We love FACEBOOK? Why? Why not??????
Jeannie LOVES to stalk boys!
Meg loves to post pictures!
Dave loves to fb chat! lol omg haha
Joyce loves to Twitter!
Angela loves to wish Latasha a HAPPPPPPPPPPPPY BIRTHDAY! :)
Teresita loves poke!!!!
WHY?
Beacause we LOVE SOCIAL NETWORKS!!!!
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Why Twitter?
I decided to make a Twitter for silly reasons, but I have grown to love it. It is a great way to stay in touch with my friends in Japan or even those at home. It is also a great way to get coupons and secret deals from my favorite places like Bleeding Heart Bakery, Tokidoki, as well as deals on massages, facials, and manicures. It's also a way for me to find out about great causes that I contribute to and sign petitions on important issues like animal cruelty and women's rights. Even better, its all in 140 characters. Short and sweet.
Katie
Katie
Family Feud Gang
You guys are going down...we are going to win all the candy :)
PS - Teresita CHEATS!
PS - Teresita CHEATS!
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Chapter 10 - "What it all means"
Wow, thanks to Joyce for going above and beyond and began summarizing chapter 10, too :-)
Chapter 10
What It All Means
§ Teachers are employing Weblogs and wikis and the like in ways that are transforming the curriculum and are allowing learning to continue long after the class ends (p. 148).
§ The classroom of the Read/Write Web is marked by the continuous process of creating and sharing content with wide audiences (p. 149).
§ Many, Many Teachers and 24/7 Learning – The Read/Write Web allows students to connect to other science, English, or social studies teacher (p. 150).
§ All of these technologies allow students and teachers to contribute their own ideas and work to the larger body of knowledge that is the Web (p. 153).
Chapter 9 Social Networking!
Loved reading Joyce's summaries of Social Networking. Has anyone seen the new Facebook movie yet? Justin Timberlake is in it!
Chapter 9
Social Networks
Facebook, Ning, Connections, and Communities
§ Kids are using social networking technologies in two important ways: 1) they engage in “friendship-based ways which means they stay connected to the people who they know in their physical spaces; friends at school, people they meet at summer camp, or their teammates, among others. 2) Kids are using social networks to “explore interest and find information that goes beyond what they have access to at school or in their local community” (p. 131).
§ Facebook.com and Ning.com make group forming around the people we know or the interest we pursue almost too easy (132).
§ Facebook was started in a Harvard dorm room in 2004.
§ At the beginning of July 2009, Facebook grew by an amazing 700,000 accounts per day and its total membership was close to 250 million and the fastest growing Facebook users today is the over 55 set (p. 132).
§ In terms of Ning, this is a site that allows you to create your own personal Facebook-like network around your specific interest. This service launched in 2006 and has hosted over 1.5 million networks with about ½ a million being added yearly (p. 132).
§ The key to both of these sites for educators is to move beyond the friendship-based connections and explore the potentials of the networked, interest-based learning that’s possible with these frames. In the process, students can be taught all sorts of important lessons about digital citizenship safety, information literacy, and more (p.l33)
§ To sign up for a Facebook account just go to Facebook.com, fill out the form on the homepage, click on the link in the confirmation e-mail and start finding friends to connect with (p. l34).
§ Facebook offers a number of different levels of transparency that can be explored and they are covered in detail in the “Teacher’s Guide to Using Facebook” by Bernadette Rego, (see www.tinyurl.com/12yheq).
§ Facebook in the Classroom – The Uniquiet Library: Creekview High School Media Center (www.tinyurl.com/1956sc) This library in Canton, Georgia has an active K-12 library site on Facebook. It is a totally public site that serves as a portal for news about books, links to interesting articles, photos about library event and more (p138).
§ On Creekview High School’s Facebook page, students can get information on new books, links to interesting articles that deal with reading or technology or social media, photos, and links to interviews with authors (139).
§ A Ning for all passions…. If you want a Facebook-like environment to deliver some of your curriculum and teach some social networking skills as well, there is Ning.com (p. 139).
§ Ning lets you create your own free social networking site around whatever topic you want, complete with personal profiles, photos, video links, groups, discussions, blogs, and more (140).
§ Ning is a great site from a classroom perspective; it is an environment for students to test their writing skills.
§ Find a list of Ning sites that are dedicated to Education – go to the Social Networks in Education wiki (www.tinyurl.com/2qu8p8). Also try Classroom20.com, a Ning site what was started by educator/consultant, Steve Hargadon who has attracted over 25,000 members from around the globe (p. 140).
§ To set up a Ning site, go to Ning.com and start the creation process by picking a name for your social network and choosing an address and continue to follow the prompts.
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