Thing #19

I chose to explore Gather.  Gather is a social network for adults.  It is almost identical to Facebook and MySpace.  You can post pictures, videos, comments, and statuses.  You can add friends and join groups.  You can send personal e-mails or post a comment on someone's wall for all to see.  You can add tags and list your interests.  To me, if you have one of these social networking sites, you have them all.  I see no point in having more than one.  I am already a member of Facebook, so I don't find any of these sites particularly appealing.  I do, however, think TeacherPop could be a useful social networking site once I'm out in the field teaching.  I can see myself using this site in the future getting ideas for my own classroom.  I think it would be a great way to seek out advice from others in the field that have had your specific problem or may offer solutions for it.  I signed up for a TeacherPop account and joined APSU's group.  It took awhile for the Administrator to approve my membership so that was frustrating, but it is good that they do not accept just anyone.  TeacherPop really is a neat social networking site.  It is basically a "MySpace" for teachers.  I like it because it isn't just everyone you've ever met in life on the site.  There are just future or current teachers on the site wanting to collaborate with you!  I put a picture on my page and commented on a fellow classmate's page.  Her name is Amanda.  I really like TeacherPop and found it most interesting.  This is something that could be useful for me when I am out in the field teaching.  

Here is the link to my page:

http://teacherpop.ning.com/profile/AmberDuncan