This is not a cutesy post about how wonderful kids are- it’s another example of how a new generation of young adults are organising their lives to reduce stress and have fun.
Weekend homework is a fact of life for 12 year olds and sometimes they can get hung up on what they can do. This morning the instructions for my kid weren’t clear. His solution was elegant. He posted a question on his Facebook page which got his classmates conferring. Within an hour they had reached a consensus position and agreed an approach that they could present to their teacher the following day. No need to worry, the kids could move on and complete the rest of the work, mollify parents and get on with the rest of the weekend.
For this kind of thing to work, kids need to have the technology- my kid now sees an i-phone as an essential part of daily living and he earns the £30 per month to keep him on-line by hustling for work at the local rugby clubs as a ball boy (£10 a match).
All of his schoolmates seem to have adopted the same position and his class , football and rugby teams use Facebook as a matter of course. They have adopted Facebook without fuss, without parental guidance and without financial support.
I sometimes ask him to show me what’s going on on his page so I can pick up some hints. He’s still at the stage where he’s nothing to hide and he’s willing to help.
Interestingly, he doesn’t see twitter as much use – Facebook does nicely right now.
I posted the following comment with the cartoon:
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Christopher K. Crego, a fugitive from the law posted information leading to his own arrest on Facebook using his real name. The U.S. Marshalls were contacted in the state he had fled to and the criminal is now in custody.
place of content and knowledge. It is meant to be consumed, explained, and adapted upon. My dabble into the world wide web has led me places and taught me many of things about the world as well as myself. I have had several comments on, “How this? and “Why that?” on my blog, twitter, facebook, and even email. By no means am I an expert on social media, but I feel led to share my knowledge so that others may explore the internet to its full potential.
It came upon me without warning. I was on Myspace, adding a friend when I got an alert off my taskbar stating that my computer has been infected and giving me an option to remove it. I thought it was my own anti-virus software but when I clicked, “yes”, it sent me to a website to purchase a different anti-virus software. I could do nothing after this. Error messages popped up like crazy and my internet browsing was disabled. Luckily, I had another laptop available and I did some research. It turns out that I WAS infected and that the virus was this fake antivirus software trying to scam and fustrate people into buying its program. I found out that people were being infected off of Myspace and Facebook, just as I had. Most importantly I found a solution that did not require wiping out my hard drive or paying big bucks for computer repair. You can find it here at, Malware Removal Tips. It gives you step by step easy instructions on getting rid of this really annoying virus.
Facebook has become a very popular place for over 350 million users. Many of your church members and visitors are there and you should be too. Where else are you going to find so many people ready and willing to connect with your church? Here are the top seven reasons you should be on facebook.