Concluding comments
We hope to have presented a method, a set of resources, and a sampling of applications
that can be modified to meet the needs of a variety of classroom situations. We do not
expect that each will be useful to every reader, but we hope that the reader will find one
or the other of use—if not the method of educational expropriation of consumer
training, then perhaps the insights in digital nativity illustrated by the phenomenology of
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SNS consumer training; and if not the SNS phenomenology, then perhaps the concrete
assignment and activity structures. The number of college students that use SNS sites
such as Facebook is steadily on the rise, as is the number of students that have easy
access to mobile phones and tablets (Educause, 2013). The opportunity for educators to
make use of the consumer training that these readily available technologies provide
cannot be ignored and can make for a much more meaningful and relevant educational
experience for students of today.
References
Antell, A. Huang, J. (2008). Subject searching success. Transaction logs, patron