I just finished reading the article “Getting Past Google: Perspectives on Information Literacy from the Millennial Mind” by Carie Windham (PDF). It’s worth a read, especially for librarians and administrators at schools & colleges. One thing in there that I thought was especially useful was a set of tips on staying safe on [...]
A recent study conduced by Will Reader at Sheffield Hallam University found that people on social networking sites like Myspace & Facebook have tens, hundreds, maybe even thousands of friends. But, he concluded, of that list, there are approximately only 5 core friends. This study concurred with a study by Robin Dunbar at [...]
I get the USA Today educational update sent to my email once a week and as I was catching up on my emails after having been gone for the better part of last week, I saw something worth noting in regard to social networking. According to this article, a project that was started by [...]
