I would safely say that about 40% of the reason I use LJ is for academic reasons. The most frequent use of the social networking site? A semi-permanent place to store data. I constantly use LJ to archive papers in a privated entry if my disk freaks out and I can't save it on the A drive for some reason. Also, if you're in teacher education, you have to save everything you do in your education classes for your portfolio. I save them here so they're available within a click of the mouse.
I also used LJ post a survey on religion for Intro to Sociology, which can be found in my memories, which helped me get an A in that class. Not to mention, I also used LJ to get help on my homework, find people to proof-read my papers, and I've used MySpace to help me select professors for a new school I'm going to in the fall in a place where I didn't know anyone. So yeah, social networking sites definitely have enhanced my academic experience, and I don't see any reason for that to change in the near future.
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I also used LJ post a survey on religion for Intro to Sociology, which can be found in my memories, which helped me get an A in that class. Not to mention, I also used LJ to get help on my homework, find people to proof-read my papers, and I've used MySpace to help me select professors for a new school I'm going to in the fall in a place where I didn't know anyone. So yeah, social networking sites definitely have enhanced my academic experience, and I don't see any reason for that to change in the near future.
~SK