New Social Uses of the Web: Student use (and abuse) of Facebook
Tuesday, February 13, 11:45-1:15 in Buntrock 144
Greg Kneser, Dean of Students; Dan Beach, IIT
(co-sponsor: Dean of Students office, IIT)
Have you ever wondered how your students (or your children) are using the web these days? Most of us probably think of the web as primarily a source of information: we look up things, or we may create web pages that others use for information. New uses of the web, referred to
broadly as Web 2.0, are increasingly both interactive and creative. These emerging social uses of the web are exemplified by sites, such as Facebook, de.licio.us, and flikr. In this Conversation, Dan Beach and colleagues from IIT will survey the new social web sites, and Dan will demonstrate a typical student IM communication (translation provided).
Greg Kneser and colleagues from the Dean of Students Office will help us understand how our St. Olaf students are using Facebook and what we might think about their habits.
