Thing #18 Social Networking

Here's the link to my facebook profile: It is important that educators know how social networking sites work so they can communicate with other teachers, parents, and students and to keep up with the news in education to know how education is changing. The new insights I gained about these popular sites is that you can add educational resources such as news in education and ideas for lesson plans that I can use to keep track with changes in education and get ideas for lesson plans I can use. What I liked about the sites is that you can add any education resource or members of education such as other teachers and faculty and communicate with them and keep in contact with them. The site that had the most useful features was facebook because you can search for anyone or anything in education and find what you are looking for and add them and then be able to stay in contact with them. I can see a classroom application with these sites by students can communicate with their teacher and ask any questions they have on the material they are learning or homework problems they need help with. I can also see it a way for teachers to post reminders of important dates or assignments due. It can also be a way for teachers to post extra problems the students can practice on the material they are learning. It can also be used for teachers to communicate with parents on their students' progress in the class so they can provide extra help for them if needed and can stay up-to-date with their progress. It is a great way for teachers to communicate with students, parents, and other teachers.