I want share with you this video, use it how you like it. I'm astonished, at the design, the contents, the music. Just amazing! I have often thought about how the internet has changed my life and hard it would be to get back to a life without it but social networks, I thought prior to watching this video, didn't play that important a role in my life. But I saw this and I do have blogs, which i hardly ever write in, I do have facebook, which i hardly ever use, I do have a number of other social networks. And the truth is that your friends lead you to use them. Reluectantly I find myself little by little using fb more and more, little as it is still, because people dont use emails any more, other than work email! We learn of new bands, new intersting videos online, new venues, new everything on socialnetworks. The word of mouth is the word of social networks, whether we like it or not. How do we apply this to teaching: film what you do in class and post it on youtube, record stuff as podcasts, share pics of activities in class, set up blogs and post all the above there, set collaborative areas where students help each other with homework, set a class tweeter, introduce new tools via social networks, and discuss things online: films, books, activities in class. People are more likely to give their opinions via FB than in a class context.
