I am now grateful to a friend who recently convinced me to join Facebook.
Educators should be familiar with social networking so they can keep up with what is going on in the community; with their friends or maybe even their students. Facebook isn't much different than I had always assumed it would be. There are lots of people who post too many unnecessary things I simply don't care about, but it can be useful too. I primarily use it to communicate with other art ed. students; especially regarding upcoming events in the art department. I like that I can use Facebook to communicate directly to a friend or to everyone if I feel I have something exceedingly important to say. I usually don't have anything that important to say though. I did not like that other people can post things on my page by "sharing" it with me. Most of the things they have share are things I have liked, though, and it does give me the ability to "hide" things other people put on my page. That's cool. I suppose it would be pretty cool if an art class could create its own Facebook page and use it to share artwork they created with everyone.
Welcome to the Facebook world! I agree with this post in the fact that people often post unneccesary things online. In the same sense, social networking is extremely useful when used correctly. I have a friend who attends another college that used Facebook to create a group for her Art to sale and post upcoming events. It would be cool for you as well with your major in the Arts.
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