Description of Facebook
Facebook is one of the online social networking services. It's a useful site for communicating the students with each other and with their teacher in the school and outside the school. For the teacher, Facebook has good privacy settings, which give users the option to private, their account or not, this feature is useful for the teacher to save her works and lesson materials (tnvrstar,2014). In addition, Facebook is help the teacher to connect with students’ parents to know more about their child learning level and marks in fast and easy way. Also, to solve any behavior or learning problem that facing the teacher with the students in the classroom, through disuses with students’ parents in Facebook chat and select the appropriate solution(10 Ways Facebook Strengthens the Student - Teacher Connection, 2011). For the student, Facebook is a good way to ask for lesson information that students would like to know about it, discuss issues related to the lesson, remind them about assessment due date, share useful information, picture and communicate with each other whenever they want (Back, 2009).
How I used Facebook in my MS. Word lessons
I wrote my question in my page in the Facebook, which was related to Ms. Word program, and let my students post their opinion about it.
Video about Facebook in the classroom
References
10 Ways Facebook Strengthens the Student - Teacher Connection. (2011, February 3). Retrieved from theinnovativeeducator: http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.ae/2011/02/10-ways-students-feel-facebook.html
Back. (2009). 100 Ways To Use Facebook In Education By Category. Retrieved from teachthought: http://www.teachthought.com/technology/100-ways-to-use-facebook-in-education-by-category/
Facebook in the Classroom. (2010, Dec 25). Retrieved from youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUN0cv28pgs
tnvrstar. (2014). The advantages and disadvantages of using Facebook. Retrieved from hubpages: http://tnvrstar.hubpages.com/hub/The-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-using-Facebook
Back. (2009). 100 Ways To Use Facebook In Education By Category. Retrieved from teachthought: http://www.teachthought.com/technology/100-ways-to-use-facebook-in-education-by-category/
Facebook in the Classroom. (2010, Dec 25). Retrieved from youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUN0cv28pgs
tnvrstar. (2014). The advantages and disadvantages of using Facebook. Retrieved from hubpages: http://tnvrstar.hubpages.com/hub/The-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-using-Facebook