I found this chapter of reading to be a pretty controversial section. Even as I read this section, I found myself shifting positions on how I feel about the “Social Web.” I do agree with statement that almost everything on the web is becoming more and more social. As a regular internet user, I do use Facebook and delicious, but refuse to use Twitter. It is not that I think Facebook doesn’t have any faults, because I don’t agree with many of things that go with it, but I do think that between Facebook and Twitter, Facebook is the less of two evils. I do not like Twitter because I feel that it is just a huge gossip chain. Many people use Twitter to follow what others are doing, especially celebrities, and I guess this probably is a great thing for those of us who are obsessed with celebrities and their opinions, but as a common U.S. citizen, I find that some things don’t need to be shared with everyone around the world. I see Twitter as more of a form of stalking than anything else.
As a future teacher, I do not plan to use social networking sites in my classroom. I feel that these sites do have some great advantages to them, but also many scary things come along with these sites. And as a teacher, I will not introduce my students, or require them to use something that could be potentially harmful, or that I do not agree with myself.
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