This was a chapter I could personally relate to. Since entering the education program I have been trying to "clean-up" my facebook profile. Not that anything inappropriate was on it, but there are things that could be misunderstood. So this chapter really helped to give me insight into how to look at facebook from a teachers standpoint. In addition to facebook, the information about ning was spectacular!!! I have never heard of ning before, except for once from a vlog I used to watch weekly. This would be a phenomenal website for older students. There are many options of how to use this appropriately in your classroom as well. Unfortunately, the population of students I plan on teaching, first through fourth hopefully, probably should not be exposed to facebook and ning yet. Both of these networks approach an unsure area for younger students. Already, in my opinion, students are entering the social network system too early. There are many mistakes that could be made on a network such as this. I am unsure of the age students normally start participating in facebook since it was not created until I was a junior in high school. If this is something younger children are participating in, than perhaps I would consider having a ning for the classroom. It is more a matter of how advanced students will be in their ability to uderstand how to use a website such as that than my willingness. If I was in a high school, and I got appropriate approval from administration, than I would without a doubt have a classroom ning. What a great class activity. Plus the ability to make it private is pretty cool.
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