Social Network

I think we continue to think, what good is this social network thing for other than staying in-touch with that one guy from college. This is how, as educators, we can make social network mean learning. After all, it does take a village. Here's my blog post about one of the 100 ways you should be using facebook in your classrooms. Enjoy!

I think this is one of the most wonderful things that I didn't get to experience until college. Our professor could e-mail us and tell us what to bring to class. Even if they forgot to tell us something at the end of class they could then e-mail us right after and we would still be held responsible for that material! I'll admit, this is not a welcome thought since at the time I was an avid yahoo.com user and I rarely saw a need to check my school e-mail address. This is why I like the idea of using facebook to make announcements.

There are many times I have said, "Shucks! I forgot to tell them to bring in ______ tomorrow! My lesson plan is RUINED!!" This would be a thought of the past if I could e-mail them things I forgot, reminders and maybe even notes/other documents. I could post extra materials for further exploration! It would be such a wonderful way of communicating WITHOUT the issues of "Oh, man. I hate that I have to check this things that my teacher is MAKING me do." and turn it into, "I do this everyday and now it will also tell me what my homework is."

Ok, so maybe it won't be THAT much of a happy change for students but accessibility to students and being accessible to them with a system that we're both comfortable with would be excellent.