More than a year now we've hung a post about how to use Facebook Professionally. Things have shifted and now Facebook has over passed the number of MySpace's users worldwide. It might be the reason why so many bloggers abandon his practice to just jump wagon and integrate what Nicholas Carr foresees, either to Facebook or Twitter. I am not so sure whether Sibertiger is a professional in education but I am sure he picked the right theme to publish it at his Saudixpat Blog. He says he has "found no empirical evidence validating the use of Facebook in secondary or elementary education. He did find evidence for using it in post-secondary education." I will steal two paragraphs from his blog, knowingly that he won't take us further for such a crime. He writes: "After some searching, I came across some blogs that advocated using Facebook in education. One blog had examples, including using the Files and Questions modules. The blogger states that, “All assignments and other items get posted to the “Files” module and you can use the “Questions” module to send out questions to your students.”. I didn’t even know that Facebook had Files OR Questions modules you could install on your facebook page (along with the Coffee Module, Gangster Wars module, Are You Canadian module, Cities I Have Been module, and so forth)." And he continues writing, "At the famous (or infamous) Horace Mann School in New York City -the use of Facebook by students, was very negative. However, this was balanced as I stumbled across a CNN story from Missouri which highlighted a teacher’s viewpoint about using MySpace and Facebook to reach reluctant students at the high school level. I also came across a YouTube video about college admissions being affected by student’s Facebook or MySpace postings." If you're active and in practice of teaching, would you mind to share your experiences using Facebook at your school? If you want to receive my future posts regularly for FREE, please subscribe in a reader or by e-mail. If
If you live nearby San Jose, tomorrow is a good chance to learn about web 2.0, learning 2.0, and everything else 2.0. Beginning Nov 11 until Friday, Nov 14 the DevLearn 2008 Conference & Expo will take place in California, where "the most experienced and knowledgeable professionals in the e-Learning industry convene each year to explore, discuss, and learn about the best ideas and technologies for e-Learning." Whether you are in the business or wish to see someone in person and shake a hand or give a hug, bring yourself great spirit and a good bunch of business cards. Yes, these are some of the recommendations have had, the readers of Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development Last Friday, Brent Schlenker, Elerandev's Editor, made a list of what is expected you take, if you happen to attend the conference. He writes, "Check out everything and familiarize yourself with the program. DevLearnLIVE is a great place to find social networking for the event." To Do: a) Subscribe to the event in Twitter; b)Enable your cell phone to decode QR codes; c)Please, bring your laptop; and, d) Get your cellphone with you! Hope you enjoy and post about the event! If you want to receive my future posts regularly for FREE, please subscribe in a reader or by e-mail. If you have concerns, Contact Me at anytime.