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Facebook address: //** [|www.facebook.com]. How Facebook has been used or its suggested use in a school library setting: //** Libraries are beginning to experiment with the social network of Facebook in several ways. Many of them join Facebook to further promote library services to patrons who use Facebook. Additionally, they could market the library to potential future patrons that live in the same vicinity by sending "Add friend" invitations to Facebook users who live in the city that the library is in. Libraries could also announce upcoming library events to their Facebook “friends.” They could post photos of fun or important library activities to get Facebook “friends” interested in participating in future events. This social network could be a forum for blog discussions on classic, award-winning, or new books. Libraries could offer their Facebook “friends” various applications such as virtual bookshelves, book ratings clubs, research tools, catalog searches, etc. Library employees could use Facebook as an additional venue for collecting and answering reference questions by using the Facebook chat feature. Facebook members could become a fan of a library’s Facebook page to receive its news feeds How teaches might incorporate technology in an educational setting: //** Teachers could also use Facebook in ways similar to the ones that I suggested for libraries. They could post photos of special classroom activities and announcements of upcoming events to increase student interest/parent particapation. Educators could also post helpful links that students could click on to aide in classroom study or skills practice. A classroom blog could be part of a teacher’s webpage to allow the students to post responses about various classroom blog topics. Teachers could also answer class related questions from students and their parents via the Facebook messaging feature. Students and parents could become fans of a teacher’s Facebook page and receive news feeds about classroom activities. Author’s Name: //**Lisa Peña
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 * Name:** Message Boards
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 * http://www-usr.rider.edu/~suler/psycyber/extendclass.html**

The author, being a college professor was in need of a way to motivate students to participate and, “message boards seemed like an obvious answer: here was a way to encourage student discussion outside the classroom, and the discussion could be totally student-driven”. He suggests using message boards in addition to in-class discussion, noting that, “students discussed class topics on the board as well as in class; Thurtle commented that the board was often used for "things students didn't want to bring up in class". The same can be true for the entire college, certain classes, clubs, and/or the library. In the library students could be persuaded to discuss controversial books and/or other resources that they may not feel comfortable speaking about in public. They could also use the message board to suggest resources they’d like to have access to, anonymously. (Thurtle, 1998) I would use a message board in my class to discuss current books being read in class. I would allow all student and faculty members to have access to it. Thurtle, Phillip (1998). Reinforcing Traditional Pedagogy. Retrieved August 6, 2009, from University of Washington: Learning & Scholarly Technologies Web site: http://www.washington.edu/lst/help/profiles/thurtle
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This article suggests using a message board to enhance the academic classes by providing a social message board. “Setting up a separate area for pure socializing may encourage students to hang out in the online environment for the course, especially if students get the opportunity to hang out with the instructor too in this more casual atmosphere. The instructor may see opportunities to stir up a good discussion, which can then be carried over to the academic discussion board. In general, "social energy" generated in the casual atmosphere can spread throughout the online environment for the course. (Suler, 2004) ” I think if teachers and myself did this in an elementary setting it would strengthen the relationship between teachers and students allowing students to see teachers as regular people they may feel more comfortable confiding in. If your student becomes comfortable talking to you socially, they may be more willing to come to you when they have a serious problem for your guidance or help. I would use this for my school and strongly recommend all staff and students participate. I would create different social message boards to appeal to the children, such as movies, video games, fashion, sports, books, homework help, etc. This would allow students and teachers to connect on various levels, not just a professional one. Suler, J (2004). Extending the Classroom into Cyberspace: The Discussion Board. //CyberPsychology and Behavior//, //7//, Retrieved August 6, 2009, from http://www-usr.rider.edu/~suler/psycyber/extendclass.html


 * Author:** Kallie Rearden

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=__Incorporating Twitter into Libraries and Schools__: This new type of social networking allows libraries to communicate easily with their patrons. Upcoming events, new arrivals, and hours of operation are just a few types of updates libraries can send to their followers. This platform could also be used as a reference service. Patrons could ask their questions via Twitter and a later receive an answer from a reference librarian.= = = =Within the school, Twitter could be used amongst the staff to share ideas and new resources. Great websites and outstanding professional development opportunities could be advertised to an entire community within a few moments. Sending feedback to followers on specific instructional strategies and lessons via Twitter also make reflective practices much easier.= = = =__Articles featuring Twitter Uses__:= =[]= =[]= =[]=

=__Author: Mellissa Sanchez__=

= Social Issues & Social Networks in the Classroom = Students spend an increasing amount of time on social network sites. Some estimates place the average at over an hour a day, and some students spend much more time than that. The issues that arise in terms of social interaction between a teen and his peers/acquaintances are not really different despite the different venues. Teachers who plan to use a social network (such as MySpace, FaceBook, etc.) as a part of a lesson must plan carefully to help students develop their concepts of identity, privacy and community. “Social-Networking Sites Draw Teens In: In the largely unsupervised digital world, youths set the rules” - [] “ How to Talk about Life Online: Tips for teachers to help students be safe on the Internet” - [] =** New Technology and Social Media **= For an overview of the new technology and social media and how they can be used is the classroom, “How to Use New-Media Tools in Your Classroom” has video clips, offered by a variety of experts and educators, which both educate the teacher and offer strategies for their use. This page offers clips on Facebook, wikis, digital cameras, YouTube, Twitter, Nintendo, iChat, and GPS devices. [] =Social Networking for School= “My School, Meet MySpace: Social Networking at School” explains how a school used MySpace to get a jump start on the school year by having students complete introductory discussions and projects before school started. Once school began, students worked on projects on higher levels by both delving deeper into the content and by broadening the concept into other disciplines, all enabled by the school’s use of Moodle, podcasting and blogging. []

“How to Use Social-Networking Technology for Learning” presents some of the whys and wherefores for teachers who want to facilitate use of social networking in their classes/schools. []

As advertised by the title, “Twenty-Five Interesting Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom” offers twenty-five different ways to use twitter. For geography, students asked where everyone was and then mapped their response using geotags. For a unit on weather and climate, students asked about the conditions where everyone was. For English, students wrote a character sketch in 140 characters. This is a wide-ranging and creative look at Twitter in the classroom. []

=**Author: Karen Chaffin**=