I already had a Facebook account because that is what my friends use, so I did not create another one. In fact, after reading some of the material for Thing 14, I did not want to increase my exposure in this area and tightened up the security on my existing account. Truth be told, I am not sure why I have one at all! I do not use it very much. My basic feeling is that too many people use social networking sites too much when they could be doing something more productive. That said, the fact remains that my daughter received her last job offer on Facebook. Perhaps it is more useful than I thought! Should a site such as Facebook in education be used at school? My feeling is that there are plenty of other more appropriate tools to use.
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I have to say that it has really facilitated communication for my class officers and prom committee. Apparently, they set up a group for everyone going to the Junior Prom and they send out information to everyone via an "event" -- It has worked! We have received the bulk of our class dues since an announcement went out that Prom tickets would only be available to students who has paid their class dues - so that has certainly been a benefit from Facebook.
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