Thing #18

    It is important that educators know how social networking works because it is quickly taking over many aspects of our lives! The number of people on social networks grows everyday. Social networks are a great way to stay connected with family and friends, and also learn about what's going on in your community, as well as other parts of the world.
   I believe Facebook and Twitter are both useful sites for staying connected and "in-the-know." However, I believe that if you are an educator using these sites, you should have two separate accounts. One account should be used for personal life and your other account for business, coworkers, etc. This will ensure that no problems will arise further down the road in your career. As they say, "never mix business with pleasure."
    Overall, I would say Twitter would be the best way to stay connected in the business world. Twitter allows quick updates that are easy to follow. It keeps the tweets short and simple, therefore easy to read. Another cool feature of Twitter is the "retweet" button. If there is a tweet that you want to share with others, you can simply retweet the status and make it available to the people following you. This is a great way to stay on the same page as your colleagues. As far as classroom uses go, Twitter would be a way for students to follow their classroom page and see tweets about upcoming homework and projects due or field trips in the near future. This would also be useful for parents to stay up to date on activities in the classroom.


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