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Assignment #1
Expected time to complete this assignment: 10 minutes.

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After you have attended the webinar and read the blog pages about social networking, your individual homework assignment this week is to contribute to a list of Pros and Cons about the use of __social networking media__ in a faith formation context. ======


 * Pros **
 * Great tool for reaching large groups within the community (Claudia McIvor)
 * Can share information with groups of people quickly and easily (Teri Burns)
 * Opportunity for connecting with other people who share interests (Teri Burns)
 * Can connect with people across the country or around the world without long distance phone expenses (Teri Burns)
 * Great tool for sharing messages for catechesis & evangelization with lots of people (Teri Burns)
 * enable people to share information with people from all over the world.(David Schreckenberger)
 * Communications that in the past could have taken days or weeks can now be completed in minutes (David Schreckenberger)
 * connects people from across the oceans ( Ivy)
 * Can be used to find new resources to help catechists become better teachers of the faith (Rosemary Potts)
 * Can help us-Catholics- to be a presence for the "seekers" looking for more information about the Church (Elizabeth Bonutti)
 * May help us establish a relationship with those "seekers" looking at the Catholic faith. (Elizabeth Bonutti)
 * Social networking is here to stay, so we should use it as a tool to connect with others and share wonderful things that happen in our ministries (Angie McElveen)
 * Social networking is available to communicate any information to anyone at any time you are free (Maria Lai, CSJ)
 * It also boarden each other's mind in wisdom, culture, insight and knowledges ( Maria Lai, CSJ)


 * Cons **
 * Must be continually aware of what is being shared (Claudia McIvor)
 * Yes, must be aware of sharing appropriate information and block inappropriate information (Teri Burns)
 * Must also be diligent about not sharing personal information and knowing with whom you are connecting so as not to allow the "wrong people" access to your personal information (Teri Burns)
 * In our quest to be the first to share new information we must be careful not to publish false information (David Schreckenberger)
 * Things on the web are forever. if we post something hurtful in anger it is not easily taken back. (David Schreckenberger)
 * to be aware of personal information being shared (Ivy)
 * It can give inaccurate impressions of people's true personas (Rosemary Potts)
 * May become a place of gossip (Elizabeth Bonutti)
 * Can become addictive if used excessively (Elizabeth Bonutti)
 * At times, too much information is shared and social media can make things impersonal. Social media can also create an "image" that may not jive with the actual person or group identified. (Angie McElveen)
 * Social Networking can be read incorrectly. For example, I like the viewers to pay attention in certain words and sentences, so I capitalize all those words and sentences. Yet, someone can read it as 1) do you think I am capable to follow? or 2) Why are you yelling at me with these information? (Maria Lai, CSJ)

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