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SIT DOWN
BE QUIET
DO YOUR OWN WORK
K-18 WORK PLACE
SOCIAL NETWORKS
CREATIVE CLASS
Creative Class Economic Theory by Dr. Richard Florida
In a Knowledge Based Economy the Creative Class ie.
Science, Engineering, Architecture, Education, Art, Entertainment
Must have Talent, Technology, Tolerance
Social Networks can help develop the next Creative Class
Why one more social network?
MySpace – 250,000,000FaceBook – 125,000,000Bebo – 40,000,000Classmates.com – 50,000,000Flixster – 63,000,000Friendster – 80,000,000Habbo – 100,000,000
Wikipedia lists 132 social networks
Marc and I founded Ning in October 2004 to give everyone the opportunity to create your
own social networks for anything. Today Ning powers the largest number of social networks
on the Internet. Over 500,000
MARC ANDREESSEN GINA BIANCHINI
90% of online teens have tried social networks
They spend 9 hours a week on social networks
½ have talked about homework
70% of new jobs between 1998-2004 are interactive intensive
Collaborative, judgment, insight
Banking
Insurance
Health care
Work place
Steven Hepplle keynote from 2008 K12Online Conference
communitymutuality
usness
RIT study 2007-2008 children and Internet
50% of K-1 report adult supervision
George Seimens explains, "Knowledge is distributed. Learning is the process of creating networks. This is increasingly aided by technology." George posed a question this week, "If a network structure is a foundation of learning, are our education systems designed to appropriately take advantage of networking opportunities?"
http://teachweb2.blogspot.com/2008/09/cck08-network-metaphors-and-week-three.html
NING
PEACE