Thing 18

It is important for educators to know how social networking works because it is becoming so popular. Tons of teachers use social networks, and they all can talk about educational topics or even have pages just for education talk. I have a Facebook, and I have had it for awhile, but I don't check it often. I enjoy it for purposes of sharing things with my family or connecting with my youth girls who don't have cell phones yet. However, I don't generally like getting on it because it seems to be a good place to waste time when I could actually be spending time with someone or doing something productive somewhere else. I don't find Facebook or Twitter to be particularly helpful for education purposes because they are mostly just for socializing. The ability to post links and things of that nature could be helpful though. I will be teaching early elementary grades, so this is not something that I will really be able to use in my classroom.