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Real-time Web keeps social networkers
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By Brett T. Roseman for USA
TODAY





"Unplugging is virtually, no pun intended,
impossible," says Dave Wendland, 25, a heavy-duty real-time Web user in
Chicago.














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The real-time web has influenced attitudes toward:

-- Personal communication.
BJ Fogg, a psychologist who is director of the
Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford University, says the social web has played
a fundamental shift in how Americans communicate --
and not always for the
better.

Look no further than the dinner table, he says. A surfeit of smart phones,
netbooks and Facebook have changed something as elementary as a family dinner.
"Parents talk to each other while their kids often text friends in another
state," Fogg says.

"There is a generational divide between co-location vs. no location," he
says. "These digital tools diminish the importance of geography, especially in
relationships."

Another sign of the digital times one recent morning in downtown San
Francisco: A street vendor fruitlessly tries to give away free newspapers to
inattentive people using iPods, BlackBerrys. and other digital toys. "I get most
of my headlines from a Twitter feed on my iPhone," says Sonya Jacobs-Burkin, a
26-year-old interior designer in San Francisco.

And there is one thing Sara Wilson rarely does with her smart phone. "I don't
call people anymore," she says. "My friends and I text or DM (direct message via
Twitter) to get together."

-- Privacy.
Indiscreet photos and status updates on Facebook can lead to
misunderstandings and fights, especially among non-Facebook members tagged in
photos by Facebook users.

One major trouble spot is sexting, the act of sending sexually exp

Sheryl NussbaumBeach on leadership!

This post does an amazing job of tying together the power of making connections, learning and re-thinking school. I invite you to read, explore and ponder how you might harness some of these ideas in your classroom.

Here is a presentation of survey data on Twitter Use by Kathy Schrock. Might give some ideas for follow-up for the PLP project.

Possible inclusion in Twitter PLP project

Fellow PLP'er Tony Baldasaro's new Responsible Use Policy moving forward. Great article.

Saw this post and thought of the PLP group! Katie, You've gotta jump on this!!! ;-)