Communication and Social Networking
Summary- Social Networking sites such as skype, myspace, facebook, twitter, elgg, xanga, plaxo, linkedin, slideshare, and totspot are places that you communicate with other people that you would not have the oppunitunity to communicate with otherwise.
Personal Testimony- When I was in 9th grade I found out about this site called xanga (it was my first social networking site I had ever been on). It was very easy to use, I figured out how to use it on the first day and I thought it was really cool how you could post blogs and look at other people's sites. As time passed I found Myspace (my love) and xanga fell to the side of the road as I spent all my time on my new found social networking site that allowed me to do so such more then xanga. Last semester I had to make a facebook page for a class and I like facebook but, when I as bored myspace is the place to turn to first. I think that myspace is more user friendly then facebook because I still have not figured out facebook completely and it only took me a week to figure out myspace. Now facebook is more user friendly when it comes to finding your friends, myspace and twitter do a horrible job of helping you find your friends. The other night I wanted to see what twitter was and why everyone was talking about it and I made my page and then I was lost (if anyone knows how to work it and is reading this please comment me and help me out). I think myspace and facebook have been helpful to me in many ways. I have been able to keep intouch with my high school friends and I have been able to get to know all of new friends better. The information that people give on their social networking pages really tell us a lot of the person and a lot of the stuff we figure out help us understand the person on a deeper level. It also has helped me with school. Facebook helped me keep in connect with my teacher and it let me understand my classmates better. When I was in school the teachers would try to make it so that no one would be on any social networking sites but, I believe that will change in the next few years because social networking sites can be brought into the classroom and be used as a good thing. I also think that by the time I am an elementary education teacher that social networking sites like myspace will be intertwined into the curriculum.
How it works- Since I there are so many social networking sites I am going to show you have my favorite social networking site works. Myspace is the most helpful social networking site and it is the biggest social networking site.
FIRST CREATE- When creating a myspace you must fill out the boring username, password, type these letters, real name, first dogs name stuff to get started.
Second GET FRIENDS and COMMENT- YOU have finally created a myspace, NOW FIND YOUR FRIENDS, almost everyone has a myspace so type in one of the friends, if you already now a friends url just type that in if you want and now that you are on a friends site request to be there friend by clicking on the add button. Then want to be accepted. Now that you are friends now you can find your other friends on their myspace. Now that you are getting friends leave them comments by clicking on the add comment button after you are accepted as their friend
THIRD LAYOUT AND MUSIC- We have to make our myspace look pretty for our friend so now go to myspacelayouts and pick a layout you like and put the code in your heros box and save and then go to your profile and see how pretty it looks. Now for the music (my favorite thing about myspace). GO to the music tab and go to search a song and search for you favorite song (It will be there, trust me) and add it to your playlist profile by clicking on add song.
FORTH LOOK AROUND- I have given to the basic run down on myspace and now you can look around myspace and see what else is there to offer.
Summary- Social Networking sites such as skype, myspace, facebook, twitter, elgg, xanga, plaxo, linkedin, slideshare, and totspot are places that you communicate with other people that you would not have the oppunitunity to communicate with otherwise.
Personal Testimony- When I was in 9th grade I found out about this site called xanga (it was my first social networking site I had ever been on). It was very easy to use, I figured out how to use it on the first day and I thought it was really cool how you could post blogs and look at other people's sites. As time passed I found Myspace (my love) and xanga fell to the side of the road as I spent all my time on my new found social networking site that allowed me to do so such more then xanga. Last semester I had to make a facebook page for a class and I like facebook but, when I as bored myspace is the place to turn to first. I think that myspace is more user friendly then facebook because I still have not figured out facebook completely and it only took me a week to figure out myspace. Now facebook is more user friendly when it comes to finding your friends, myspace and twitter do a horrible job of helping you find your friends. The other night I wanted to see what twitter was and why everyone was talking about it and I made my page and then I was lost (if anyone knows how to work it and is reading this please comment me and help me out). I think myspace and facebook have been helpful to me in many ways. I have been able to keep intouch with my high school friends and I have been able to get to know all of new friends better. The information that people give on their social networking pages really tell us a lot of the person and a lot of the stuff we figure out help us understand the person on a deeper level. It also has helped me with school. Facebook helped me keep in connect with my teacher and it let me understand my classmates better. When I was in school the teachers would try to make it so that no one would be on any social networking sites but, I believe that will change in the next few years because social networking sites can be brought into the classroom and be used as a good thing. I also think that by the time I am an elementary education teacher that social networking sites like myspace will be intertwined into the curriculum.
How it works- Since I there are so many social networking sites I am going to show you have my favorite social networking site works. Myspace is the most helpful social networking site and it is the biggest social networking site.
FIRST CREATE- When creating a myspace you must fill out the boring username, password, type these letters, real name, first dogs name stuff to get started.
Second GET FRIENDS and COMMENT- YOU have finally created a myspace, NOW FIND YOUR FRIENDS, almost everyone has a myspace so type in one of the friends, if you already now a friends url just type that in if you want and now that you are on a friends site request to be there friend by clicking on the add button. Then want to be accepted. Now that you are friends now you can find your other friends on their myspace. Now that you are getting friends leave them comments by clicking on the add comment button after you are accepted as their friend
THIRD LAYOUT AND MUSIC- We have to make our myspace look pretty for our friend so now go to myspacelayouts and pick a layout you like and put the code in your heros box and save and then go to your profile and see how pretty it looks. Now for the music (my favorite thing about myspace). GO to the music tab and go to search a song and search for you favorite song (It will be there, trust me) and add it to your playlist profile by clicking on add song.
FORTH LOOK AROUND- I have given to the basic run down on myspace and now you can look around myspace and see what else is there to offer.
TIPS- never accepted people you do not know, never keep wanting to people's friend that do not want to be yours. social networking sites are made to be respected and not for one person to mess it up for everyone else.
