Before this activity, I already had both facebook and twitter accounts. I very rarely use twitter, but I love Facebook. It allows me to keep up with my family and friends in other places, and it made the move from Georgia to Tennessee a little easier. It is important that educators know how social networking works. As educators, we have to think twice about everything we post (pictures and/or words), because nothing put in cyberspace is totally private. On a positive note, social networking has a very bright side for educators. We can interact with our students and parents like never before. I think that a classroom "page" on facebook could be useful for communication with students and parents. If parents granted their permission, pictures from daily activities could even be posted on this private group page. Parents could have a "window" to see what goes on in the classroom.
Concerning twitter, I use way too many words for twitter, and frankly I don't have time to follow others' tweets. I prefer utilizing Facebook when I like, and the ability to be excessively verbal when I want. I would not use twitter in the classroom.
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