Facebook as a Function of Teaching

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FACEBOOK AS A FUNCTION OFTEACHING

M. Čeke*, V. Grbić*, S. Milenković*, M. Pardanjac* and S. Jokić** Tehnički Fakultet „Mihajlo Pupin“, Zrenjanin, Srbija

, [email protected], [email protected]

Abstract - Social networks are an increasingly popular way

to communicate over the Internet, and increasingly replaced

by writing emails. In addition to global social networks,

there are also smaller networks of local or national

character, as those are basically musical contents are

intended for maintaining or business contacts to those used

exclusively publish short messages, where users write about

what they think now, what they do or feel. Currently the

most popular social network is Facebook with 200 millionusers. Most beneficiaries are those with less than 30 years,

although the mass use of specially recorded among persons

aged 35 to 49 years. Recently, social networks are also

applied in the teaching process. This paper will give some

basic information about social networks, as well as some

examples of application in the teaching process.

I. I SOCIAL  NETWORK 

Social network is a social structure made of individuals or organizations that are called "nodes"which are associated with one or more specific types

of interdependency. These networks are connectedto people looking for new friends, want to get intouch with people who are far away from them, whowish to express their views, participate indiscussions with other people on a particular topic

The nodes are the actors within the network, andrelationships are the connections between nodes,and so does social network. Social networks can beestablished on or off depending on need. It isdisplayed as a diagram, where the lines are shown as

links and nodes as a great big point.

Figure 1. Example diagrams of social networks

The research in the academic environment hasshown that social networks operate on many levels,from families up to the level of the nation, and playa key role in determining how to solve some

 problems, how organizations work, and the degreeto which an individual will succeed in achievingindividual goals.

A few years later, in 2002 and 2004 created thecurrently most popular networks MySpace andFacebook. Regular users of global networks aresurprisingly quickly accepted mode of operation of these sites and social networks in general.

Virtual teams within social networks areassociated with individual networks, which together achieve their goals, and that only a few times can be

found in person.

The ten most used social networks in Serbia:

• FACEBOOK • MYSPACE• FLICKR • HI5• TAGGED• KARIKE•  NEOGEN•

POZNANICI• FURKA• DODIRNI ME

II. FUNCTIONING, ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF SOCIAL  NETWORKS

Every registered user gets his station or profile.Settings and options for improving their profile isgrowing. For example including services from other sites, chat with those friends who are online.

The massive use of My Space and Facebook isthe ease of use. When someone is register as a new

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member, I can decide who will be on his list of friends. Then has the option of inviting other members through their profiles, acceptance or rejection of one's call to be his friend, making avariety of groups and group members in a throw.

Great interest and motivation inspire comments.Any registered user may comment on the image,status, or if it is a group of every group member can

 post video, status, pictures on the wall of the groupand comment on the status of installed video andimage from another group member.

The appearance of social networks had a greatinfluence on society and drastically changed theway of communication between people. While older 

 people refuse to accept such a way to communicate

 because they believe that this way of communication brainless, young people wouldrather say that social networks are extremely usefuland easier to establish contacts and improve.

Social networks allow users to make newfriendships, maintain communication with their friends from other places, other countries or evenfrom another continent, connecting people with thesame interests, allow business people to promotetheir own or another organization. Offer developersa set of APIs (Application Programming Interface)and tools that allows third-party developers tointegrate with "open graph"-either through theapplication of social web site or through externalsites and devices.

Despite the great benefits of social networks,there are serious problems they bring. Addiction isvery prevalent problem among users of social sites.Such dependence was not included in the official list

of mental disorders and illnesses, but some analysts believe that soon could be found in a medical publication. User  privacy is compromised. All

information users share on the social web siteautomatically belong to the company and are storedon their servers even when you close your account.Extremely big problem is the abuse of  children for 

 pornographic purposes. Social networks are an

important segment, not only in the world of information, but also in everyday life for us.

III. FACEBOOK 

Facebook is a website that serves as a socialservice network. Since September 2006, anyonewho has over 13 years and have a valid e-mailaddress can become a facebook user. People useFacebook to communicate with their loved ones,with my friends, share pictures and videos and manylife situations. It was founded by Mark Zuckerbergwhile he was a student at Harvard University, withhis college roommates Saverino, Hughes andMoskovitz. Initially it was used only by students atHarvard, but later spread to Boston University, andnow the whole world. Facebook now has 400million users worldwide, and was banned for a timein some countries - Syria, Iran, China, Vietnam.Major drawback of Facebook is that people spendmuch time on it, and so many employees who work in firms were denied access to the social network.

In March 2006, the founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg offered $ 750 million for the sale of their site, which he refused, and later the priceclimbed to $ 2 billion from an unknown bidder.Microsoft bought 1.6 shares of Facebook for $ 240million. This offer to buy Facebook speak only howmuch his popularity. Many companies advertise onit, and therefore pay large sums. Another advantageis that it is free for its users. Today we can go onFacebook and via mobile, which is also a greatadvantage of social networks - the so-called smart

 phones the first in a series was the Motorola Baya.

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Figure 2. Facebook beginning page

IV. FACEBOOK AS A FUNCTION OFTEACHING

Arrival information and communicationtechnology in the classroom is an inevitable thingthat happens. Most of the teachers is ready for thisinnovation, but like all technology news, applicationof modern technology in the classroom from day to

day changes.“In addition to the incredible usage rate among

students, there are a number of unique featuresthat make it amenable to educational pursuits. For example, Facebook is equipped with bulletin

 boards, instant messaging, email, and the abilityto post videos and pictures. Most notably, anyonecan post information and collaborate within thesystem.”[2]

Pilot project on the use of Facebook for educational purposes in Serbia was first applied inthe Fifth Belgrade High School, the teaching of literature, so they made profiles Serbian romantic

 poets, whose works are taught in second grade in theSerbian language and literature in high schools andvocational schools. According to Jasna Matić,Minister of Telecommunications, profiles of poetsother than basic information, include anddescriptions of their lives, works and achievements.

"The project has met with great interest fromrepresentatives of youth in UNESCO because thereis no additional cost, and motivate students to freetime and as you spend on the Internet use in theteaching process," said Matić. [1]

Technical Faculty "Mihajlo Pupin" has opened a profile on facebook, where students have the

opportunity to be informed about the examinations,teaching, library work, seminars are held at theFaculty, the work of lecture notes, teaching staff.Profile of the Faculty, students can communicatewith each other and share information, ask questions.

Faculty profile is also set video for futurestudents (Figure 3).

There are also information on the exams in

French and Italian languages, and also set a photoalbum with Promotions 2012th (Figure 4)

Also, the profile can be found and informationabout the entrance exam and e-learning introduced

 by faculty to students who are unable to come to prepare for the entrance exam, to be able to followlessons and working procedures of the task (Figure5).

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Figure 3. Video for future students

Figure 4. Information on the exams and a photo album with Promotions 2012th

Figure 5. Information about the entrance exam and e-learning

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V. CONCLUSIONS 

The benefits of using Facebook and socialnetworks are great. Increase the opportunities for communication to teachers and students, because in

this way increases the number of learning styles, providing an alternative to the traditional lectureformat, creating opportunities for online classroomsand increase student-teacher interaction and student-student.

Teachers should be able to expand your  portfolio, promote active learning through learningcommunities, and to test the effectiveness of on-linelearning through social networks like Facebook. Inaddition, the preparation of teachers can create

opportunities for teachers who are prepared to work through Facebook to get opinions about theexperience with Facebook networks and to createmore effective lessons to Facebook for their futureclassrooms.

VI. R  EFERENCES

[1.] http://dev.mtid.gov.rs/aktivnosti/aktuelno.835.html

[2.] http://www46.homepage.villanova.edu/john.immerwahr/TP101/Facebook.pdf  

[3.] http://sh.wikipedia.org/ wiki /Facebook 

[4.] http://www.facebook.com/tfMihajloPupin

[5.] http://sr.wikipedia.org/sr/%D0%94%D1%80%D1%83%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0% B0

[6.] http://www.ossvetisavacacak.edu.rs

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