Thing #18

I have been a member of myspace for six years and facebook for four. I love social networking sites. I like to keep up with not only my close friends, but people I haven't seen in a long time. Educators need to know about social networking site because they should always be on top of what technology is out there and the technology their students are actively using. I prefer facebook to myspace, because it feels more professional to me. I know that the school system does not allow access to either of these websites, and I would be nervous as an educator to be friends with my students, because I don't want anything that goes on online to be misconstrued, however, I do know that their are social networking sites made specifically for school aged children for education purposes. I could see using one of those sites because they are safe and monitored. Students need to use this technologies because it is part of the culture and what is currently happening in technology.

My facebook page and myspace