11.5 Thing Five

All three of my children have been on Facebook for years and I have become use to them refering to their use of facebook. I have seen pictures they have uploaded to their sites as well as pictures their friends have uploaded. My daughter has been able to maintain friendships with friends from high school because Facebook makes it so easy for them to stay in contact with each other. While viewing the different links on Twitter I have seen that Twitter is a little more basic than facebook. Users can basically post very short notes that can let followers know status updates.
Both sites are useful resources for students in and outside of the classroom. Using Facebook, a teacher/instructor could create a group for a specific class and have all their students join. Within a group you can post assignments, calanders, video lectures, and there is a discussion board. This could be used by students during class to view instructions and complete assignments. It could be used outside of the classroom as a place for students to resort back to. If they miss class they would be able to complete missed work and view a calander to know about upcoming class events. Also, the discussion board could be used by students and teachers to ask/clairfy questions. Twitter could be used a quick way to update homework, remind students of tests, clairfy study materials, and clairfy questions. It would be a quicker way for students to be able to refer back to a class and get information they need.
Back-channeling in class could be useful for lectures and for answering/clairfying questions. I think back-channeling would be a great tool to use to see if students understand the material. They could use Twitter to update answers to questions or respond to discussions and the teacher would have all the student's responses right there. It would also benefit students who have difficulty speaking infront of a class because they could use back-channeling to inform the teacher of their contribution to the class discussion.

11.5 Thing Four

It would be a great advantage to be able to film a lesson and posting it where students who might be ill or at an alternative education site to view and would be able to stay with the class and it would involve very little extra work of the teacher.
As far as student or for that matter anyone who can upload a lesson would be a great advantage. The way others might complete a assignment and the way that I think is best may not be always the same. I like to learn from others and then use there style to help me with alternative instructions.

11.5 Thing Three

I guess I am very fortunate because I work in the CATE department. I have access to facebook in the class room for IMing, I have VISION which allows me to look at and converse with the students while they work on assignments. The SKYPE would be interesting to use with other teacher but I am just worried about the effects on the network. Our tech guys express concerns over streaming music. As usual you would need to monitor the students but now a days that goes without saying.

11.5 Things Two

I Liked the bookr and i really enjoyed the different text/picture/video/sound programs. I think I may have created my Christmas card while exploring the sites. I think I have spent 11.5 hours on step two today. I have had fun today

11.5 Thing One

I believe that the librarian play the role and the organizer. The role of the teacher will be to assist the student with his gathering of information off the Internet. The student will get the benefits of having the Internet as its teacher.