My comment was in relation to befriending our teens on facebook, myspace, etc. My
comment had nothing to do with the applications themselves. I think you get into
dangerous territory once you add your students as "Friends".
Kathy Spielman
Middle School Library Media Technician
Yorba Linda Middle School
4777 Casa Loma Ave.
Yorba Linda, CA 92886
(714)528-7090 ext.7062
kspielman@pylusd.org
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications on behalf of Elizabeth Fox
Sent: Sun 3/15/2009 11:00 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: [LM_NET] Gen: Facebook, territoriality, accessibility
I'm sure 20 years ago the same things were being said about the internet:
"stay away, it's unprofessional!"
There are MANY seminars being led by PROFESSIONALS on how to reach students
through blogging, facebook, myspace, twitter, etc. These trainings are for
STAFF - teachers, librarians, administrators...professionals. Our school
even uses U-Tube extensively for everything from video production classes to
social studies. I love showing the chicken book video to kids, to give
them ideas on how to put together video book reports. Just because it's
mainstream doesn't mean it's wrong or more dangerous. There's as much
chance of hitting porno on those sites as on google, to be honest.
Ironically, the use of these sites during school time is limited to teachers
who have access to the district's override code, as all those sites are
blocked on our district server. Kids often find proxy servers (such as
youngcheese.com) to get around our filter, but we do try to keep them off
these sites. This is as much because it's a waste of instructional time as
it is a waste of our limited bandwidth.
All that said, I think a facebook account for our library would be awesome,
if I had time to put it together. Even though my teen daughter says
facebook is for old farts, it's just one more way to be accessible to our
patrons. I'd love to hear that one of our patrons spent time cruising our
library facebook page for reviews and links - it's just one more way to
reach them. What bothers you: the nature of the blogs, being accessible
around the clock, more work, or just the public nature of it all?
I've been taking a class in library science and have cruised, literally,
hundreds of library websites around the world in a search for the most
user-friendly, best-designed library homepage. I have found a lot of
libraries with facebook links that are very professional, and very
user-friendly. On another, but related, note - many catalogs are
inaccessible and password protected, which I think does a disservice to
patrons. How many of you are truly accessible to your patrons at home?
Aren't we all about disseminating information?
JMHO,
Elizabeth Fox, Technology Instructor
Newport High School, Newport, OR
keokuk@casco.net (pm)
Liz.fox@lincoln.k12.or.us (schooldays only)
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