Thing 18: Social networking

Social networking can be a dangerous thing for educators. There have been instances of people being careless. While there are endless possibilities for teachers to interact with their students, it isn't always appropriate to use the same account for your personal and professional life. I recently set up a twitter account as part of another assignment. My handle is @GAmathnerd. I'm not very familiar with the best way to use twitter yet, but since it is the fastest growing social networking site out there right now, I'm sure it will behoove me to begin incorporating it into my classroom. Right now it looks like Facebook has more features, although in my estimation Google+ is fast on their way to being a top competitor, especially for more professional settings with its capability to integrate with all of Google's applications.