SMART-5

I have been using social networking sites for a number of years. Right now I solely use Facebook. This site allows me to keep up to date with all of my friends, especially those that do not live near by or that I do not get to see often. While I do love Facebook, I often find myself wasting a large amount of time on the website. At times this has been quite distracting, especially when I have other obligations, such as homework. It also at time can be quite intrusive and provide too much information about people you don't really know. However, I think the keeping up with friends and what's going on in their lives is worth the negatives. I am glad I have the opportunity to use social networking sites.

I think social networking will make major progress in the learning environment in the future. Student can use social networking sites to communicate with partner schools around the world. I could also there being social networking sites for specific schools , so that there would be a secure site to use in the classroom to keep track of all your students. It would also be useful in using the sites with distance learning, so if students were unable to be in class they could keep up with the happenings of the classroom. Overall, I think there are big things in store for social networking in the learning environment in the future.