Social networking is a very important aspect of today's education. It is very important that teachers know how to use this tool because it is one of the biggest forms of communication now. Facebook and Twitter are extremely popular and used widely so they are a valuable way to get in touch with students' parents, or to keep track of what is going on with the school. Students can use them to "like" or "follow" the school's page or the teacher's page. Teachers can post homework assignments, projects, due dates, etc. on their Facebook or Twitter page that way students (who spend the majority of their time on these sites) won't have the "I forgot" or "I didn't know it was due" excuse. I think, as a whole, Facebook is more useful than Twitter. Twitter only has a limited number of characters to use for each update, while Facebook allows the post to be as long as you want it. Both sites definitley have their classroom uses, as stated above, and I can almost certainly say that once I get my own classroom, we will definitely have a class Facebook page (with parents' approval, of course). That way my students' parents can see what goes on in the classroom, I can post pictures of the fun activities we'll do, and parents can always know what homework or assignments are due and when they are due.
Here is a link to my facebook page: Stephanie Stevens
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