When I joined Facebook last month I thought long and hard about why I was
joining. My purpose in belonging to Facebook was to reconnect with high
school and college friends, and to keep up with my current friends. I
therefore made the decision that I would not "friend" anyone who had not
graduated from high school. I have had several of my current and former
students who have asked to be my friend and I have gone to them and told
them why they will need to wait until after they have graduated. That said,
I am still extremely careful about what I say on Facebook because it is a
public forum. The one exception to my "you must have a degree" rule is my
daughter -- she is my friend on Facebook and therefore I can see and hold
her accountable to what she chooses to post.
I do have teacher friends who allow their students to be their friends on
Facebook. They also are extremely careful about what they choose to post
but feel that they are setting an example of appropriate behavior on a
social networking site. That is their choice and I respect it -- it's just
not what I choose to do.
I don't think there is a "one size fits all" answer to this but I think we
all need to be respectful of each other's decisions.
Paige Ysteboe
Media Specialist
Western Middle School
2100 Eldon Drive
Elon, NC 27215
(336) 538-6010
Paige_ysteboe@abss.k12.nc.us
On 3/15/09 11:29 AM, "Mary Ann Bell" <drmaryannbell@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> I have to disagree about the advice to stay completely away from Facebook.
> That is where our students live. Many libraries have fan pages there. You
> may want to refrain from having a personal page unless but you should be
> aware of Facebook. I recently had the great pleasure to attend the WiredKids
> Summit (thanks, Art Wolinsky), and I was on the receiving end of surveys and
> presentations made by kids and for kids. Many were about Facebook and
> aspects of its use. Here are some reasons to at least be familiar with
> Facebook and how it works:
> 1. It is where many kids live. Malls and parks may be too dangerous for them
> to venture alone also, depending on where you live and where they may go.
> Would you stay away from malls and parks because bad things may happen
> there?
> 2. If you are a parent, you need to be knowledgeable. By friending your own
> offspring, and possible nieces, nephews, grandchildren, etc,. you can be
> aware of this important part of their lives
> 3. How can you teach kids to be safe and smart if you are not up to speed on
> what really matters to them regarding their online use? Studies show that
> kids whose parents are online WITH them are much safer users than those who
> just stay away.
> 4. Fear based instruction does not work for online safety than it does for
> sex ed or driving or any other topic.
> 5. Read Nancy Willard's works on this topic.
> Cheers, mabell
>
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 7:17 AM, DiGregorio, David <
> ddigregorio@tenafly.k12.nj.us> wrote:
>
>> My strong advice regarding Facebook:
>> STAY AWAY FROM IT. It has NO place in what we do.
>> You will risk getting yourself into BIG trouble. This is no place for
>> any of us.
>> David
>>
>>
>> www.librarymedia.net
>> ddigregorio@tenafly.k12.nj.us
>> Tel. 201-816-6617
>> Cell. 201-696-8062
>>
>> David Di Gregorio
>> Supervisor Library Media Services
>> Tenafly High School
>> 19 Columbus Drive
>> Tenafly, NJ 07670
>> USA
>>
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