Social networking sites have educational benefits
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
University of Minnesota researcher Christine Greenhow breaks down how her research has found that social networking sites like Facebook and Myspace can have an impact for learning and educational growth for high school students. By working with students in a Minneapolis high school to study how they use the social sites, she has discovered that the benefits may just outweigh any risks.
This video is part of the Expert Perspectives series at the University of Minnesota.
Duration : 0:4:6
Teens are obsessed with faebook, myspace and putting profiles up online, but why? Here I try to explain to parents what we do online and why we love it so much.
