I set up a Facebook account. I sent friend requests to several of my friends and colleagues. We'll see how that goes. :) It was easy to navigate, upload a profile picture and place some select information in the profile. I was surprised at how few of my high school and college friends were listed. Although I don't know why I'm surprised, I didn't have one either! The students will drive you crazy trying to "friend" you and worse---the begging that goes on about it at school! My own kids and all of their friends have accounts and thoroughly enjoy them. I didn't, however, friend request either of them---I couldn't take the rejection :( I looked at MySpace, but chose to go with Facebook. I always thought that MySpace was more for the REALLY young, while Facebook is used by teenagers and adults.
As educators, we need to understand what our students are using. The more we know, the more we can help educate them about the responsibilities associated with use of such social networking tools. Since many students use technology explicitly for socializing (via social networking and cell phones), we need to help keep them informed of their rights and the rights of others. I'm sure that there would be uses for this in a classroom setting, but I know that it would be a "hard sell" at my school. Because of the hate crimes being committed using this type of technology, many parents forbid their children from using MySpace or Facebook. Therefore, I think it would be difficult to promote as a required school tool.
Here's my Facebook profile address:
http://www.facebook.com/people/Cindy-McClenathan/100001701576780
Remember, don't pity me. I have friends, really, just not Facebook friends. :)
I just opened my fb account today :)
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