1. Current Trends in Social Networking and Social Media Shari Laster Government Documents Librarian, Bierce Library 10 February 2010

3. How can classrooms incorporate social media to improve student success?

4. How can these tools address issues in the workplace?

6. Social Media: media with social functions

7. Social Applications: web programs with social functions

9. They were high school freshmen when Facebook opened its networks to high school students.

11. Venue for expressing identity.

12. Social awareness.

13. Tool for sharing and connecting to information.

15. Expectations lean toward openness and sharing.

17. Social networking sites and text messaging are used by 9 in 10 students (IM has dropped to 75%).

19. Stretch technological capabilities.

20. Pervasive learning moments.

22. Share activities and outcomes.

23. Multimedia opportunities.

25. Participate in public conversation.

28. Solutions to common knowledge management needs.

30. Follow conferences and conventions.

32. Maintain professional contacts.

33. Look for employment and opportunities.

35. Build legacy resources for future projects.

37. Mobile IM particularly popular with youth segment.

40. Half of the students surveyed owned an Internet-capable device, although a third do not use that feature.

44. "Forty-One Percent of Consumers Will Make Smartphones Their Next Mobile Device." Posted 10 June 2009 on www.fiercewireless.com. Available at: http://bit.ly/119LRZ

45. Parr, Ben. "What the Web of Tomorrow Will Look Like: 4 Big Trends to Watch." Posted 24 January 2010 on www.mashable.com. Available at: http://bit.ly/92eFrI

46. O'Dell, Jolie. "Open Thread: Dealing with Real-Time Negativity." Posted 1 February 2010 on www.readwriteweb.com. Available at: http://bit.ly/93jaUi

48. Shari Laster Government Documents Librarian Assistant Professor of Bibliography Reference University Libraries The University of Akron laster@uakron.edu 330.972.7494 Bierce 154B twitter.com/rhonabwy