Journal # 7 Beyond Social Networking: Building toward Learning Communities

Reynard, Ruth (09/07/15). Beyond Social Networking: Building Toward Learning Communities. THE Journal, Retrieved 08/07/09, from http://thejournal.com/Articles/2009/07/15/Beyond-Social-Networking-Building-Toward-Learning-Communities.aspx?Page=1


This article by Reynard places the resource of web 2.0 technology tools in good light that provides and promotes a shared and integrated social learning environment. The meat of this article was to encourage this type of online engagement amongst aspiring educators to encourage them to use such tools to advance in a "social construction of knowledge" for their students.

How would students acquire skill through online educational technology tools?

Reynard explains that students in online learning environments can acquire many skills in this area by simply using these tools. The reason is because many skills are continually being added on to each other. This means that in order to begin a basic task, one should expect that more detailed tasks are constructed on the knowledge of that initial step.

Why should the rise of social networking be expected to formulate into a social construction of knowledge?

According to Reynard, this is her entire argument. Social networking, in this article, has boomed in popularity and progressed in diverse educational ways in it's infant years. I think that Reynard has hopes that this tool will bloom into the ideal self-supported yet collaborative invention of knowledge that will set the standard of innovative knowledge for generations to come. Whether this is prized or questionable lies in the potential of the aspiring technology savvy educator who influences and educates our youth.