Week 14 article

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Yahoo’s Newest Strategy: Lot’s and lot’s of Facebook
Mashable Stephen Ostrow
http://mashable.com/2009/12/02/yahoo-facebook-connect/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

According to Yahoo’s latest strategy is to incorporate lot’s and lot’s of face book! Yahoo is planning to partner with Facebook to build it’s social networking system. I really like the conviction that Downes writes with about Facebook. I too do not or would not trust a Facebook account. I think that there are too many open-ended ways to misconstrue data and the ways information is presented. I do not think of it as being a professional way to present or share information regarding education topics. I completely see why Downes does not trust Facebook to “behave itself.” I would not trust this system either. I can see some reasons for educators to use some networking service to convey and share educational issues with other educators. But I do think there needs to be careful boundaries when using different social networking services as educators. Too many students use these services and one statement can be completely misconstrued into meaning something other that what it’s meaning is. I think educators need to keep in mind, as their using Facebook, My Space and many other social networking services, to keep their ideas and comments professional.