HootFor - A Social Networking Application For Microblogging submitted to International Journal for Science and Advance Research In Technology

Abstract

The social networking application is an online community designed to make your social life more active and stimulating. The social network can help you maintain existing relationships with people and share pictures and messages, and establish new ones by reaching out to people you've never met before. Majority of students believe that social media is used by advertisers than the educators and companies for the promotion of their products, followed by its usage by educators, professionals and students. Most of the respondents are aware about innovative way of teaching and expect the same. All the respondents believe that there should be change in the existing education system and more innovative methods like social media should be used for education purposes. The use of social media for making presentations was found to be the first priority among students then getting and making the assignment updates. The currently developed Edu comp method of teaching is one of the most popular among the students though other method like home schooling was on top priority. “Hootfor” is a Social Networking Application providing its users to construct a public or semi-public profile within a system. Its basic concept is to post micro-blog and get support from friends and hootfor users. There are many forms of social media, including blogs, micro-blogs, wikis, photo sharing sites, instant messaging, video-sharing sites, podcasts, widgets, virtual worlds, and many more.