Here is facebook traffic in six months of 2009.Facebook is talk of the town now. According to a report ,facebook was growing 600,000 users per day in December 2008.Although Pakistan was not included in even top 30 countries in using Facebook in July,2009,yet reality on the ground shows that number of users is growing very fastly.Young people like to interact via Facebook.This has become one of the important activities of our youngsters now -a -days.If so many students are using fb(Facebook), then it can be used for educational purposes as well. It is said that facebook is for everybody.
It is already being used for group projects in western countries but it has not taken its roots in Pakistan and I think same is applicable in most of the thrid world countries.Using fb is still considered either waste of time or just a social interaction for its own sake.I have added Youtube links at the bottom of the reference list which can demostrate how a group can be created on fb . Also check how fb can be used for education in developing countries.
Being teachers, we can think:
- Being a fb user, what benefits do you see of this social netwroking site?
- Why students use fb in your context?
- How many of your students use fb?
- Have you ever tried to mobilize them with their already existing social interaction i.e.fb?
- What can be achieved via their fb presence?
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you are rite miss uzma..i m getting helped through face book for my MS theisis.
ReplyDeletei totally agree. i usually communicate via fb with my students and coleagues. Healthy discussions help us a lot in setting our way to the right.
one more thing i want to add is the way fb help us in setting our career. My students say they get guidence to move thier career in the right direction,the upcoming opportunities and the existing ways can be explored and discussed through fb.
ReplyDeleteIts great to know that you are getting some help for your MS thesis.Is there any way to get students grouped at fb and they can discuss variety of topics.Have you any specific example where your students got some project via fb?This can create a community and it will provide them with an opportunity of collaboration and knowledge sharing.
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