Friday, January 27, 2012

Professional Facebook Page

The concept of a professional Facebook page is a smart idea, since most employers will always have Human Resources do a social media background check on potential employees. This way they can see a generic page instead of your entire personal life. The reason is it smart for me, personally, is that I would way rather have my personal Facebook page blocked to viewers other than my friends, but still have the ability for potential employers to access basic information about me. Hopefully it will benefit my chances in future career advancements. Also once I am in my future goal job, as a High School CTS teacher, this concept of a professional Facebook page could be flawless with communicating with the students, since every teenager seems to have Facebook. This way I could easily post homework or school related announcements on the page without having to personally be friends with them on Facebook. (Since that can easily start to overstep Teacher - Student boundaries) Overall I definitely think it is a tool that is useful in multiple ways and will be something that I intend to use presently and once finished school and working towards a career.

Another useful thing about it is convenience, social media has made access to useful information easier and faster than ever. Twitter, for example, can now have a greater impact than the evening news since it can be streaming as it is happening. Also, in regards to Facebook pages, it is seamless for public figures, organizations and large companies to get new plans, ideas, and concepts out to the general public. If there is any sort of announcement to be made it can simply be done through Facebook and twitter so it can access everyone at a rapid rate. One major step taken for social media is the police even using it to aid them in solving crime and protecting the community, one article has framed this concept with talking about the Windsor police to utilize this tool for their benefit.

Below I have included a screenshot of my professional Facebook page, also you can access it directly at this link Paige Powers Facebook, and while you are browsing here is a link to my friend's Rebecca Miller, along with her blog.
Photo taken by Paige Powers, 2012


Friday, January 20, 2012

Introduction

(Photo taken by Paige Powers, 2011)

My name is Paige Powers, I am currently in my second year of Human Ecology combined Secondary Education with a minor in Health Education. Before I begin to talk about communication and what role it will play in my career and life I will share a bit about myself. Firstly, the photo I have included in my post is one of my puppy. Her name is Stella and she is a true gem; always makes me happy. Some of my hobbies and interests include snowboarding, sewing, and traveling. Traveling is a big one for me, my most recent adventure was last August when I went to London, Paris, and Amsterdam. The next thing I have planned is Europe again, for all of next August, so I am pretty excited about that. Once actually thinking about social media and traveling together, they flow seamlessly. A big thing for traveling is how easy it is now to communication with work, and family while gone. I know when I go away, or for when I am planning to go away I need to make sure my iPhone is internationally equipped to make sure I can communicate with friends and family via email, Twitter and Facebook. 

Now when considering my field of work and how communication and social media play a role. Right now in the jobs that I have communication via phone and email are huge, I always need to update my manager with numbers and how the day is going through texting and phone calls. Then also email is the main form of how the district communicates about progress and business. For once I am done school and hopefully teaching CTS courses in High School, social media will play a massive role in that. One form that especially comes to mind, since it also ties my interest of food blogs into it, is blogging. I think one good way to organize a Foods CTS class is to use social media to find good baking and cooking ideas and recipes. It will give the students some freedom and allow them to explore the world of blogging. This is also something that Rebecca Miller's  main interest is in. Food blogs, which will help us both out since we are in the same program, just different minors. 

My favourite food blog is Monica's, she always has the best recipes. Another really good website and also used by Rebecca is skinnytaste