Assignment:
The last few years have seen an explosion of social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Twitter, and others. You will write a paper that discusses the impact of social networking on the use of technology for collaboration in the schools, now and in the future.
General Requirements:
Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:
• Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.
• This assignment requires that at least two additional scholarly research sources related to this topic, and at least one in-text citation from each source be included.
Directions:
Write a 1,500 to 1,750-word paper in which you discuss the impact of social networking technology on current collaboration and the implications for future collaboration in the schools.
In the paper, consider the following ideas:
1. Given the current demographic of teachers being over 50 years of age, discuss how to facilitate the use of social networking technology for collaboration.
2. Analysis of the trends in participation of different generational groups.
3. Future improvements in technology
4. How does the impact of younger teachers in education impact the use of social technologies?