Creating my social space...

The thought of creating a social networking space was a daunting task for me considering I do not have a facebook account or any other social networking space, however, I can honestly say I was surprised at how simple the process was.

I registered with LinkedIn and within minutes I had created a user profile. The process was straight forward because of the clear and easy to follow instructions.

Creating my Migrant Social Riding group on the LinkedIn social networking site was again aided by a step by step guide and the process did not take long at all.

 
I am impressed with the simplicity of creating a social space in LinkedIn as well as the user friendly navigation system that allows group and non group members to locate groups of interest either by the group name or the name of the group creator.

The reason I have not been involved with social networking sites prior to creating this social space was because I always thought that they were hard to set up and manage, however, the experience has been positive and I plan to use social networking in the future.

Social networking sites can become powerful technology tools when used in an educational environment because they are simple to create, (as demonstrated above), and have the ability to allow collaborative and meaningful learning across the curriculum. As a future teacher I would definitely incorporate social networking sites into the classroom to develop critical and creative thinking skills and also to bring an understanding of world view to students by accessing views of other cultures around the world.