Friday, March 1, 2013

Thing 18 Social Networking


I have both a Facebook and a Twitter account. My Facebook can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/hayley.leann

It is important for educators to understand and be able to navigate social networking sites because that is the prominent form of communication for students. Cyber bullying is a rising problems that schools and teachers need the tools to combat. If there are issues in the social networking sites, there will be issues brought into the classroom. Facebook has gotten better with some aspects lately. For example, users now have the option to attach documents in private messages. The most useful features about both Twitter and Facebook is that they make communicationg with others easy. Facebook makes it easy to share photos and statuses so that others can comment and like them.

Schools and classrooms can use social networking sites to show the parents and community what is going on at school. Schools often use Facebook in order to let parents know about upcoming events. Engaging parents and the community in learning is vital in the learning process. 

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