When thinking of creating a social presence for online learning a thought that came to mind was that students might not need to be schooled in this as much as teachers. Reading this article I realized that students have grown up in this world of online social networks. They welcome people in by accepting their friendship, or joining a group. As we move to online classrooms, and Web 2.0 tools to help further learning as teachers/facilitators we need to make sure everyone is welcome and that all participants are feel important to the discussions. I have used a educational social networking site called edmodo.com to hold discussions, and allow my students to electronically turn in their homework. This website gives me new things to think about in how I introduce my students to this site, and making sure a good social presence is established.
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Thank you for following my blog. I am a 6th grade teacher who is in the proccess of obtaining my educational technology masters. I will be talking about technology in the classroom, what I find helpful, and not helpful.
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