Building Social Networks with Computer Networks: A New Deal for Teaching and Learning.

Thurston, Thomas

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ERIC Number: EJ665386

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Publication Date: 2001

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Building Social Networks with Computer Networks: A New Deal for Teaching and Learning.

Thurston, Thomas

History Teacher, v34 n2 p175-81 Feb 2001

Discusses the role of computer technology and Web sites in expanding social networks. Focuses on the New Deal Network using two examples: (1) uniting a Julia C. Lathrop Housing (Chicago, Illinois) resident with a university professor; and (2) saving the Hugo Gellert art murals at the Seward Park Coop Apartments (New York). (CMK)

Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Community, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education, Historians, History, Social Networks, Social Studies, Technology, World Wide Web

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Illinois (Chicago); New York (New York)

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