MHRM 6100+WEEK 2

I have used different mobile technology and social media earlier. SMS is  very popular among employees of Air India. We use it all the time for staying in touch when we are flying. Social networking sites like Facebook, orkut help me keep in constant touch with my colleagues and friends. After getting married and coming to the US, SMS, IM and video chat play a very important role to help me keep  in touch with my family.What I really like about video chat is the fact that it helps me to talk to my folks in real time. After joining Walden, these same technologies are helping me to enhance my learning experience. I am able to stay in constant touch with my faculty and class though we are geographically separated by hundreds of miles. More importantly such tools help the virtual learner to learn things at his/her own pace. In other words social networking tools are the 'glue' that helps bind the virtual class together thereby filling part of the gap left due to the lack of a physical classroom. Additionally the proliferation of handheld devices (smartphone, net book, tablets) has further broken down constraints due to location and time.I am able to type this on my smartphone and able to post it on to Walden portal when flying at an altitude of 35000 feet above ground level, on a recent trip from New York city!