3 Social Networking Ideas in the Classroom

I teach first graders so I would not necessarily use social networking to communicate directly with my students. However, it can be used in other useful and effective ways. 1. I currently use social networking to get ideas from and network with other first grade teachers. This is really helpful in setting up lessons for my students. 2. Another way I could use social networking is to communicate with parents through a class facebook/twitter page. This would allow parents to be familiar about any upcoming events and what we are learning in class. It would be a great home and school communication tool with parents. 3. As a step further into parent-teacher communication, it could also be used to share material, online games, apps, links, ideas, etc. with parents that supplement what we are learning in the classroom. There are many ways to incorporate social networking with students directly. However, being a first grade teacher, it would not be the most effective and efficient way to integrate technology. Like I said, it would be a great way to network with other teachers and as a parent-teacher communication tool for my current grade level.