I was reviewing my Lifehecker posts today and there were several posts about facebook and how these social networking tools have influences on relationships. One of the feeds was about a tool that would show you who has unfriended you on Facebook. This article had me thinking about using social networking as part of my total education strategy. I think I will look at it as an optional tool. I have found that many of the students that I have been teaching from the community colleges this term have struggle with using the platform, thus to require them to learn other technology may be a bit much. Although truth be known they most likely know more about FB and Twitter than educational technology.
John
Oh, do post a link to this! I want to read this article. Sounds interesting. I do bet that most of your students are pretty darn familiar with Facebook. Which kinda makes me wonder how great they could be with other forms of technology if just let loose. I mean really, they learned FB all on their own. There really isn't a manual persay. And look at the things people can do with it.
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