Post 6 – Facebook

 

Facebook is an online social networking utility, it allows users to create a personal profile, talk/comment on others’, join and create networks that they are a part of. This tool would be particularly useful in education, a teacher could set up a network for their students to join and be included in. Facebook allows students to work in a collaborative environment; it is kind of like a discussion board. By creating their very own network they can talk about their assignments/projects freely without feeling self conscious about anyone they don’t want seeing it.It would bring the students in your particular class closer together; they would feel part of a group and would not want to add students that are not from their class. They could still add their friends outside of the class, but wouldn’t want their friends to see their classroom work. This would add to their deeper learning because they feel comfortable in this type of environment.

This program allows the teacher to pose questions to the group or for students to discuss present assignments or projects that they are working on. It also has the ability for photos to be uploaded, so the teacher could take a photo of the class while they are at school and when they logged on at home they would feel included in the group that they belong to.