Speaking Web 2.0
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A guide for using Facebook for educators FROM Facebook. Looks like a good primer to explain all of the lingo and the differences between the Home, Profile, Groups and Pages in FB so that teachers can use it effectively.
Remember, you can create your own Facebook Fan Page here. Check out an example educator fan page at my SEDC Tech Training Fan Page.
'I am strongly supportive of teachers having access to social networking so they can use worthwhile educational sites such as Facebook and particularly YouTube,'' he said. ''Teachers will be able to teach their students about digital citizenship so that students will be responsible users themselves of social networking sites at home.'
Teach them to be responsible Digital Citizens where there is some guidance and supervision instead of blocking and filtering.
Great to see that the tide of blocking and filtering is slowly turning.
It's a lengthy article, but well worth a read - especially if you are friending students in Facebook or are considering it...
I would agree that educators should never friend their students on Facebook. The best approach and the best way to harness the power of Facebook for your classroom is to set up a Facebook Fan Page for your classroom AND for your school. Fans and Friends of the same person will never see what's on the other's pages.
If you are a teacher, choose the 'Public Figure' option and as soon as you have at least 25 fans, you can create a simple, custom URL for your Facebook Fan Page to make further distribution easier.
Great article.
Although this list is aimed at college students and professors, there are MANY great ideas here to utilize Facebook for more than just keeping up with friends.
View all 100 tips here.
