purposeful networking is an essential skill for students today
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networking and Web 2.0 skills
it isn’t necessarily a distinction between young and old, it’s a distinction between connected and unconnected.
“purposeful networking” is a skill not gained strictly through the use of social networking sites. There are levels of interaction in networking, and although transparency is becoming more accepted and valued, there is still a line between the strictly social use of networking and professional.
Other terms that are thrown about in education are netiquette and digital citizenship, but too often these are focused on online safety, which although a concern, isn’t the same as purposeful networking.
We aren’t able to model how to use technology appropriately/productively if we don’t have access.
