Thing #18

My Facebook profile

My Twitter profile

I am a huge, giant, crazy Facebook addict. I have been for the better part of 3 years. I LOVE everything about it. I was so excited when I realized Thing #18 was about Facebook. It is important for teachers to know how social networking sites because just about everyone uses them. As an educator, it is helpful to be up to date on things like this, especially because a lot of students have Facebook profiles. When you have students being bullied over Facebook and Twitter, it is important to know as much as you can.

Honestly, I did not really learn anything new that I did not already know about Facebook. I did not mess around with Twitter too much though because I just do not like it at all. I have tried before to become interested in Twitter and I am still having trouble getting into it.

I think as far as useful features, Facebook definitely is the winner. Facebook is not just about keeping up with friends and family. Facebook can also be used to join different groups on campus, keep up with fellow Education majors, and even find Facebook pages about teaching in the classroom.

I can see Facebook being useful in the classroom because you could assign each student a person in history and have them create a Facebook profile for that person. That way, they have to research the information but can still have fun using Facebook at the same time. I think this is a very good idea for a history teacher!