I also chuckle when people poke fun of things they say they don't understand. If I don't understand something then there must be something wrong with the thing I don't understand? Or with people who use the thing I don't understand? Or worse, with me?
FWIW: The novelty of friending instructors is wearing off for most students. On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Pat Rapp <[email protected]> wrote: > What's wrong with friend requests from your students? Lots of people view > social networking as a way to connect with their students in a space that > is > open, familiar, and easy to use. > > I realize that social media is not for everybody, but it always makes me > chuckle when people who don't use it poke fun at those who do. Personally, > I > have generated work leads and cultivated relationships on facebook far more > than I would have without it. > > If I were in academia, I would think of facebook as a resource and a tool, > and would be using it to engage my students. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of > delancey > Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 9:12 AM > To: R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association > Subject: Re: Shatner's new spec-fic-themed social networking site (!) > > Well, I'm the worst guide on these things, but maybe I represent some > tiny demographic, and I must disagree. I never understood Facebook. > It looks to me like a crappy web site software -- kind of like AOL- > make-your-own-website! I stay away from it from fear that students > will bomb me with friend requests. But this thing is actually for > something besides telling people when I eat lunch or displaying > pictures of my cat; the purpose is to network with creators of spec > arts; that's attractive to me. (There's an equivalent thing in > academe, called Academia.com; I don't use it much at all, but > apparently some academics do.) So I signed up.... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<r-spec%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<r-spec%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. > > -- Janice -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.
