Universities and schools are increasingly using social networks to connect with students, as many students actively engage with topics and share personal lives online. While social networks provide opportunities to stay connected with colleagues, the ease of accessing inappropriate content online poses risks, especially for young people. Educators must learn how to use social networks appropriately and teach students to govern their own safe and productive use of these sites, as social skills development and ethical practices remain important goals in education.

1. Case study: Social Network in Education Universidad Tecnologica DeEl Salvador
Universidad Tecnológica
De El Salvador
Student:
Erick Wilfredo Perdomo Mejía
Teacher:
Martin Ulises Aparicio
Topic:
Case study: Social Network in Education
Date:
April 04, 2013

2. Case study: Social Network in Education Universidad Tecnologica DeEl Salvador
Introduction
Social networks have had negative publicity in recent years, because they are the target of
pornography and predators, companies still see profitability in social networks, and many
are beginning to show how social networks are profitable for more adolescent population.
Moreover, a 2006 study entitled "Participation of social networking generation know that
every day they are integrating social networks classrooms include blogs, chats, websites,
video, MySpace.com.
Social networks serve many different communities, and includes resources such as
networks and adolescent dating, social networks (eg, MySpace.com). The media across the
country are buying into social networks. A website search relationship. Other media
companies have jumped on the bandwagon of-band networking social , the Walt Disney
Company, CBS Corporation, Viacom and NBC have been busy planning new social
networking features to their Web sites big companies always want integrated into their
products, social media and technology.
Case study: Social Network in Education
Universities and national and private schools are using social networks to "keep in touch
with their students because many members of student groups are real in their lives in terms
of the topics to be discussed about his personal life. Social networks are becoming a big
business as many companies are realizing, and for many people who work in the business
world LinkedIn.com is where they stay with friends, colleagues and business transactions
daily can occur.
Social networks have found greater popularity over many stocks. Facebook, twitter, blogger
and have recently become the most visited website in the world and has proven to be a pot
of gold ad. Social networks have attracted the attention of other similar "groups of media
and other investors, Facebook is all encompassing, education, jobs, businesses, and home.
Trouble is that much will filter pornographic pictures and videos by link or ad, the greatest
danger is for the young.
Given the Teenage culture has much popularity to social networking websites, mainly due
to the ease of accessibility to the websites offer the other teens in many parts of the world.
Social sites are created around a theme Usually, Such as sharing music and finding

3. Case study: Social Network in Education Universidad Tecnologica DeEl Salvador
relationships, and many are not governed so members are Able to post any content they
choose to their personal web space. Recently, a negative light has fallen on some social
networking companies can gain access since people to staff information. Social Network
Members may post any information on their staff web pages in Addition to posting scantily
clad, as well as nude pictures Along with vulgarity that may be accessed by anyone with a
connection to the internet.
Over fifty million visitors logged on MySpace.com in one month last year, Which Suggests
That, the popularity of social networking web sites is not going anywhere for quite a while.
Teens all over the world Have Shown They enjoy the use of social networking, and the
Lack of supervision of the sites can only continue to Themselves add chaos to an already
Established craze. The education profession must first learn these social sites, and then
teach students ways to governtheir successful personal use of the web sites. There are many
positive aspects to social networks members are using today to "get ahead" in the
technology world.
QUESTIONS:
As you study the Following case, response this question.
1 - Are social networks appropriate resources for use in education?
2 - Do students develop the social skills needed for Their Future Careers,
through the use of social networks?
3 - Do social networks nullify ethics practices in education?