tHING #18

I am one of the 41.6% of the U.S. population who already has a facebook account. Before facebook, myspace was the big social network that I was affiliated with. However, my sister told me how she found a lot of people we knew on facebook, so I signed up for an account. I still used my myspace for I had a fancy home page with a song of choice (which was a pretty neat feature by the way). However, as time moved on and I got more of a life, lol, I stopped using myspace and only use facebook as my means of social networking. As an educator, I think it is very important to understand how social networking works for several reasons. One reason is that it is important to know what NOT to post. You don't want parents or the principal at your school frowning down upon you about something you did on the weekend...assuming it wasn't very "TEACHER" like. Second, you could set up a class page that allows parents and/or students to communicate and share thoughts, ideas, and pictures. Last, it's just fun and part of our culture!