Personal Learning Environments And Social Networking

1. Science, Personal Health, Environment

1.1. Novanow: online videos about science topics

1.2. most reliant on Google for answers instead of books for information

1.3. health is diminishing due to use of technology

1.4. environment is becoming better because we are not using so much paper for books

1.5. people may be getting smarter because of the easy access to information

2. Current News and Areas of Impact

2.1. Internet

2.1.1. the most up to date knowledge about the news is known because it can be updated by the minute on the internet

2.1.2. easily accessible, fast, and efficient to use the internet to find news

2.1.3. possible to search for any type of news you can think of

2.1.4. easy to find the most current news or older news you might've missed or needed to catch up on.

2.1.5. marketing is present through things like ads on news websites and social media

2.1.6. news can be found on things like social media, news sites, and other educational websites as opposed to television, radio, and newspaper

2.2. Impact

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2.2.1.1. people who take in current events can either be affected positively or negatively emotionally

2.2.1.2. negative news is proven to make viewers less happy after watching it

2.2.1.3. advertisements online can also influence somebody's opinion and may make them more likely to buy the product they saw,

2.2.1.4. the news can play a part psychologically in what choices people make

2.2.1.5. the news can also start to shape what people believe in, even if it's just subconciously

2.2.1.6. we are able to see news 24-hours a day and sometimes it is hard to escape seeing all of the bad things happening around the world

3. Arts, Literature, Entertainment

3.1. Nook, Audible

3.2. Can binge watch hundreds of shows daily

3.3. Digital art that can be taken on the go

3.4. TV, Netflix, Hulu, Youtube

3.5. Art can be shared anywhere and on the go

3.6. gives others opportunities to pursue a job in what they love if their artwork, writing, or videos go viral

4. Government-Employment-Politics

4.1. Leaving a Digital footprint behind

4.2. Social media could affect political polls

4.3. Social media could lead to employers picking out the good workers from the bad

4.4. Politicians can gain popularity through Social media

4.5. Politicians can use the Social PLatforms as free commercializing.

4.6. Employers can use social media to see if the person they are imploying has done things that could potentially hurt the company.

5. Education

5.1. You can gather all the imformation you would need for a project or acidemic study online.

5.2. You can learn about new events as they happen thanks to social media

5.3. Schools can use types of social media to contact students at home and assign assignments without being in school

5.4. Productivity in school would go up as the evidence in the technological field increases do to making learning easier.