I am a Facebook user myself, but only for friend-based relations. I have never thought of it for interest-based relationships. I am amazed at how educators can incorporate facebook into their daily lessons. It allows the students to interact with one another and keeps them updated with what is going on in class if one is absent. Also, I have heard of Ning.com before but have never used it myself. It sounds like it would be a good source for researching and getting peer reviews. It is amazing how many social networks have been integrated into the regular classroom setting.
I will continue to use facebook for friend relationships, but will also use it in the future to connect with co-workers and parents. I think this would be an amazing thing to do because it allows us to learn from one another. However, I would not use it for student-teacher interactions because my students would be too young to understand what Faceboook or Ning is used for (I am primary elementary).
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