Week 3

This week in class I learned that Facebook offers several applications that can be used for educational purposes. Visual Bookshelf-this application allows you to catalog your books and reading list. The application allows you to see what your friends are reading, write reviews, and recommend books. The application also allows you to meet new people who are reading your favorite book. This application can be used for learning when the students review books that relate to the course being taught and they post information about what the book offers. Trip Advisor-this application allows you to create an interactive travel map to pin the cities, towns, and even suburbs you've visited. The application allows you to see which of your friends has traveled the most! This application can be used for learning if the teacher is teaching about Geography. It can also be used for learning when the students document information relating to the towns they have visited such as the native food, culture, and customs. Amigo-this is a Facebook only application that allows users to safely video chat with random people as well as their friends. The application allows users to engage in a variety of fun activities. This application can be used for learning with students have to do presentations together and have a hard time meeting up because of scheduling conflicts they can log onto Facebook and go into Amigo and discuss the work. My Diet-this application allows you to compare your diet and exercise with your friends. The application lets you see what your friends are eating and doing. The application helps you achieve your diet goals with a food and activity diary, journal, and support from your friends. This application can be used for learning in a health class. The students can load information on healthy eating habits and exercises that may be easy for others to do. I also learned that Ning can be used for educational purposes as well. It features an events tab where you can list things that are to come for example, a spelling bee, science fair, or even a football game. The events tab also keeps track of who’s attending the event. There is a place where you can blog about the events that have passed or even discuss class assignments. Under photos or videos you can put pictures of diagrams or classroom experiments. The members tab will allow all classmates and people in the school to join your network. Different applications can be used for educational purposes as well. PollDaddy will let you create custom polls for the network. Here you can do journal assignments. PollDaddy lets your classmates see what you are thinking today. Also the Work Countdown Clock is a great application because it is a timer. It will countdown the time you have left to get an assignment turned in. You can also view the latest activity which is a real-time update of everything that has happened in your network. There is also a chat application that allows you to see who is online in your network and if there is a group assignment you can communicate in real-time. The group feature is also similar to PollDaddy because is serves as a discussion forum and here there teacher can post a question and the students and respond.