Echoing Dana. Many colleges leverage social networking for both promotion and into curricula, including my classes.
Blackboard is nice and all but it's a chore.....facebook is easy and my students are far more in tune and likely to check in daily than BB. On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Dana Fellows <[email protected]> wrote: > When I did my Masters at WIU, we used all types of social networking sites. > We used Facebook, Second Life, Ning, Blogs, and few others that I can’t > remember. This is a subject that will only become more and more of a > issue/concern with schools. Our we embracing technology such as Facebook or > trying to ignore it? Don’t know the answers. I teach tech classes to 16-18 > year olds and I find those who are really savvy with sites like Facebook, > MySpace, etc… do very well in the classes here. > > > > Dana Fellows > > Computer Technology Instructor / Network Administrator > Whiteside Area Career Center > > 1608 Fifth Avenue > > Sterling, IL 61081 > > Email, [email protected] > > Website, www.wacc.cc > > Phone: 815-626-5810 ext. 206 > > Available via phone between 2:30 and 3:30 PM Central Time > > > > MCP, MCSA, MCSE, A+, Network+, CIW > > AAS - Network Administration > BA - Information Systems > MS - Instructional Technology > > > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steele, Thomas C > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 9:17 AM > To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List > Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] college class needs Facebook > > > > We have a similar situation. We have a social worker intern who needs an > on-line chat site opened up for a class she is taking. This is going to > become much more prevalent and will force districts to re-evaluate their > filtering policies. > > > > Thomas C. Steele > Technology Director > Manteno CUSD #5 > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Bendorf > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 8:16 AM > To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List > Subject: [tech-geeks] college class needs Facebook > > > > I just had a senior come ask me to unblock Facebook for him as his community > college professor is using Facebook as a medium for coursework...said he had > to use a teacher's phone to look up his information this morning before I > arrived as he had forgotten that FB was blocked at the district....not sure > what to yet - I do know the professor...hmm > > > > --Michael T. Bendorf-- > Technology Administrator > A-C Central C.U.S.D. #262 > > 217.476.3312 ext. 2019 > > DID #: 217.476.6019 > Cellular: 217.306.6824 > > "I'm trying to teach myself to ask the same questions that you do during > your lectures so that I do not need you any more." > > A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for > others. > > "The computer revolution hasn't started yet. Don't be misled by the enormous > flow of money into bad defacto standards for unsophisticated buyers using > poor adaptations of incomplete ideas." > > - Alan Kay > > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > -- "Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." -Dr. Howard Thurman ****************************** Aaron Keith Hackney [email protected] Cell 210.325.2196 ****************************** | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
