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The most interesting possibilities introduced by this trend center around the sharing aspect. Social networking tools which cater to a specific community and allow users to generate and share content are increasingly popular; consider Facebook, which is aimed specifically at high school and college students. As a place where students can connect with agemates in their own geographical area, Facebook became incredibly popular almost overnight. This trend is expanding as social networking tools incorporate video and audio. Imagine how it will take off when cell phones can capture high-quality audio and video: everything you need, in one device you already carry.
Relevance for Teaching, Learning & Creative Expression
- enhances learning in oral and auditory fields (foreign languages, speech pathology)
- encourages creative synthesis of audio or video resources from a variety of sources
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- A Women's Studies Course at California State University, Fullerton includes an assignment for students to "sign up for one of the following development teams: vblogging (video blogging), blogging, podcasting, class website, video, cell net. Each team will be responsible for developing a project that uses one of these technologies as an intervention into gender inequality."
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