Write a blog post about your experience that addresses these questions. Why is it important that educators know how social networking works? What new insights did you gain about these popular sites? What did you like or dislike about each of the sites you explored? Which site had the most useful features? Can you see a classroom or school application for any of these sites?
It is important that educators know how social networking sites work because networking is just an important aspect of the Internet today. I have been on myspace since it came out in 2003 and it has changed so much over the years. At first it was just about finding people and it quickly developed into the premier music site. I don't use it as often now because of the ads and the overall look and navigation. But I still use it for music related things.
Facebook used to be available to college students as a social networking site and has since expanded and become more cluttered and complicated with games and applications.
I couldn't see facebook or myspace relevant for learning because they both have become to cluttered and distracting. There are other social networking sites that I could see uses in classrooms like LinkedIn or Twitter.
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