As many of my colleagues have noted, Facebook in school is a minefield I do not think we are ready for. I think our role in the near future will be more to teach students a little about how to be safe on Facebook and be aware of "digital citizenship" risks.
It would be helpful for us to explain things like "tagging" and the fact that others can post a picture of you doing something inappropriate tagging you (not that a hypothetical college age offspring has ever had this issue --just thinking hypothetically here.)
Or maybe you post and your cool aunt who you DID friend on Facebook sees the picture of the party the police "visited" that the entire campus seemed to attend (even though you are clever enough to set privacy screens for Mom's access.) This is certainly not anything that anyone related to me who will be looking for employment in the spring would do.
Or maybe we can warn students not to post photos of the pet kept in the no pet apartment---as Richardson might say, the possibilities are endless. If you do not have your own example of poor choices in the social network, feel free to use my hypothetical kid. Academic prowess does not necessarily signify digital common sense. We may not use Facebook and other social networks for class collaboration, but we can teach a few common sense lessons.
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