I hope this works. It looks like a fun tool. I got it from Widgetbox. Since I was adding a widget, I also decided to add a gadget to my blog to see what they were. I added the Sudoku puzzle.
The widget that I added is fun and people will be able to find a band they like to listen to. It is very easy to embed the code, especially using Widgetbox.
The only other social networking site that I use is Facebook and I do find that I like it. At first, I didn't think I would, but I have been able to reconnect with friends and family that I haven't spoken to in years. I do not use MySpace and never plan to. Online communities can be very good and very bad. It depends on what the purpose of being in one is. I like that I have found people, however, there are some people who have found me that I don't really think being "friends" with would be appropriate. For me, face-to-face would be better, but many of the people that I communicate with are not close by so this is the next best thing.
Kids are social butterflies and using MySpace and Facebook, among others, are what they do. They are communicating in more ways all the time. I believe that they find it to be safer than actually saying things to someone in person. It's easy to take on a persona online and not have to face someone. It's easier to let someone down in an email that confronting them in person. It's easier to because they don't have to face them. It is taking out some of the social skills that they will need when they get into the job world.
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That's a good point about it being easier for them to say what they want to say online without confronting someone face to face. Educators - and MOMS - still have the job of continuing to teach kids the traditional life/social skills,plus there is this whole new arena of netiquette, teaching them how to appropriately interact with their peers online. A mother's [teacher's] work is NEVER done!
ReplyDeleteLove your radio widget, by the way! Added it to my iGoogle page! I didn't grow up listening to a lot of the groups there, but have recently been expanding my repertoire via playlists put out by Stephenie Meyers that she listens to while she's writing. How nice to have this widget to sample other tunes by some of her favorite bands (other than the Twilight soundtrack, which is awesome, I think!)
ReplyDeleteAren't widgets awesome? (Again, be selective -with some of the ones such as "daily" lists, quotes, videos, etc. - you never know what will pop up - we have no control over the content!)
Just so you know, Greg didn't post this one! SS :-)