Facebook

One of the favorite things that we have learned and utilized in our class is facebook. I think that it's neat how you can customize it and make it your own. Also it's very nice how you can connect with all your friends and stay in touch with them. Now people are using facebook to rekindle old friendships and to meet new people. This way it's easy for people to stay in touch and is very accessible to all around the world. Another cool thing is that as of right now facebook does not charge any money to make an account, it's completely free! This way more people will be inclined to join. Another aspect of facebook that is really cool is the fact that they have games on there. On these games you can play with other people, not just people you know either so this way you get to know others.
On facebook there are places to leave messages so it's a good way to contact your students or parents if they are in older grades. This way it's a more informal way to talk to them, and also it lets them know that you care about them and want them to do well in class. I don't think however that I would use facebook for younger grades because I'd rather not have to deal with it and honesly I think there are better things that kids can do then be on the computer all day. But for older grades I think that using facebook would make me as a teacher seem more real and cool to the students. This way I think they will be more willing to talk to us because they won't think that we are old and dry.
Along with keeping in contact with people facebook is yet another way to talk to the other teachers that you work with. This way there is more communication throughout the school and the teachers can correlate what they're teaching the students. :) All around facebook is a nice way to stay in contact with friends and to communicate with the students so that everyone is on the same page.