Metacognition strategies in social website

       Metacognition is a very important concept yet it can be simplified so easily. With the rapid development of information diffusion technologies, students can use the Internet, multimedia, and other digital instruments to acquire new knowledge with ease. However, in face of diverse e-learning environments, how they can choose useful information and monitor their self-learning process is an issue that educators should pay attention to.

Here is a introduction of the metacognitive strategies.
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoKUcRwLCWA

       In recent years, some online courses, learning materials, and empirical studies on development of metacognitive skills have been proposed. Most of them were focused on metacognitive skills in science or language learning domains.

      Increasing metacognitive awareness (knowing what you know, and what you don’t know) is critical for better self-regulation. Researchers have also pointed out that most learners are deficient in performing basic metacognitive skills and will not actively pursue metacognitive activities on their own. For examples of this research, see the References listed at the end of this article by Claire E. Weinstein, Jenefer Husman, and Douglas R. Dierking, and by Philip Winne. Twitter is a convenient platform to provide this type of metacognitive support.

      There following are some examples.

 

 

 

Why some social networking sites have grown up so fast in these years?

There are so many social networking sites nowadays available on the web, some of them are growing rapidly because of their services, how they are managed and updated, and how the features or how user friendly they are. These sites have been increasing because of the increase of the growing interest of people on social networking platforms and people are also getting bored of the existing social websites. It has increased this year because of the social awareness of the individuals, sharing their thoughts, experiences, photos, and products daily are the things that people could do with the social and shopping websites.

It is a good thing that all types of people can find entertainment online that suits each person’s tastes. The title for this article combines some of the different words that I used on search engines while trying to find something interesting to read. Social network sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and MySpace have attracted millions of users, many of whom have integrated these sites into their daily practices. As of this writing, their are hundreds of social network sites, with various technological affordance, supporting a wide range of interests and practice.

Four fast growing networks:
1. Facebook: One of the largest and most recognized brands on the web, Facebook is a great way to connect with customers and now even sell goods and services to over 600 million users.
2. Twitter: The widely used social networking and microblogging service with approximately 200 million users that helps keep your business in touch with its clients and customers 140 characters at a time.
3. LinkedIn. The largest social network for professionals, LinkedIn has approximately 100 million users.
4. MySpace. Although struggling in recent years, this is still a powerful way to connect with its approximately 34 million users.

But why they have grown up so fast in these years? Because of the following reasons:
a. Human behavior
Firstly, nowadays people are more lonely than yesterday. They urgently want to find some ways to communicate with others. So they join in the big community and share their thoughts or lives with other people, maybe their friends or maybe strangers. People use social media because doing so is an enjoyable activity and it provides a novel way of accessing activities that give them pleasure, such as meeting people.
Secondly, social network users readily share information with other users. They share information simply because they believe it may be helpful. This behavior occurs even when the users do not know who benefits from the information being shared.

b. Technology

Users today are highly mobile in their communications. Mobile communication technology supports online social networks. With broadband and Wi-Fi connectivity available almost anywhere today, there are no limits on social networking locations.

This article only cited two factors. There are some other factors. We will explore in the future.