Facebook...

When we talk about community website such as Facebook, more or less we can guess what the site is all about. Like other community websites namely Friendster and MySpace, this site provides the opportunity for us to get to know more about our friends and even meeting new pals from all around the world. It is also the one of the means where our friends can keep in touch with us wherever they are. We can even make it like an online journal to jolt down and tell other people what's new in our lives, besides setting up topic for discussion in forum room. In addition, it is a way to draw ourselves closer to the people around us by sending winks or digital gifts to them. So many we can do with such website.

Thus, related to what I've said above, Facebook encourages social interaction in virtual world. As teachers, it is not impossible for us to utilise this facility to get to know about our pupils more personally. Here, teachers get to know in details what kind of problems their pupils are facing in particular subjects or even about their personal lives. Pupils will be more comfortable interacting with their teachers through this channel rather than expressing their feelings face to face. Furthermore, as teachers, it is important for us to know their pupils' peer group in order to understand their personalities. With this, it helps teachers to have a better class management so that teaching and learning in the classroom is more effective.