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purposeful networking is an essential skill for students today

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networking and Web 2.0 skills

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it isn’t necessarily a distinction between young and old, it’s a distinction between connected and unconnected.

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the older demographic uses networking more for professional purposes

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“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.

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Aaron describes how he’s fine with seeing the real side of prospective employees on Facebook profiles and twitterstreams because it gives him a better picture of who people are, but in our opinion and experience, networking is much more than simply posting information about yourself on various sites

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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.

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the education profession historically has been a profession of “isolationism” despite recent efforts to establish Professional Learning Communities within schools.

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Networking is extremely powerful for connecting educators and students to professionals outside of education - the challenge in education today is breaking down barriers and allowing students and teachers access to the sites and time in the school day and curriculum

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We aren’t able to model how to use technology appropriately/productively if we don’t have access.

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