This document summarizes Kenny-Kiet Kha's experiences learning about social technologies in an ITEC 299 class. It discusses their learning preferences, exploration of social networking sites, microblogs, and social bookmarking. Kenny found social networking sites and microblogs most useful for accommodating their visual learning style and keeping up with current events. They intend to continue using social networking sites like LinkedIn and microblogs like Twitter after the class to support their career and learning.

1. Synthesis Social Project
Kenny-Kiet Kha
ITEC 299

2. Learning Preferences
• At the beginning of the class I took the learning preferences
quiz and scored a 5 in Active, 1 in Sensing, 9 in Visual and a 7
in Sequential. As the class comes to an end I believe that my
learning preferences still remain the same. I still am a very
visual and active learner that needs visual stimulus in order to
learn. I found that I was really drawn to outlines and graphs
that depicted the material. In general I believe that learning
preferences in general definitely define how a person is able
to learn certain material. Knowing about learning preferences
allows me to hone in on the ones that work best for my
learning.
Kenny-Kiet Kha

3. Learning Pathway
• At the beginning of this class I chose the Learning Sage Path. I
wanted to learn more about different types of technology that
would help me in learning. I do believe that I was successful in
learning more about social technology. An example being
Social Networking Sites; I learned that there are a variety of
ways to utilize social networking sites in order to learn and
review for material. By utilizing social networking site. I did
not change my pathway because I wanted to stick with trying
to learn more about the different types of technology and that
was exactly what I got out of this class.
Kenny-Kiet Kha

4. Learning Activities
• Learning about micro blogging gave me a greater insight on
social learning. To me I never really understood the point of
having a twitter if you already had a Facebook. I saw twitter as
a Facebook with only the status updates. I discovered however
that twitter offers a more compact and quick glance of news.
If you follow twitters such as the LA Times and NY Times you
are able to get news updates in short concise tweets that I
found absolutely amazing. It allowed me to keep up with
current events with a simple glance. I believe the activity that
helped me the most in general for social learning is the forums
for the class. I was able to get questions answered and often
times with links to specific topics I inquired about.
Kenny-Kiet Kha

5. Exploration of Technologies for Learning (1)
• 1. Social Networking Sites
• Through Social Networking Sites I learned that I was able to
create groups that would help me learn specific or broad
material. I could create or join a group that would talk about
Biology or Design, and I would be able to discuss the material
with other individuals who were just as interested in it as I
was. Social Networking Sites help accommodate my visual
learning because within the groups, members are able to post
pictures of their notes or charts for everyone to see. Therefore
I think that Social Networking Sites accommodate my learning
preferences quite adequately.
Kenny-Kiet Kha

6. Exploration of Technologies for Learning (2)
• 2. Microblogs
• I think Microblogs surprised me the most in terms of learning
something new. I never expected myself to use twitter
frequently to check current events. I learned that I can follow
the LA/NY Times and quickly breeze through their tweets on
what is currently going on in the world. Before I never
bothered to keep up with the news because there was just too
much to read. With twitter, the 140 character limit allows me
to peek at the main headlines and choose which topics I want
to learn more about and be linked to the actual article for
further reading. I would say that Microblogs do not necessarily
accommodate my visual learning. Although they may
sometimes include pictures, most of the time it is merely just
words.
Kenny-Kiet Kha

7. Exploration of Technologies for Learning (3)
• 3. Social Bookmarking
• I personally found social bookmarking to be one of the more
useless technologies for me to learn about. Useless in the
sense that it was something that I did not bother to utilize or
rely on when trying to learn information. I do not think that it
really quite accommodated one or more of my learning
preferences to my liking. I can understand how social
bookmarking works, by using tags to direct people towards
specific pages. I just believed however that using Google or
other search engines would have yielded the same results in
almost the same amount of time it took me to find a
bookmark.
Kenny-Kiet Kha

8. Synthesizing Experiences (1)
• When starting to learning about social technologies, Social
Networking Sites interested me the most. These were
something I was somewhat familiar with from the start,
therefore I wanted to see if I could explore more into it and
learn something new. Microblogs as stated earlier surprised
me the most because of the ease and frequency in which I
now utilize it as a tool for learning about what is going on in
the world. Social bookmarking was the least useful learning
tool for me because I never saw myself using it, nor did I see
myself wanting to use it. I would most definitely like to explore
Microblogs even further to improve my learning.
Kenny-Kiet Kha

9. Synthesizing Experiences (2)
• Social Networking Sites worked best for accommodating my
visual learning preference. I was able to work with groups of
people through Facebook where everyone contributed by
posting pictures of their designs and other brainstorming
design material on the group wall. This worked very well for
me because I was able to visually see new ideas and
innovative ways of designing things that allowed me to branch
off and create unique designs of my own. Without this group
on Facebook I might not have been able to do what I’ve been
doing lately.
Kenny-Kiet Kha

10. Continual Learning (1)
• I will continue to use social networking sites and microblogs
after this class comes to an end. Social networking sites can be
used for looking for jobs because sites such as LinkedIn act as
an online resume that employers look for. The typical
connotation of a social networking site is something similar to
Facebook, but LinkedIn for professionals also is a social
networking site. Microblogs will keep me up to date on
corporation news and other news that may affect what I do
with my career down the line.
Kenny-Kiet Kha

11. Continual Learning (2)
• I will most definitely use Microblogs for learning after this
class. I believe that twitter is an incredible tool that everyone
should utilize. After going through interviews where I was
frequently asked about current event topics, I realized how
important it was to keep up with current events in this day
and age. I am able to use Microblogs for learning and non-
learning purposes. I can post things from my social life on
Microblogs while also learn about the news. The only social
technology I will avoid using after this class is Social
Bookmarking. I don’t necessarily find it as something that I
would find useful for myself.
Kenny-Kiet Kha