If you’re a student living in Missouri, you’d better not be Facebook friends with any of your teachers – that will soon be illegal.
According to Missouri Senate Bill 54 that goes into effect on August 28, any social networking — not just Facebook — is prohibited between teachers and students. It’s all part of an effort to “more clearly define teacher-student boundaries.” However, KSPR reports that It’s only direct social media contact that’s prohibited; teachers are allowed to create Facebook Pages where all students have direct access to the teacher in a more public setting.
Inappropriate contact between students and teachers is at the root of the legislation. Senate Bill 54 is designed to protect children from sexual misconduct by teachers, compelling school districts to adopt written policies between teachers and students on electronic media, social networking and other forms of communication.
Teachers and students usually shouldn’t be friends, anyway, so on the surface this sounds like a good idea. However, we wonder how this will be policed. Will the state be allowed access to Facebook accounts, personal computers or Internet service provider records to see who’s befriending teachers or students? Inappropriate relationships will be hard to detect, especially since teachers and students engaged in such relationships would probably be concealing their communications, electronic or otherwise.
The question now is, will this new law pass a constitutional test? And who would step forward to challenge it?
A French artist was the first guy who probably showed how to customize your new Facebook profile with a bunch of images. Since then several apps have come up that take the hardwork out of it. From the looks of it, it’s catching on.
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Michael Zimmer of The Prusuit of Technology Integration Happiness has an excellent post and using Facebook in your classroom. He really has some good ideas and that demystifies the whole negative idea about Facebook as an eduational tool. HMMMM…maybe if we found an educational way to expose kids to Facebook they would think before they write and post every detail of their lives!! It likely would go a long way to getting rid of the fear and teaching kids to use this powerful tool safely, responsibility and even professionally.
10 Tips for using Facebook in the Classroom.
“Facebook, the growing social network that receives negative publicity, but offers a great network for teachers to communicate with students and parents. A while ago I created a Facebook 4 Education Wiki in the hopes of creating a place for teachers to share the positive uses for the Social Network in education because of all the negative press it was receiving. With a growing group of readers, I thought it would be good to share it again with this post. ……………..Facebook is a great tool to use in education and I admit there are several learning curves that teachers and students will have to adjust too when it comes to “friending” each other. I suggest you start calling yourself a mentor on Facebook as well. Good Luck!
Check out Michael’s 10 Tips, CLICK HERE nd check out his Facebook 4 Education Wiki
In addition to showing off the new profile pages, Zuckerberg was also asked about his thoughts on the film, The Social Network. 60 Minutes played a clip of the movie, in which the fictionalized Zuckerberg retorts, “Is that a question?” against a clip of the real Zuckerberg uttering those same lines on 60 Minutes back in 2008 — an interesting juxtaposition, to say the least.
You can watch both portions of the segment below.
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You can’t swing a stick in social media without hitting something on Facebook. Same goes for education. You can’t talk about how technology is revolutionizing education without mentioning Facebook. It’s a simple service to figure out but what about once you become a regular user?
If you’re a teacher, you would be well served by spending 3 minutes to read through this must-have guide. (We timed it out and it’s a bit under 3 minutes. It’s almost summertime, you can spare it for us!)
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To readd the rest and LEARN…………
- How To Set Up & Use Facebook
- A 10-Year-Old Explains How To Properly Use Facebook
- How Teachers SHOULD & SHOULDN’T Use Facebook
- The Types of People To Avoid On Facebook
- Important Resources & Recent News
