Social Networks in classroom

It was mentioned in class that social networks such as twitter could be used in classrooms for engaged discussions. Teachers believe this could help students engage in productive communication using the internet.
I think this presents a problem as students will easily be distracted and will not stay on task. With my experiences in classrooms, it is hard to keep a watchful eye on every computer in the classroom and students will explore irrelevent material on the internet.
Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy seems to be a possible usefule tool to use. It does not have the communication aspects of twitter however presents information in a logical manner.

Virtual Worlds

This week in class we explored avatar's in Virtual Worlds as a potential learning tool through the program Second Life. At first, i could not grasp how the program could enhance learning as it is very distracting. There were some useful tools on there for various subjects which could aid in learning.

All students on computers get distracted in my opinion. So having whole lessons based around computers could be a waste of time. With the easy access to internet students can go off task so easy. However, it is beneficial for their learning to become familiar with computers.