What I've Learned In My Third Week Of Classes.

This has been a week of putting on the old proverbial thinking caps. We explored the dilemma created by news hounds searching Facebook, a social networking site for comments posted by teachers employed by the local school district. After discovering comments made by a teacher referring to the school as being, "ghetto", the comments were made public, and the teacher was disciplined. The question then became, was this teachers privacy rights violated? I enjoyed reading the different perspectives my fellow classmates brought to view on the discussion.

With the controversy regarding Facebook, our class did an overview to discover exactly what Facebook is, and just what were some of the things that it allowed its member to do that makes it so popular. Also, we wanted to know if and how Facebook might be use for educational or business purposes.

Finally, we looked at if the Ning social networking site creator could effectively be use to implement a site for educational or business purposes. I voted a resounding , "Yes!" that it could. Ning, even in its basic package provides a host of tools that could be very useful in creating a educational or business networking online experience.