Zuckerberg: Kids under 13 should be allowed on Facebook
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By Michal Lev-Ram, writer May 20, 2011: 11:02 AM ET Facebook's founder sees the social networking site as a tool with educational potential. That of course means getting kids Facebooking at an early age. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
FORTUNE -- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg may be a college drop-out, but the billionaire 27-year-old is passionate about education reform. That's why he took time out of his busy schedule to discuss the heated topic (and why he thinks young people can benefit from social networking sites) at a recent summit on innovation in education.
Last year Zuckerberg pledged $100 million to the school system in Newark, New Jersey. At the NewSchools Venture Fund's Summit in Burlingame, Calif. earlier this week, Zuckerberg told interviewer (and venture capitalist) John Doerr that improving education and making the Internet more open are two of his favorite dinnertime topics.
Dressed in his signature T-shirt and jeans, Zuckerberg was uncharacteristically unguarded about his private life during the conversation, which lasted about an hour. He referred to his girlfriend of seven years, medical student Priscilla Chan, several times throughout the interview. He also shared anecdotes from his own education and upbringing, gave advice to other entrepreneurs and talked about why he wants kids under 13 to be on Facebook.
"Education is clearly the biggest thing that will drive how the economy improves over the long term," Zuckerberg said. "We spend a lot of time talking about this."
It's no surprise that Zuckerberg thinks the field of education--along with shopping, health, finance and other industries--will become much more social in the coming years.
"In the future, software and technology will enable people to learn a lot from their fellow students," he said. For example, students could see each other studying online in the hopes it would encourage more of them to study for tests.
Zuckerberg said he wants younger kids to be allowed on social networking sites like Facebook. Currently, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) mandates that websites that collect information about users (like Facebook does) aren't allowed to sign on anyone under the age of 13. But Zuckerberg is determined to change this.
"That will be a fight we take on at some point," he said. "My philosophy is that for education you need to start at a really, really young age."
THE MEANING OF NEW ERA OF PERSONEL TRAINNING..ONLY FOR SOME COUNTRIES??? THE ASSUMPSION... EXAMPLE IDEA AND OPINION.. เตรียมชุดผู้ฝึกอบรมรุ่นต่อไปน่าจะได้รับการคัดกรองจากนักวิชาการและหลายสำนักกองมากขึ้นและบุคคลากรน่าจะเป็นรุ่นใหม่ไฟแรงอายุไม่เกิน30ปีหรือควรเป็นระดับปฎิบัติการ เนื่องจากกระทรวงอื่นๆมีความกระตือรือร้นเรื่องการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษในกลุ่มน้องรุ่นใหม่ๆมากขึ้นส่วนรุ่นผู้ใหญ่ควรมีคอร์สบังคับให้เรียนทุกคนเป็นคุณสมบัติสำคัญในการผ่านไปสู่ระดับผู้บริหารเช่นระดับชำนาญการขึ้นไปค่ะเพื่อเปิดโอกาสและสร้างโอกาศให้น้องพอชอที่เข้ามาใหม่ได้อบรมภาษากันอย่างทั่วถึงไม่ใช่มีแต่กลุ่มคนเก่าๆ หน้าเดิมๆ ที่อาจไม่ต้องเพิ่มพูนสมรรถนะภายนอกแต่เราต้องอบรมภายในของเราเองค่ะ เพื่อเสริมศักยภาพภายในองค์กรให้เท่าทันโลกและเท่าทันหน่วยงานภาครัฐและเอกชนภายนอกด้วยค่ะ
TREND OF CDD INSIDE ALL MISSIONS AND ACTIVITIES FOR SAFE AND SURVIVE PEOPLE...
AND SAVE CDD PERSONEL???
we must developt all leaders...really ...we must improve all of personel inside CDD also....
Donot forget to make tough course for our CDD human capital policy...
maybe i feel that i have non developt inside my learning membrame...wow...????
