Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Thing 18

My Twitter Account  My Facebook Account

Educators should know how social media sites work because their students certaintly will, and it will be something that they are very much interested in. If educators can use social media sites educationally, they will be able to catch the attention of their students. I didn't learn anything new about these sites because I've had them for quite a while and I've seen all the updates and things they've made. I like that Twitter seems to have almost everyone on it, including political leaders and such & that you can "follow" them & see their updates without being their friend or anything; with Facebook more things are usually private. However, I really like that fact, it seems like you can control your privacy more with Facebook. One usueful aspect of Facebook, especially if being used in the classroom is the event tab. You can put due dates for assignments there and students will have the countdown as a constant reminder on the side of their homepage.

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