The focus of our in-class time this week was spent discussing the pros and cons of social networking sites and also the topic of cyber-bullying. It was interesting to hear the different personal experiences that our peers have had within their districts regarding these topics.
We also spent some time on Tapped In, a site that allows you to enter "rooms" and meet up with other people to "discuss" a topic relevant to you. It was interesting to be involved in something different and to know that the resource is available. If I return to the site again, it would benefit me to take some time to figure out how to navigate through it so that I can take advantage of all that it has to offer.
Our study team spent the majority of our time together creating a lesson on Internet Safety. We were able to find many beneficial websites and ended up needing to expand the lesson to a three day mini-unit. I am very excited because I anticipate using our lesson plan with the freshmen on my caseload during a class we call "Exploratory". Internet safety is definitely a life skill worth "exploring" with my students.
It was interesting reading about all of the professional social networking sites, including those for licensed physicians and tech professionals. I took a look at LinkIn, which is a site many of my friends are using in their current job searches in "the business world". LinkIn recommends using a site called SlideShare to post presentations and resumes, so I'm curious about that site and finding out if it would be beneficial to use in my world.
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Interesting how your other friends use a totally different site. I would also be interested to hear what you have to say about that other presentation software. Please share what you learn!
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