Personal Learning

Environments & Social

NetworkingGroup 8B: Yaa Addo, Hailey Kim,

Kayla Scheer, Dwayne Ragon, Nicolas McCombe

OverviewIn-forming is basically the easy access to knowledge . According to

Friedman, there has never before in the history of the world has so many people – completely on their own – have abilities to share and find information about so many people and so many things. Now, almost every aspect of the world uses in-forming, like the government, politics, and employment. Everybody in-forms in different ways.

Flatteners of PLEs and Social Networking❏Blogs

❏Wikis

❏RSS feeds

❏Twitter

❏Facebook

❏Moodle

❏Google+

10 Most Common Search Engines1.Google

2.Bing

3.Yahoo! Search

4.Ask

5.AOL Search

6.WOW

7.Webcrawler

8.MyWebSearch

9.InfoSpace

10.Info

Information as a Business- Google❏ Google

❏ Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.

❏ Google can be a useful tool as well as a hurtful one as information can be false or stolen.

❏ Students in schools use Google to connect to one another and teachers and it makes work submission easier

❏ World’s #1 search engine platform

❏ Google has created a business by buying other companies and charging for ads.

Current News and Areas of Impact❏Current news is easily accessed using search

engines❏ Wikipedia provides all the information from one topic

on one page

❏ Google provides websites to find information on one topic based on the keywords that you search

❏Schools and workplaces have been impacted by new findings

❏Social media has changed the way we receive information

❏ For example, people running in the presidential campaign, such as Donald Trump, uses a Twitter account to comment on issues and so supporters and fans can keep up with his thoughts.

EducationPLE’s and Social Networking:

❏Describes the tools, communities, and services that help a student direct their learning and pursue educational goals

❏Allows students to work together at the same time and comment on work

❏Allows teachers to create assignments and see when students submit their work and return grades to them on the same platform

❏Supports the modern flattening classrooms, unblocks the at home teacher-student barrier, and has an easy grading system

❏Minimizes isolation in learning and create powerful learning conduits between students

Government, Employment, and Politics❏Government

❏ Search engines like Google

❏ Social Media

❏Employment❏ Employers post to social media

❏ Employers send emails using the Internet

❏ Allow people to connect

❏Politics❏ Candidates can connect with millions of people using social media

❏ Finding out what a candidate stands for is easier

Arts, Entertainment, and Literature❏PLE’s help with creativity

❏Allows art to be shared globally through the Internet

❏Advertising is made easy

❏Forms of Literature can be shared to anyone all over the world

❏Social networking allows important people in charge of the form of entertainment to communicate as well as collaborate with people all around the world in order to make the entertainment the best it can be

Science, Environment, and Health

❏Searching has affected science in the way that we discover and learn about new things

❏ Information is easier to access than going to the library and flipping through countless amounts of books

❏Things are accomplished faster

❏Human and environment interaction has changed based on the new things that we find

❏Finding answers about your health is easier using websites like:❏ WebMD

❏ The Mayo Clinic

Concluding StatementIn a team effort, we were able to complete all assignments and inform people on the many areas above. With substantial information, we were able to show how common search engines were able to change our daily lives and did with our new technology of the internet, through email and discussion rather than face to face. With everyone doing their part, we finished all tasks on time.

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