According to a new Pew Research Center study, today's adolescents actually prefer to make friends online, and keep their relationships to the Internet.
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iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation)
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Teaching and learning in the 21st Century - meeting the pedagogical challenges of digital learning and innovation for the iGeneration
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A group of teenagers are chilling in a basement on a Saturday evening, about to scarf down a pizza. But before the first slice is removed, a picture is snapped and uploaded to a variety of social media platforms. Because as everyone knows, nothing’s official if it isn’t on Facebook. Particularly friendships.
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September 22, 2015 1:22 PM
Nowadays, not using any type of social media makes you feel like you don't "belong", and changes your relationships. Hanging out with firends has a whole other aspect now, because we don't communicate together anymore but someone will tweet whatthe other person just said or someone else will snapchat the game that you are playing. |
1. making friends online is the new trend
2. Friendship is always evolving
3. Understand more cultures
4. Online interactions are different than in person interactions
This is to inform parents of kids who have social media. It tells us that 57% of teens have made a new friend online. What needs to be watched is your children to make sure they do not go alone if they ever meet this person due to not everyone is who they say they are on social media. Only 25% of teens spend time with friends they made offline. We cannot just allow children to make friends online because we still need to know how to interact in person not just on a computer screen.