Facebook

Facebook has its good and bad about it. Hodgkinson makes some points that I agree with. Such as when he quotes Thiel,"taking the world away from the old-fashion nature-bound life". I believe humans need human contact.
Theil says, "human beings will tend to move in flocks". It does not take long for people to dive right into anything new on the internet. MySpace, Facebook and Twitter took off in no time. (The bandwagon persuasive technique.)

I teach internet safety to my middle school students. I have to say that these sights can be very dangerous to teens who tend to give out to much personel information. As educators we need to educate our young students on how to use these sights in a safe way. Postman states on page 162 that, "Educators are not unaware of the effects of television (or computers, video games) on their students. It is the acknowledged task of the schools to assist the young in learning how to interpret the symbols of their culture. That this task should now require that they learn how to distance themselves from their forms of information is not so bizarre an enterprise that we cannot hope for inclusion in the curriculum; even hope that it will be placed at the center of education". I am hoping that the few days I have teaching the iSafe Program (a non-profit foundation dedicated to protect the online experience of youth everywhere)is helping my students in making better choices about internet use.

I found this on CNN Health: Five Clues that you are Addicted to Facebook-
1.You lose sleep over Facebook.
2.You spend more time than an hour on Facebook.
3.You become obsessed with old loves.
4. You ignore work in favor of Facebook.
5.The thoughts of getting off Facebook leave you in a cold sweat.