CEP810: Social Networking: friend or foe?

Social media, how do I think it can be useful to us?  Here are the ways …
 

Professionally, social media -

• helps me encourage students to connect and coach classmates and discuss unique and practical situations such as job searching, job interview experiences, and life lessons.
• serves as an extension of the classroom.
• is the most practical way of applying technology to real life.
• adds to the concept of informal learning.
• taps into existing students as well as prospective students.
• enables me to reach out to our school alumni.
• enhances student/teacher relationship.

Personally, social media -

• helps me maintain a list of contact details of people that I know and/or trust.
• connects me to my family and friends from the other side of the world .
• answers my need for speed of results as we increase our frequency of communicating with others.
• is the cheapest way to create my learning loop.
• helps me stay on top technology trends.

I see SOCIAL NETWORKING as an opportunity, instead of a distraction to learning.  Do you agree?