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By: Sarah Reaser

Sarah Reaser — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:08:29 +0000

There has been a lot of talk about incorporating social networks such as MySpace and Facebook in the classroom. I just wrote a little bit about it on my blog. It doesn’t really suprise me that more than half of american teens online have an account on one of these sites. Educators should really pay attention to these kinds of things that students are interested to try and incorporate it into the curriculum. Bethany Erickson and David Knapp’s idea is very creative and sounds like something that students could really get into.

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By: Imgrundc

Imgrundc — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:01:56 +0000

You’re a lot like my brother: he’s a nineteen-year-old freshman in college who also no social-networking website (unless you count the myspace account his girlfriend set up for him…I mean his ex-girlfriend). He’s doing an essay on facebook for one of his classes. I mean, an essay ABOUT facebook. It couldn’t be written on facebook, because he’s not planning on starting an account. I think it’d be interesting to see his take on facebook without being a user. I’ll probably direct him to this article, in case he finds it helpful.
Also, your post makes me want to utilize the writing components of facebook more. I’ve written a couple of notes, but now you’ve inspired me! I’m also friends with Prince Hamlet, now, which is kinda cool. His favorite music is the harp (whatever that means) and under “Favorite Movies” he says “I know not this word, word, word.”

By: ideamen

ideamen — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:41:43 +0000

By starters I think it is great how this article has achieved two purposes. I used it for a blog on literature and reading, but here it shows up for a social networking idea. Since I wasn’t focused on the MySpace reference in it, I didn’t see the other merit. I like the idea of teachers or students creating MySpace pages on great characters of literature. I will admit I am not the most savvy at these social networks or even technology for the matter, but it is a great idea none the less. If I was a high school student and my homework was to go to MySpace and read the bios on the characters from lets say “Grapes of Wrath”, that would be a pretty cool assignment. Also, these socail networks of fictional characters can be used a posting sites for other students who have questions on the story. It would be a nice place to have student q and a when their at home for the night.

By: christiedeanna

christiedeanna — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:15:29 +0000

I never thought about incorporating Myspace sites into a learning environment until I read what Nathan had to say. I actually caught myself saying, “Wow, that’s a great idea.” Since Myspace is huge among youth, and now becoming popular among the older generation, why not incorporate it into learning since ‘everybody’ uses it anyways? I think that by creating a Myspace for characters from a book is a great idea, and it would be fun. Myspace sites let you add backgrounds, fonts, pictures, links, music, videos, and much more. By allowing students to create their own page for characters in a book, it would not only help the student in better understanding the book, and the relationship amongst the characters, but they will also be allowed to be creative by adding their own touches to the site. This might actually be something I’d be interested in doing with my own classroom as a group project. Students can have fun with this, since it’s something most do already, and it’s also a great learning opportunity. And who knows, it may even give Myspace a better name…