Ok, so I decided to sleep on it before making up my mind on the syllabus. It definitely sounds interesting. I always like learning something new especially when it’s something that almost all my students are heavily invested in. Invested is an appropriate word here because they spend a substantial amount of time on social media, even as they work. Myself, I’ve always been a cautious user. I don’t like to jump on the bandwagon to quickly but I usually end up there anyway.

It is undeniable that social medias have unlimited value on many facets such as personal, business and entertainment but there are also many downsides such as time wasting, distracting and sometimes even personally dangerous. I wholeheartedly agree with the point a view brought up yesterday that students need to be taught, or more appropriately mentored on how to use these platforms responsibly. It makes sense, if that’s the goal, to learn as much as we can about them. Let’s not forget that people have lost their jobs in part because of Facebook addictions.

That being said, the thought of Twitter really stresses me out but I will give it my best shot. I’m really looking forward to the presentations of next week and finding out what other new technologies I’m going to learn about. Thank you very much Dave for all your hard work preparing for this class. See you on Twitter…