Thing 18

http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=1633603630

It is important for teachers to know how social networking works because there is a lot of important information for teachers on social networking pages. In today's world, everything is done through technology. Most everyone has a Facebook, a Twitter or both. This is the main means of communication and staying up to date with current things. Facebook is my favorite because not only can you communicate with people in more than one way but you can also go to pages for your school, organization or job. I did not really prefer Twitter simply because it is mainly only about reading about the constant updates people post. This, to me, does not really seem like an academic resource. I do not think that Facebook or Twitter should be used for classroom purposes. Even though Facebook does have certain things that could be used for educational purposes, it is mainly used for social media and there are far more sites and tools out there that would be better suited for the classroom than Facebook.