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 * Group A:** Workspace: 6-A-1: Social Networking and it's Importance for Successful Informal Learning

List as many reasons as you can as to why Group A thinks social networking is important for successful informal learning. Put your name next to your reason(s).

1. Just like 'two heads are better than one,' students benefit from exchanging ideas and concepts with their peers.Wendy 2. Students in groups can divide the work load for a project and then share that knowledge.Wendy 3. Many times a student will be receptive to peer sharing and instruction more readily than from formal instructional methods.Wendy 4. The textbook states that '79-90% of learning is informal.' Wendy 5. Sharing knowledge after field trip activities is an exceptional learning activity. The verbal expressions and conversations about the sights, sounds and smells improves students' background knowledge.Wendy 6. Most learning is enhanced when students can socially interact, converse and work on team projects.Wendy

1. Collaborating with others and learning in the process 2. Sharing ideas can exacerbate learning through connections made with friends 3. Reading news and other updates can influence how people acquire their worldly knowledge 4. Communicating with several people in one forum can allow users to bounce ideas off of each other and determine how to solve problems 5. Helping users learn critical online communication skills and multi-tasking strategies 6. Extending classroom topics into a more common and comfortable forum 7. Finding ways to solve issues quickly and effectively (as Gamers typically like to do) 8. Putting all information in one place so there are fewer challenges In summary: Social networking can allow users to cover issues, solve problems, debate approaches, ask questions, get thoughtful responses, and more. // -Social Networking: Bridging Formal and Informal Learning. Clark N. Quinn, February 23, 2009 // [] --Green Thoughts from Eric

1. As Michael Schrage, author of Serious Play: How the World's Best Companies Simulate to Innovate (Harvard University Press, 1999), reminds us, collaborative learning space is about providing a container for interactions and relationships to develop, as those are the basis of informal learning. Chuck 2. Social networking has taken off so fast that if you are not using it you can fall behind. Chuck 3. Just think how much extra information you learned off the internet from just searching for something. Chuck 4. Group work helps solve problems; many people have different ways of thinking and using a social network helps. Chuck 5. A social network could be accessed from any ware in the world. Chuck 6. Social networks allows you to access resources other people are willing to share. Chuck

John A  Collaboration is a key aspect of informal learning. People can share their particular experiences. These experiences are not always on the main topic, but may run tangent to the topic. Resources can be shared when people come together. Online networking allows introverts to express their thoughts without trepidation. Social networking allows for brainstorming within the group, sharing of thoughts. Social networking spaces can pass information quickly. Information deemed of value can easily be copied and displayed on blogs, texts, etc.