Spent this morning reviewing Facebook understanding the applications that are available. The real time comments, photo sharing, event planning, beta tsting, knowing who is online, forming groups and the ability to generate targeted Facebook ads all are applications tha are important to me. I found some new applications that I didnt know about: Coin Can Avatar which is Second Life but even stranger. Visual Bookshelf which sounds like a good idea. Family Tree was new for me and that really makes alot of sense. Updating my Facebook account hasn't been a priority for me and I don't use it as blogging tool to update every movement I make in my life like others do. Finding the balance between keeping an update and overwhelming information is a personal choice. How can we apply to education? With the ability to know who is online, course curriculum and attendance factors could be inplace. Group discussions, debates and collaborative projects could be done in "real time" despite the local of the participants. Posting syllabus', assignments and other course preparation is an easy way to reach the intended interest group. Separating the friends, versus professional groups is important to categorize different information needed for specific individuals. What risks do we face by providing all of that information "in the cloud"? Once its online, its there. So don't say or publish anything you would not want to be reviewed at a later time.
How do you think Facebook could be used as a learning technology?
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