It's important that teachers are familiar with social networking devices since their students will be very involved with them. Teachers need to be able to relate to their students and their interests. Teachers should know that social networking will be a major part of student's interests. Especially with popular social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, which were also the sites that I explored. I now feel more "in tuned" with Twitter, as this is the first few times I've logged on since getting my account. I have been familiar with Facebook for over a while now. I really feel like I can gain more from Facebook since it allows me to do more things and even has a lot more features than Twitter. Twitter is good if you like to do quick check ups with people, but to me, Facebook can be a lot more personal and it also allows for more "profiling." Since Facebook allowed more features and I've used it for a while, I feel the most comfortable using it and staying updated through it. I also have more friends that use Facebook so I also feel like I can keep up with friends and family more so with using Facebook. I definitely think that as a future teacher that I can use Facebook to familiarize myself with my students and it would also be interesting for them to see my profile as well. Facebook and Twitter are definitely staying around for a good while, so I know that I need to maintain my updates with technology in order to stay "in-the-know" with my students' interests! I have also added a link and screen shot to my Facebook page.
Link to Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=18309177
Link to picture:
http://www.idaconcpts.com/wp-content/online%20community.jpg
Erica, I really enjoyed this post. I agree that teachers need to be aware of social networking because society is more technologically advanced now more than ever. Depending on the age of the students it would be a neat tool to incorporate into the classroom for Educational purposes for the students to explore more hands-on.
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