I would like to start off by saying that I have a Facebook and Twitter. The only thing wrong with that is that I maybe look at them once a day. Now my students on the other hand can't wait till class is over to check their Facebook and Twitter. When I was in college I use to get on Facebook every 15 minutes. Now I just get on there to see what some of my old friends are doing these days.
I think it is important as educators to understand social networking. The reason why I say this is because the students we teach live their lives through social networking. It is almost like they cannot even have a conversation face to face anymore. I honestly don't think I could gain any new insight on either one of these sites because I literally felt like in college that I lived my life through these social networks. I think I use to be one of the robots I teach. What I like the most about these sites is that I can keep everything private. I like that I can make sure that only my friends can see what pictures I post or what people post on my wall. I do not want everybody to know what is going on in my life. I especially do not want the students to know. I think Facebook has the most useful features simply because it can do anything. I feel like twitter is just a text message. You can't really get to see someone's life just by a tweet. I believe this could be useful in a classroom setting because students love these social networks. If we could add our homework to a Facebook page, I feel like more students would do it just because it is on Facebook. This is the life we live in and we better get with it or get left behind.
This is a screenshot of my Facebook page. The lady in the picture with me is the teacher that is right across the hall. This is from our high school's prom.
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