Thing #18

I think it is important for educators to know about social networking because it is a good way to sty up to date on things in the classroom and also allows them to communicate with others like parents, students, and other teachers. I personally have both a myspace and a facebook, and have had them for a long time. When I lived overseas it was very useful. I was able to keep in touch with a lot of my friends and with family also. I even had the chance to reconnect with friends from high school. I do not use them much for blogging though. It is more for keeping in touch with people I know. I like both sites and dont think I have much to complain about. I do think it would be useful as a teacher because it is a good tool to have a classroom community that students can use to discuss school related things. Students can do projects and post them and also post music and videos.