Join ISTE on Facebook
As Maya Prabhu noted in her October 2008 article for eSchoolnews, “Schools grapple with teachers’ Facebook use,” increasing numbers of educators are creating accounts on and utilizing social networking websites like Facebook. While the issues and questions surrounding teacher to student interactions in these online environments may be somewhat grey and hazy, there are plenty of non-controversial ways for educators to utilize these websites for professional purposes. One of these ways is to join educator professional organizations’ official groups and fan sites on these networks.
ISTE members have a growing presence on Facebook, with over 850 members as of this writing. If you have not already started exploring Facebook as an environment for professional learning and networking, it’s time you got started! Anyone can join the ISTE Facebook group, and the discussion forums provide a good venue to solicit feedback on a variety of technology integration and education issues.
I started a new forum topic on the ISTE Facebook page today titled, “ISTEconnects Guest Blog Posts Wanted.”
Please let me know if you have an idea you’d like to guest blog about here on ISTEConnects!
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