Maria Gonzalez's Blog

Technology has evolved tremendously over the past years. Social networks are a perfect example of these technologies that have arisen and have transformed our businesses and social lives. Some of the benefits of social networking are advertising, communication, and collaboration. A perfect example is Facebook and Instagram, these platforms have allowed businesses to advertise and reach more people than they could ever do before. Companies use Instagram to sell products and give a more visual representation of their products. It makes it easier for users to shop and buy. This function has helped small merchandise businesses like Dave Klonke (Business: Right Hook Branded Merchandise), he takes pictures of most of the projects his company puts together and posts them on Instagram. He then links the pictures from Instagram on his website. Dave says that he "mainly focuses on Instagram because of the visual nature of promo products. Having a social networking profile allows for more ch...

Blogs and Wikis are two very important tools where information can be shared and receive feedback and comments from others. One of the biggest differences between the two is that Wiki allows for multiple authors who can actively create, edit, delete, and revise the content found there. Wiki applications facilitate collaborative editing supported by revision mechanisms that allow the monitoring of changes (Bakardjieva) . On the other hand, Blogs usually consist of one blogger and it allows other people to comment. Also, Blog entries are usually maintained in reverse chronological format (Bakardjieva). Network convergence in today’s word is very important because it allows for people to connect and share information instantly. According to Dr. Thomas B. Fowler convergence, “convergence has come to mean a moving towards the use of one medium as opposed to many. There are many drivers for convergence, but perhaps the most significant is a vision of the future: a more elegant world where ...

I chose to do my paper on the impacts of social media on education. Over the years social media has become bigger and bigger. With most generations using social media platforms, it can be said that it has affected our daily lives to a great extent. With education being one of the most important aspects of youth, I think it is important to discuss how social networks are impacting students and their education, and how it will continue to do so. My analyses will focus on giving both negative and positive aspects of social networks on students and how this impacts their educational setting. For example, social media has become a great distraction to students, which in some circumstances, causes their performance to decline. I plan to include some studies to support this analysis. On the other hand, social media networks encourage students to engage with each other and share their creativity. In addition, I would also like to touch on the challenges of students using social media such as p...