Rethinking Myspace by Garcia

Garcia, A. (2008). Rethinking Myspace. 22,(4).

The author uses myspace as a form of communication in his classroom for assignments, finding out how students are and helping them with applications for SAT and other forms like financial aid and posting homework. He sees the myspace site as a way for him to get his students to communicate and stay in touch with him, because a lot of them have absences from school a lot. Some of the quiet students are chatting with him and he hears from students that he is concerned about when they reply to his messages or explain their absence situation.
I think the myspace site is a good tool. I chat with students in my village and I get lots of information from their comments and their pictures. It is so amazing how much technology can teach you about people’s personalities and their preferences. It is really important to teach students about the bad side of having too much information posted on the website for safety and personal issues.