Several months ago a student whom I met through SAEP (Summer Acad. Enrichment Program) a couple of years ago said that he no longer phoned or even emailed his friends as often as he used to. Those activities had become too time-consuming. So, how did he stay in touch? He said he did it via FaceBook. Since this was before I even dipped my toe into FB, I wondered how he did this. But I was relieved to know that here was one less student with his ear glued to his phone dozens of time during the day.
In learning about how FB is used (and, believe me, I have lots more to learn), in FB he can let everyone know what he's doing (taking a nap, writing a paper, trying to find one more journal article), and he can see what they're up to, if they post very frequently. I feel like an amateur anthropologist from another planet (which some of my co-workers probably consider me anyway...), tentatively navigating some of these new social networks routes. Lots of exploring to do.......
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