Executive+Summary

=Executive Summary =

Introduction

 * We are the Convivial Streak. The group is consisted of the five astute ladies namely Oshen Aranzo, Rosslyn mae Cagalawan, Mary Karren Ordaniel, Jiesa Pahunang and Eleonah Jane Virtudazo and ****we have designed a model for a collaborative learning community that concerns about our major course, Special Education. ** **The model we designed is based around the famous social networking sites like Facebook, Friendster and Ning. The cornerstone of the model uses Facebook as as scheme to communicate people around the globe. **


 * The reason for this is beacuse **** social networking sites have been widely used globally nowadays and the prime movers believe that if we design a model specialized for Special Education, we can make a change. In a theoretical perspective point of view, we site our model in the framework of cognitive and social constructivist theory. **

Key Features

 * Convivial Streak is a learning community both for social and learning purposes. It is designed especially for educators, mainly for Special Education. The primary goal of the Convivial Streak is to make a change around the globe. What exact change are we actually dealing? It is to change the people's panorama about special individual which they dubbed as "abnormal", "possessed", "futile beings" etc. Conventionally, only SPED educators, learners and citizens with a special individual in the family are the usual people that understands the condition of the said individual. **


 * Our mission is to tell the world that these special individuals are also human and they have emotions too. We want to spread that special education exist and someway, we can understand these people with special needs. **


 * In this model we include the following features: **


 * ** Members Lodge - this tab is where we navigate ourselves to the lists of members. **
 * ** Photo Patch - this area is where we post photos such as pictures of special children, accomplishments and others. **
 * ** Forum Section - the main section of the model where in you can gain various significant information about different kinds of exceptionalities; assistive technologies that aids the learning and skills of a special child; the terminologies of SPED; the rights of these individuals and lastly, the discussion board where we can converse and comment about confidential topics. **
 * **Blog Posts - this section is where the members can share their thoughts and experiences, just like a diary. Except that everyone who navigates the site could read them.**
 * **Chat Room - the place where we synchronously talk over matters and where members can communicate from different places around the globe.**

** Theoretical Rationale **

 * Social Networking Service is an online, platform or site focuses on building and reflecting of social networks which essentially consist of a presentation of each user with his/her social skills and variety of additional services.Social Networking Services make it possible to connect to people who share interests and activities across political, economic and geographic borders (Comscore, 2007). **


 * Social Networking is not easy but with the help of theories like social and cognitive constructivist theory people get use to it and understand it. Social Constructivist Theory emphasized education for social transformation. It reflects the human development with in a social context. Cognitive Constructivist Theory generally regard the purpose of education as educating the individual child in a fashion support's the child's interests and needs. **