BP2_Schoolology

As a broadcasting teacher it is very important for me to help keep my students in touch with the real world media as posable. One one the real world media stays in contact with the audience and from time to time each other is through Facebook, but unfortunately the school system doesn't see Facebook as a communication tool to be used in the classroom. I can see the cons for giving students access to Facebook to those who would only use it to socialize in class and play games and not use it as a Web 2.0 tool for learning. So an alternative to Facebook that I have found and can be very useful is schoology. http://www.schoology.com/home is the link to my page that I have setup and started to navigate for future use and can even be used for my CBR challenge to collect information and data. Schoologly is setup like Facebook so the students should not have a problem with learning to use the page and should find it fun. It is also great because the students can track assignments as well as grades for activities they have completed in class and they can also use it to collaborate on broadcasting projects in my class. This would also be a good Web 2.0 tool to introduce to the other teachers at the school that have problems operating their blogs as an alternative if they enjoy using Facebook. This is also a way to keep in contact with students after the graduate without having to add them to a teacher's personal Facebook account with has been seen to cause some problems. I will use schoolology in addition to my class blog provide through the county.