I have chosen to use Facebook for my social networking. I have used others like Ning, wikis, and twitter. I like Facebook because I can talk to friends that I wouldn't normally talk to. I have reconnected with some great friends that I had in the past. I see how their lives have changed over the years and I enjoy getting to know them again. I also see how others communicate with each other. For instance, a friend of a friend was injured in a car accident recently and their friends started a Prayer chain for him on Facebook. So many people started sending thoughts and prayers for him and his family. Every day more and more people like the page and send prayers even if they don't know him. That is a wonderful, powerful way of communicating for prayer.
I have also done this when my mom was sick with cancer. We asked for prayer and received it by the tons. I really appreciate all the people who prayed for my mom. They comforted me, knowing that many others were being affected by my mom's illness. They also comforted me when she died last March. It was so good to know that many people were with me on that day.
I can see a school library using Facebook as a means to give notices to people about what is going on in the school library and upcoming events at the school. They can connect with the students that they serve by sending messages about overdue books and any fines. However, I see this mostly in high schools and colleges. I am not sure if elementary levels would really need to use it all that much.
It is interesting how far the pages of FB can stretch! I am even amazed at the number of birtday wishes people will take the time to send me each year now.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of using it for a school library to help post upcoming events.
I too am appreciative of the positive ways we can use fb to connect on the social level...it would leave a void for me now if I were to quit.
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