Comments on: Voices and Ears http://onelearnersjourney.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/voices-and-ears/ MaryH's blog for reflecting on the EVO08 SMiELT session Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:18:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: onelearnersjourney http://onelearnersjourney.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/voices-and-ears/#comment-23 onelearnersjourney Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:20:00 +0000 http://onelearnersjourney.wordpress.com/?p=4#comment-23 Hi Patricia, After seeing an update from you that you loved Facebook, I was looking forward to your comment! It would be great if there were an EVO session dedicated to various aspects of online professional development, including the use of Facebook and other social networking sites. Educators should be aware of their potential for building professional networks; also, by being active users of social networking, we can provide students with more accurate information on how to use social networking appropriately. Hi Patricia,
After seeing an update from you that you loved Facebook, I was looking forward to your comment! It would be great if there were an EVO session dedicated to various aspects of online professional development, including the use of Facebook and other social networking sites. Educators should be aware of their potential for building professional networks; also, by being active users of social networking, we can provide students with more accurate information on how to use social networking appropriately.

]]> By: Week 2 Reflections « Sarah Braxton’s Weblog http://onelearnersjourney.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/voices-and-ears/#comment-19 Week 2 Reflections « Sarah Braxton’s Weblog Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:18:59 +0000 http://onelearnersjourney.wordpress.com/?p=4#comment-19 [...] Thanks, Mary, for your post about the use of Facebook. Also, thanks, Joao, for the Twitter [...] [...] Thanks, Mary, for your post about the use of Facebook. Also, thanks, Joao, for the Twitter [...]

]]> By: Patricia Glogowski http://onelearnersjourney.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/voices-and-ears/#comment-17 Patricia Glogowski Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:30:21 +0000 http://onelearnersjourney.wordpress.com/?p=4#comment-17 Thanks for this great post on Facebook, Mary. I think you point out a lot of good aspects of Facebook and I completely agree with you; I think one of the next sessions of EVO should be on the potentials of Facebook in professional development, social networking, and education (and perhaps in something else?). I know that I have benefited from being on Facebook in many different ways, and you greatly summarize it in your post. I think the biggest change that Facebook has brought to my life was the shift in the way I think about my presence on line and my privacy. Last year or before that I was really apprehensive of putting information about myself online but, at the same time, I wanted to benefit from networking with other professionals in the field and from staying in touch with former students. This conflict or tension in not wanting to expose myself (I had been a very private person up to then) and the idea need to show who I am was somewhat (and gradually) resolved with Facebook. Because it is somewhat a closed environment and requires a password and a network, it felt more secure than other social sites. In a way, it eased my coming out into the virtual space. Now, I feel more confident and I also see how belonging to social networks such as Facebook can help establish and maintain professional ties. Thanks for making a case for Facebook! Thanks for this great post on Facebook, Mary. I think you point out a lot of good aspects of Facebook and I completely agree with you; I think one of the next sessions of EVO should be on the potentials of Facebook in professional development, social networking, and education (and perhaps in something else?). I know that I have benefited from being on Facebook in many different ways, and you greatly summarize it in your post.

I think the biggest change that Facebook has brought to my life was the shift in the way I think about my presence on line and my privacy. Last year or before that I was really apprehensive of putting information about myself online but, at the same time, I wanted to benefit from networking with other professionals in the field and from staying in touch with former students. This conflict or tension in not wanting to expose myself (I had been a very private person up to then) and the idea need to show who I am was somewhat (and gradually) resolved with Facebook. Because it is somewhat a closed environment and requires a password and a network, it felt more secure than other social sites. In a way, it eased my coming out into the virtual space. Now, I feel more confident and I also see how belonging to social networks such as Facebook can help establish and maintain professional ties.

Thanks for making a case for Facebook!

]]> By: sarahbraxton http://onelearnersjourney.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/voices-and-ears/#comment-15 sarahbraxton Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:04:32 +0000 http://onelearnersjourney.wordpress.com/?p=4#comment-15 I also have a facebook account, but use it only to see the photos that document my son's exploits in Hawaii! It sounds like a great tool for professional networking. Perhaps we should add it as something to investigate during this course... I also have a facebook account, but use it only to see the photos that document my son’s exploits in Hawaii! It sounds like a great tool for professional networking. Perhaps we should add it as something to investigate during this course…

]]> By: onelearnersjourney http://onelearnersjourney.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/voices-and-ears/#comment-14 onelearnersjourney Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:27:27 +0000 http://onelearnersjourney.wordpress.com/?p=4#comment-14 So far, I have had a really positive experience with Facebook. However, I should really become more active in reading about the privacy policy of Facebook. From my point of view, my generation has a lot to gain from social networking sites because we can reconnect with former classmates we lost touch with and hadn't been in contact with for some years; it is like a reunion almost! At the same time, we can connect and reconnect on a professional level, and having all sorts of different friends is what inspires me. Hope to see you on Facebook, Illya and Gabriela! So far, I have had a really positive experience with Facebook. However, I should really become more active in reading about the privacy policy of Facebook. From my point of view, my generation has a lot to gain from social networking sites because we can reconnect with former classmates we lost touch with and hadn’t been in contact with for some years; it is like a reunion almost! At the same time, we can connect and reconnect on a professional level, and having all sorts of different friends is what inspires me. Hope to see you on Facebook, Illya and Gabriela!

]]> By: illyasoet http://onelearnersjourney.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/voices-and-ears/#comment-13 illyasoet Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:10:23 +0000 http://onelearnersjourney.wordpress.com/?p=4#comment-13 I am not yet a user of facebook, but it's interesting for me to see how others use it. It's posts like yours that raise my curiosity! I am not yet a user of facebook, but it’s interesting for me to see how others use it. It’s posts like yours that raise my curiosity!

]]> By: Gladys Baya http://onelearnersjourney.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/voices-and-ears/#comment-12 Gladys Baya Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:03:58 +0000 http://onelearnersjourney.wordpress.com/?p=4#comment-12 Dear, sweet Mary, You keep talking educators into trying Facebook, good for you! ;-) One thing I've found really useful is the Facebook notifier I've been able to integrate onto my Pageflakes. As that's my homepage, and I regularly keep it updated, just peeping there I get an idea of what's going on at Facebook.. I expect to learn to make better use of it during 2008! Keep blogging, you're an inspiration to many! LOL, <i>Gladys</i> Dear, sweet Mary,

You keep talking educators into trying Facebook, good for you! ;-) One thing I’ve found really useful is the Facebook notifier I’ve been able to integrate onto my Pageflakes. As that’s my homepage, and I regularly keep it updated, just peeping there I get an idea of what’s going on at Facebook.. I expect to learn to make better use of it during 2008!

Keep blogging, you’re an inspiration to many!

LOL,
Gladys

]]> By: Gabriela Sellart http://onelearnersjourney.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/voices-and-ears/#comment-11 Gabriela Sellart Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:44:39 +0000 http://onelearnersjourney.wordpress.com/?p=4#comment-11 Nice post, Mary. It has kept me thinking. I have a Facebook account and I never use it. You have convinced me. I'll explore it. Nice post, Mary. It has kept me thinking. I have a Facebook account and I never use it.
You have convinced me. I’ll explore it.

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