Ideas for Essay???

Alas, another course at Uni requires my expert opinion. New Communication Technologies is badgering me with 'blackboard' signposts, lecture mentions and emails. So alright, you will be honoured with my expertise. I will discuss MySpace and an issue within it. I have not yet identified the specific issue I will discuss, but here are some sources of information that have given me direction.


Title: Reaching and Teaching the Digital Natives Author(s): Jim Gaston Journal: Library Hi Tech News ISSN: 0741-9058 Year: 2006 Volume: 23 Issue: 3 Page: 12 - 13 DOI: 10.1108/07419050610668124 Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited Abstract: Purpose – The higher education community is facing a new generation of students –
the “Digital Natives”.
They are the first generation born into a world of pervasive digital technology. They think and learn differently than the “Digital Immigrants” who are teaching them and educators today should be aware of these differences and how this knowledge can be utilized to create a more effective learning environment

http://www.wired.com/culture/education/news/2007/04/myspaceforschool
Don't Tell Your Parents: Schools Embrace MySpace
Robert Andrews 04.19.07 2:00 AM
Some schools ban social networks for wasting classroom time or to protect students from weirdos. But, as part of a wider trend toward less top-down teaching, other institutions are putting tools like MySpace, Bebo and Facebook on the curriculum -- and teachers are saying: "Thanks for the add."

http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20060306&s=hajdu030606
DAVID HAJDU ON MUSICInstant Gratification 1 2 Post date 02.28.06 Issue date 03.06.06
"Anderson had the wisdom to enlist some acquaintances, gorgeous female club kids, to be among the first MySpace users to post their photographs, imparting upon the site a patina of phototropic cool. He created what is essentially the biggest nightclub in the world (or more accurately, the incorporeal world), open all day and night. It is open to virtually anyone and to anyone virtual. The only velvet ropes, thin and malleable, are MySpace's token restrictions: the site is prohibited to those under fourteen, though MySpace requires no proof of age. (It has a bouncer at the door but does not card.) MySpace also forbids the use of "personally identifiable information," though it permits messages that might contain hints of a member's identity, such as the person's name, hometown, and birthday. "