these sites as being a tool and a distraction at the same time. Buzzetto-More's findings seemed to come to this conclusion as well; the study found that the students liked using facebook and other such sites to build a better learning community. I believe that facebook can be used in a beneficial way, but it is up to the students to stay focused and not get distracted.
In the article Elon studies the future of "Generation Always-On", by Dan Anderson, he quotes an abundance of people who are in the academic world or have some investment into the internet. I agree with what was said in the article; there is a lot of positives to being always on but there are also negatives. Having information readily available to you at your fingertips makes learning easier and easier to multitask. The biggest downfall that I have witnessed is that human to human interaction is falling by the wayside because everyone is always on a phone or tablet and not communicating. For example, if I go out to dinner with my family and my nephew is there (he is nine), his face is planted in a phone or an iPod or some other technology instead of talking to someone. If you want to get his attention, it is almost impossible, unless you cover the phone or make him mess up in whatever he is engaging in. Don't get me wrong, I love my nephew but there is definitely a generation gap.
Anderson, D. (2012). Elon studies the future of "Generation Always-On. Elon University. Retrieved from
http://www.elon.edu/e-net/Article/59585
Buzzetto-More, N. A. (2012). Social Networking in Undergraduate Education. Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management, 7. Retrieved January 8, 2013, from http://www.ijikm.org/Volume7/IJIKMv7p063-090Buzzetto611.pdf
In the article Elon studies the future of "Generation Always-On", by Dan Anderson, he quotes an abundance of people who are in the academic world or have some investment into the internet. I agree with what was said in the article; there is a lot of positives to being always on but there are also negatives. Having information readily available to you at your fingertips makes learning easier and easier to multitask. The biggest downfall that I have witnessed is that human to human interaction is falling by the wayside because everyone is always on a phone or tablet and not communicating. For example, if I go out to dinner with my family and my nephew is there (he is nine), his face is planted in a phone or an iPod or some other technology instead of talking to someone. If you want to get his attention, it is almost impossible, unless you cover the phone or make him mess up in whatever he is engaging in. Don't get me wrong, I love my nephew but there is definitely a generation gap.
Anderson, D. (2012). Elon studies the future of "Generation Always-On. Elon University. Retrieved from
http://www.elon.edu/e-net/Article/59585
Buzzetto-More, N. A. (2012). Social Networking in Undergraduate Education. Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management, 7. Retrieved January 8, 2013, from http://www.ijikm.org/Volume7/IJIKMv7p063-090Buzzetto611.pdf