Personal+Learning+Network

When using social networks, it is easy to stay in the loop and in contact with your friends and family. When using personal learning networks, you can still stay updated, but it helps you learn. There are many different types of both, but many people are on each one.

My parents don't let me use social networking sites because they don't want me giving out personal information. I like the idea of having my own space on the internet, and it isn't as bad as everyone says. People can make it bad, but the website isn't. Everyone uses types of media differently, but most of the time, it is for the same purpose. I love to stay connected with my friends, but I can only do it when I have wi-fi, so it isn't most of the time I can talk to them. I think my friends spend about the same time online that I do. I would definitely spend much more time connected to the internet if other people allowed it, and it would be YouTube most of the time for me. Sometimes I do miss out, but I usually only go online when I am bored. I don't think I have ever posted something that I later regretted, because I don't have any place to post it. There are things I probably would much rather say online than offline, since it is easier to say it without seeing them face to face. I think that people have more time to think of a good comeback online, so it is easier to behave differently online. This probably isn't very helpful with relationships. It is easier to communicate differently online, becuase then you aren't too worried about anything else. It is so much easier to be yourself online, because then the people you are talking to don't really judge on your appearance, only your personality. I don't really have online friends, I just are connected with the ones I meet in real life. I don't think that any of Ryan's classmates would have said any of the things they said if they knew how it ended up. I probably would stand up for the person being bullied, and in real life, it would be hard, but I would still do the same thing.

Personal Learning Network: the people a learner interacts with and derives knowledge from in a Personal Learning Environment

Social Network: a network of social interactions and personal relationships

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