Facebook+for+Learning

__FACEBOOK FOR LEARNING!!!__ Facebook is not just a great way for people to find and interact with friends or learn about what is happening this weekend; it can also be a great learning tool. Teachers can make use of Facebook for class assignments, for improving communication skills, and for engaging students in a manner that might not be possible in a traditional classroom setting. · **Follow news feeds**. Have students follow news feeds about the course they are studying. **Share book reviews**. Students can post their book reviews for and have conversations and debates with classmates about the relevant book. Without having to stand up in front of a room full of people. Facebook is a really useful tool to help shy students come out of their shell. · **Create groups**. You can create groups for each class or for study groups with smaller groups of students, which allows for easy sharing of information and communication, without the students being friends with each other over Facebook. · **Schedule events**. Assignments can be placed as events, which then allows students to get reminders before their assignments are due to hand in to the teacher. · **Send messages**. Sending messages to students with last minute changes to an assignment can be a useful tool, because really what teenager isn’t going to be on Facebook when they need to be doing an assignment. · **Share multimedia**. With the ability to post videos and photos, you can share anything of multimedia content easily to all the class, and also make the learning a bit more enjoyable. · **Post class notes**. Teachers can post notes about each class for the students to access for study or if they are absent. [|www.facebook.com] [] This is a Facebook group called Classroom 2.0