Sigh! I am just reading now that for our assignment that we need 3 blog posts on social media (ideally over a 3 day period)....but sigh, again! I have only two days....so let's get to it.
What value do social networking sites have in education?
How might you included them?
Well, social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter) are excellent for communication from far away. As stated before, I live in Hawaii, but my family and friends are in Boston and other places. I can keep in contact with everybody from far away. Most of my high school class is on Facebook, so it is nice to see pictures of little ones and know what everybody is up to without a reunion. I am "friends" with my cousin's wife, a woman I have never met. But I get to "know" her through her funny status updates. As I was telling my mom's friend (a non-facebook user), it is a just different kind of communication.
Twitter also adds a bonus, lots of cool educators out there tweeting away. I feel current with education policy but checking on those that I follow. You should check out "Cool Cat Teacher" and "Larry Ferlazzo"
However, I am still thinking about how to integrate it to my classroom. Next post!
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