Comments on: Using Facebook powers for good not evil…

By: Jac Calder

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:41:47 +0000

Thank you so much for commenting Anonymous High School Student. I love hearing the perspectives of students. You are the purpose for all this after all… 🙂 I tend to agree with your point that we shouldn't be having fake profiles/personalities. I do however, think we need to make sure we are continuously checking our security/privacy settings. I wouldn't want my students to see something one of my silly friends (who are not teachers and so don't quite understand the need to always be professional) wrote on my wall at 3:00 am 🙂 I also wouldn't want one of my students to see something on another teachers wall who i've friended. Its a tough balance. I agree – public pages is the place to interact. For example, our school has a page for our incoming grade 9s and they ask me questions through there or messaging/inboxing.

Thanks again for your comments. Greatly appreciated! If come back to this page and see this comment – I have one question for you. Do you think we should be teaching how to use social media like facebook and twitter appropriately in schools? When and where is the right place to teach this? Thanks!

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By: Anonymous

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:18:44 +0000

I am a high school student and personally, I feel my peers would get the wrong idea if a teacher created chose option #3 and created both personal and professional accounts. Many may get confused that a teacher's facebook was professional and not personal and possibly start twisting things that were posted on it. I believe profiles should stay as private matters and groups/pages as public. Things that are posted on public pages and groups are a lot less "uncomfortable" than posts on a profile (even if it is intended as a public one). Option #2 would be my choice if I was a teacher. It's easier to maintain and if a student or parent needed to get a hold of you they can very easily inbox. which is just like sending an email :).

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By: Jac Calder

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:26:07 +0000

Thanks Peter. Our principal has been amazingly supportive of all this – it certainly helps. I look forward to hearing/reading about your experiences with it this fall!

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By: Mr. McAsh

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:23:46 +0000

I am planning to have a fb page for my courses this year. Your experiences have confirmed I should move forward. I am planning to use my fb account and only interact with students through the page. I don't think we (teachers) should interact directly with the students and their personal fb profiles.

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