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Jake Parrish EDP 279 5.1 Assignment

Facebook is a social networking and website that was introduced in 2004 by a Harvard student by the name of Mark Zuckerberg. Since then, there's even been a movie on the making of the website! The movie is called The Social Network starring Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Timberlake. Users must register before joining the site. From there, you'll enter the whole new media world. Each user creates a personal profile, adds other users as friends, engages in messaging and automatic notifications. It takes a little while to get used to but soon enough, one will find Facebook to be quite accessible and addicting.

Though many social media sites can present educational purposes (Twitter, blogging, etc.), I'm going to discuss the many ways that Facebook can be used in the classroom. I tend to be a Facebook addict myself and I'm here to encourage the use of this social media site. [|www.facebook.com]

Some Educational Uses:

1. The classroom can use Facebook for creating polls. This can be used for a research project or survey. 2. Helps reading skills 3. Your class can share book reviews and news articles. 4. Classmates can follow others' news feed relevant to class material 5. Facebook can definitely enhance one's social skills in a professional manner especially for the shy students (like myself) 6. Class engagement such as challenges, trivia, etc. 7. Students can schedule class related events with each other! 8. Sharing of multimedia and posting of assignments 9. Messaging and Instant messaging 10. Making announcements to your students or peers

These are only ten ways that Facebook can possibly be used in the classroom! Facebook is a great social media site that would be very flexible and diverse for different teaching styles. Here are 100 possibilities for the use of Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg (founder/owner) sure hit the nail on the head with this site! []

Shane Morgan EDP 279 Assignment 5.1-Edit

Here are a few ways I found or came up that weren't already mentioned with for using Facebook in the classroom: 11. Penpals- With Facebook, students can also have penpals, but use today’s technology. Of course to do this the teacher would have to work something out with another teacher so the students could become friends. The easiest way to do this would most likely be to add the students to a group. Although Facebook is intended for children ages thirteen and older, the teacher can create a page and have the students use it to communicate. In some cases, students can even learn a new language and about other cultures if their penpals live in another country. This could be an entire project in itself-using Facebook to learn all about a new culture. 12. Research- Facebook allows students to follow world news, politics, and other current events. They can research more in depth through “liking” certain pages and learning more about them. 13. Teachers- Teachers can multi-task amongst many students and be able to meet each student's need through providing feedback with Facebook and having certain pages for questions.

Facebook is a social networking website used to connect with friends, share photos and stories, play games, and to communicate with others, but Facebook can also be used by educators in the classroom. The best way to learn how to use Facebook is to explore for yourself, just like how we learned to use the tools in this EDP 279 class. There are many ways to use Facebook in the classroom. One of these ways is through projects. The teacher can have the students use Facebook to create an assignment. Having students send messages and postings will allow for easy communication and also access to getting help with homework while they are at home. Students can even post their homework to Facebook, making it more accessible and support a universal design for learning. Although some teachers and school districts do not allow Facebook, it is becoming a trend. If teachers could discover ways to incorporate Facebook into the classroom, students could possibly get more out of school and may come up with new ideas on how to use Facebook in their classroom. Facebook can be used to by teachers to communicate with parents. It is a great and easy way to let the parents know how their children are doing, and it can be more private if needed when discussing other matters. Overall, Facebook can change the way students work in the classroom. Since most of them already know how to use it, it makes it that much more convenient for the teacher. Here are a few links related to using Facebook in the classroom and teaching children how to use Facebook (if they do not already know how): [] How to use Facebook [] Facebook for student projects [] Using Facebook in the classroom [] Facebook and Education