I gotta tell ya, this was a rough one because I have had my you-know-what burned by people who didn't quite understand me or my love for exceptional kids on facebook, and now my facebook is under my maiden name with no reference to anyone or anything that I currently do in life. I do have a fun twitter that also has no reference to my name or what I do, it's purely fun and to keep it that way, I will introduce you to my boring twitter. Now, my boring twitter account is under the name Kim Burnard. Very boring. Says the right things, etc. almost makes me nauseous, and with that, here is the link to the boring one. https://twitter.com/#!/KimBurnard
I do love twitter, and quite honestly, I enjoy it more than facebook because it's a statement that can be done right then. Someone's bugging you, BAM! you can post it right then. I love it because it's in real time.
Okay, now from the educational perspective, I can see how creating a facebook page for a classroom would be a lot of fun because people in the news could be subscribed to so the class could follow their travels or thoughts. I can see how posting experiments or classroom thoughts on a facebook page would be awesome to bring a cohesive element to a classroom. Twitter would be a huge benefit because political figures, sports figures and academic figures and institutions could be followed and updates appear constantly. I do think social networking has a place in the classroom, but it has to be closely monitored with strict settings.
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