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Networking Young Citizens : Learning To Be Citizens In And With The Social Web, Suzanne Mellor, Terri Seddon Oct 2013

Networking Young Citizens : Learning To Be Citizens In And With The Social Web, Suzanne Mellor, Terri Seddon

Civics and Citizenship Assessment

Many claims are made, both in the popular press and the professional education literature, about the significance of the social web in enabling civic participation. However empirical evidence supporting these claims is sparse and contested rather than strongly-indicative. The Monash University pilot research project, Networking Young Citizens, relates to the discussion about the ways in which the social web might support the civic participation, especially of young people, by examining the ways in which Web 2.0 was integrated into teaching and learning in the school, and any other processes of civic socialisation that were consciously adopted in three schools.

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Facebook : Part 1, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves Apr 2013

Facebook : Part 1, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves

Center on Aging : Boomer Reporting Corps

Anthony Ronzio, former Executive Editor of the Bangor Daily News, and blogger Pattie Reeves discuss Facebook.


Facebook : Part 3, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves Apr 2013

Facebook : Part 3, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves

Center on Aging : Boomer Reporting Corps

Anthony Ronzio, former Executive Editor of the Bangor Daily News, and blogger Pattie Reeves discuss Facebook.


Facebook : Part 2, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves Apr 2013

Facebook : Part 2, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves

Center on Aging : Boomer Reporting Corps

Anthony Ronzio, former Executive Editor of the Bangor Daily News, and blogger Pattie Reeves discuss Facebook.


The Relationship Between Facebook™ Activity And Academic Performance Among African American Students, Eric Brubaker Apr 2013

The Relationship Between Facebook™ Activity And Academic Performance Among African American Students, Eric Brubaker

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This non-experimental, regression study examined the relationship between FacebookTM activity and academic performance for an African American sample population. The study was conducted at a large, four-year, private university in the Mid-Atlantic. All undergraduate, African American students enrolled in the College of General Studies, School of Health Sciences, and School of Education comprised the sample population. Volunteer participants completed a FacebookTM Activity Survey, which is an instrument used to collect semester grade point averages (GPAs), time-use of FacebookTM, multitasking information, type of FacebookTM activities, and demographic information. The results of the survey were analyzed using …