Thing #18

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I have a Facebook account, but I have not done much with it in the past few months.  It is important for educators to know about social networking sites because of their popularity and how much students know about technology through using sites such as these.  I did not really gain any new insights about the site, I know that it is a good way to stay connected to different organizations, including the College of Education.  I don't like to use Facebook that much, if only because I never do anything productive on the site.  I don't have a Twitter account that I actively use.  I do not like Twitter that much because of the word limitation and I just do not think that it is that useful.  I am not a big fan of social networking, but I do see it's importance.  I think that there could be classroom applications for each.  You could create a class Facebook page for students and parents, or maybe even a Twitter.