Connections For Teachers And Students Today..

About Linkedin Reid Hoffman founded Linkedin December 2002, however did not launch the site until May of 2003. Unlike Myspace and Facebook, Linkedin relies on the number of visitors and the types of services they use. Linkedin grew from 500,000 thousand users to 3.2 million users in 2007. Linkedin is now used in 150 industries and has more than 30 million registered.

Purpose of Linkedin One of the main purposes of Linkedin is for business associates and affiliates to stay in contact. After creating a profile a person can use and control the information that associates and future employers might see. Linkedin is completely free to join, but if you would like to take advantage of more tools to help you find and locate friends that may not be in your network then you can create a paid account. Make sure to make your account look professional, future employers might be looking.

Educational Uses of Linkedin Linkedin is primarily used for businesses, however it has educational uses as well. Students can use Linkedin to ask questions from experts in the fields and receive answers from numerous experts in their field. Teachers also benefit from using Linkedin, they can get ideas for lesson plans, find creative ideas to use in their classrooms, and talk amongst others in their field of knowledge.

How to sign up for Linkedin. After you go to the Linkedin page, you will find a box like the one to the left. Merely fill the information out and create your own personal profile. You can download pictures, create your own networks, and find contacts from around the world.

Where you can find Linkedin. You can access your Linkedin account from any computer with Internet access, also if you have Internet service on your phone Linkedin can become your home page. However you use Linkedin it can be very valuable to you not only today but also in your future.