Thing #18

Social networking is one of the few things I am familiar with when it comes to computers. I have had a facebook account since my freshman year in high school and a twitter account since October 2011. I find that both of these sites have a huge upside in social lives, but not in professional lives. I feel that it is important for teachers to know how these sites work because all of their students and students parents will be checking out their pages. Teachers must be careful about what they post and say becuase it could be brought up again if it upsets a student or a parent. My mother is a second grade teacher and constantly get friend request from students, which shows that teachers pages are constantly bombarded by students. I did not learn anything new about these sites through this thing being as I am familiar with both sites. My favorite of the two networking sites is definately Facebook. You can do so much more with facebook because you posts are not limited, can see pictures easier, and in my opinion is much easier to use. Twitter on the other hand limits you to 140 characters, which is highly annoying, and is constantly bombarded with useless tweets. However, both are useful sites that individuals can use to communicate, learn, and inform people with if they are used correctly. Although both sites are a great form of learning and communication, I see no use for these tools in the classroom. There is just simply too much risk involved with using these networking tools in the classroom in my opinion.