Comments on: answers to questions from Twitter on teen practices

By: dj

dj — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:36:21 +0000

Thank you so much for content, you would track;)

By: equalman

equalman — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:56:24 +0000

This is great information. I got interested in this when doing research for my book Socialnomics which will be in stores 8-26-2009. I only cover this off at a high level as part of the grander world of social media.

This is great stuff and I’m certain you could write a book on the trends of Teens!

Best, equalman

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By: lida diyet zayıflama r10seoogle

lida diyet zayıflama r10seoogle — Sun, 31 May 2009 02:35:55 +0000

As a online teacher for students aged 12-18, I see many of my students use abbreviations both on Facebook and with me in IM such as Skype. When it comes to formal essays, they are able to make the switch and use formal educational language. It’s almost a form of bilingualism.

By: Joseph Savirimuthu

Joseph Savirimuthu — Fri, 22 May 2009 23:54:56 +0000

You may be interested in this news article concerning teacher use,
professionalism and appropriate behaviour……
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8063374.stm

My question to all of you: should schools ban twitter?

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:27:13 +0000

Thanks for answering my Twitter question (@texas_sooner)

By: Andrew Raistrick

Andrew Raistrick — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:19:51 +0000

Very interesting.
I can see that most of these answers would map directly onto answers given here in the UK. However, I would be interested to know if “God” featured heavily in the passions of teenagers here. I suspect this would be the case in some sections of society, but overall, I doubt that this would rank highly in the UK

By: Lara

Lara — Thu, 21 May 2009 11:35:34 +0000

As a high-school teacher, I wonder whether students in other schools feel entitled to have constant access to online and text-based communication. In my school, a huge subgroup of students express shock, outrage, or disbelief when teachers actually enforce the no-electronics-in-class policy.a

By: Robert Thiele

Robert Thiele — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:31:49 +0000

It seems that teens will always use SMS texting and other web tools social portals like Twitter. There doesn’t seem to be one tool or technology solution that can do it all for these early adopters. Even though cellphones cannot be used in schools as they are disruptive, they can be compelling homework assignment tools to be sure, if managed correctly. Google “SMS m4e” and the first few links take you to an interesting solution for teachers in high schools.

By: Jeremy Abbett

Jeremy Abbett — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:30:35 +0000

Enjoyed the format and the candor of the answers. It would be interesting to see how teens differ from culture to culture.

By: zephoria

zephoria — Mon, 18 May 2009 10:30:24 +0000

maxoid – Many teens use FB status updates and MS moods, but the audience there is quite different than on Twitter. Those posts are just to one’s Friends and, for many, the public nature of Twitter is going to be an auto-no-go, especially those who don’t want their parents to see their status updates.

Deborah – My fieldwork is constrained to the US (18 states, mix of urban and suburban and small town w/ limited rural). I intentionally interview across race, socioeconomic factors, school types, and whatnot. These brief answers don’t do justice to the full context of my research and to properly answer any of these questions would require a lot more background. If you want a better sense of my methodology and findings, check out http://www.danah.org/papers/TakenOutOfContext.pdf

Julia – the biggest determinant of whether or not teens are engaged with news (and politics) is whether or not their parents are. Unfortunately, most adults are not and thus most teens are not. But in educated communities where parents are engaged, it is unsurprising to find engaged youth. Sadly, they are the exception not the norm.