The document discusses social networking technologies and their growth and usage. It notes that Facebook has become more popular than porn among college students, who use it as their top website. It also discusses differences in social media usage between males and females in college as well as participation in multiple social networks. Finally, it examines educational uses of social media and networks like Blackboard, Facebook applications, Twitter, Tumblr and Ning.

1. Social Networking Technologies Jason Rhode, PhD www.niu.edu/~jrhode June 2008

2. Social Networking in Plain English

3. Facebook: More Popular Than Porn

4. 7 Things to Know About Facebook

5. Growth of Facebook since December 2006 http://techcrunchies.com/growth-of-facebook-since-december-2006/

6. College Students: Facebook Top Site, Social Networking Really Hot

7. Top 10 Websites http://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/college-students-facebook-top-site-social-networking-really-hot-1914/

8. Males vs. Females http://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/college-students-facebook-top-site-social-networking-really-hot-1914/

9. Participation in Multiple SNS http://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/college-students-facebook-top-site-social-networking-really-hot-1914/

10. Why?

11. Personalized

12. Unorganized

13. Dynamic

14. Rapid

15. Mobile

16. Convergent

17. Connective

18. Notifications

19. Evolution of Online Conversation

20. Groups vs. Networks

21. Educational Social Software

22. Group http://www.slideshare.net/terrya/educational-social-software-edmedia-2007/

23. Network

24. Collective

25. Blackboard Sync blackboardsync.com

26. Application in Facebook

27. Install Application

28. What’s New

29. Announcements

30. Forums

31. Materials

32. Grades

33. Course Maps

34. Twitter

35. Twitter in Plain English http://youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o

36. Tumblr

37. Ning

38. Teaching with Technology Institute