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The Teaching Profession Faces Facebook

Facebook has created a whole new method of professional development for teachers. The advantages to this type of informal professional development are tremendous. Facebook teacher groups are free and user friendly. Teachers of older students have made use of Facebook to communicate with their students about assignments, special projects or trips. It is recommended that […]

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Debate on if students and teachers should be friends on Facebook

In 2007, a Michigan Middle School teacher was fired after inappropriate pictures of her were taken during a bachelorette party.  Students gained access to the photos, which were posted on the internet. Click the link below to find out more: http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/entertainment/social_network_news/debate-on-if-students-and-teachers-should-be-friends-on-facebook

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Should Teachers and Students Be Facebook Friends?

As social networks become a normal means of connection, it’s time to step back and examine the underlying purposes that the social networking tools facilitate.   Facebook currently has everyone’s attention but it’s not because the relationships on it are unique relative to other types of social media.  It’s because it is so in-your-face. Click

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