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Teresa Roebuck is the President of the Global Association for Teaching Excellence and a STAR member of the Discovery Educator Network.
Facebook and other scary things
January 22nd, 2009 by Teresa Roebuck in Education

The response to the Facebook training that I did earlier this week was very encouraging.  Teachers are really ready to try to keep up with the kids and use these applications to further communications between each other.  Yes, there is a lot to be wary of when using Facebook for education, but, let’s face it… the young people of today are not going to quit using it just because the school might not allow it into the arena.   Sometimes, we just need to follow the students lead and go where they want to learn and use what they use in order to help them to learn it!  This might feel scary to many, like exploring a new land, but in the long run, it is where the students and the technologies will lead us.

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Facebook ended up being a great PD tool for my district this summer. Teachers received new laptops in May and used them at home over break. Lots of them got on Facebook and actually developed skills like how to upload photos and add videos, but to go along with your post, they started to “get it” as far as why the kids are so into it and some of the powers of social networking.

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