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I have had students attempt to 'friend' me on Facebook. I have always declined...because on FB, I am Emily, not Mrs. Smith, Librarian. However...I have let some students have my screenname on AIM. The first time I 'talk' with any of them through AIM, I give them my Internet Safety lecture. After that- the conversations get pretty boring, as I stick to weather and what's going on in school for them. I have taught a few of them how to make their MySpace pages private. I have talked about the dangers of talking to strangers (and shared some real-life experiences that we've had with my stepdaughter, who's mother doesn't believe in policing children's Internet surfing-- which I am seeing is not uncommon :( ) I've even helped get some last-minute resources for a project one was doing! Anyway...I think with limits, being available to students is not necessarily a bad thing. Just my two cents, Emily Emily Smith, Librarian JH West Elementary, NY Emily.Smith@plainedgeschools.org ________________________________ From: School Library Media & Network Communications on behalf of Paula Yohe Sent: Sat 3/14/2009 8:54 PM To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: Re: [LM_NET] Facebook Personally I have a problem with this SInce when are teachers there friends Teachers are adults anbd role models. Also ifi the studenets are not old enough to have pages why in the world would any adult who is supposed to be teaching students the right way to do things engage in something that they should not be doing. Just because a parent created a page for them doesn't make it right There are parents who go oiut and buy alcohol for their kids - We are suppose to set the example on what is right and wrong and to abide by the rules. it is bad enough that parents teach their students to break the rules - why in the world would their teachers -- Do you break the rules with kids at school that you think aren't quite right or if the parent says my child doesn't have to obey a particular rule do you support that? My head just hurts when I read things like this -- We wonder why we can't control children and they break the rules -- Here is another fine example of why Something else that just adds to the notion of why have any rules I Paula Yohe Director Of Technology/Library Media Center Dillon School District Two 405 West Washington Street Dillon, SC 29536 Phone: 843-841-3604 Fax:843-774-1214 paula_yohe@yahoo.com --- On Sat, 3/14/09, guusje <guusje@MINDSPRING.COM> wrote: From: guusje <guusje@MINDSPRING.COM> Subject: Re: [LM_NET] Facebook To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009, 6:30 PM I have a couple of students who are "my friend" on Facebook (I'm at a K-5 school). A number of educators and administrators in my district are also on Facebook & I'm careful to keep my Facebook postings " I only post things I wouldn't mind a 5th grader knowing! I consider Facebook to be the most public of all the social networking sites so I'd never post something clean". along the lines of "Guusje has a hangover". When it comes to Facebook that's definitely TMI. I do have some other friends who stray into TMI and I have them set so that their feeds doesn't show up on my homepage. I know that under the age of 13 kids aren't supposed to have Facebook / MySpace pages but many of my students do. When I ask they tell me their parents uncles /aunts set it up for them. Many of the children at my school have very young parents and equally young uncles and aunts. It's not uncommon for a 10 year old to have a mother who is only 26 & for the 10 year old to already have nephews and nieces. Guusje Moore Librarian, Housman Elementary School Houston Texas guusje@mindspring.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. 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