FacebookGuide1. 6 Reasons To Stop Using Facebook. 5 Best Practices For Educators On Facebook. Facebook's roots may be planted in college campuses, but classrooms have not welcomed the social network as eagerly as their students have. Once a Harvard startup open only to college students, Facebook has been pegged as a waste of time, a classroom disruption and a bad habit that is correlated with low grades. Missouri even went so far as to ban Facebook and other social media relationships between teachers and students (the law was later repealed). But teachers such as Reynol Junco — who recently published a study that shows certain types of Facebook use are correlated with higher GPAs — are beginning to look at ways that they can use Facebook to their advantage. "Students are already very familiar with the platform and spend a lot of time on the site," Junco says.
Here are tips from Junco and other teachers on how to effectively use Facebook in the classroom. 1. 2. Fortunately, you don't have to be Facebook friends to interact on Facebook. 3. 4. Dr. 5. Socioclean Can Help Clean Up Your Digital Footprint. <div class="greet_block wpgb_cornered"><div class="greet_text"><div class="greet_image"><a href=" rel="nofollow"><img src=" alt="WP Greet Box icon"/></a></div>Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to <a href=" rel="nofollow"><strong>subscribe to the RSS feed</strong></a> for updates on this topic. <div style="clear:both"></div></div></div> Socioclean is a web application (currently free) which will scan all your Facebook tagged photos and public status/wall posts for anything which might be inappropiate and therefore damaging to your professional digital footprint.
I was quite surprised my Facebook page initially earned a “C” on the site, but I got my grade changed to an “A” after identifying the suspected offending words as innocuous. Hat tip to Mashable. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad. The (Very) Unofficial Facebook Privacy Guide [DOWNLOAD] Time to lock your Facebook settings and private profile information. Facebook doesn’t make this easy, however; features are constantly added and the default for each new one seems to favor transparency instead of privacy. This Facebook privacy guide outlines everything you could ever want to know about locking down your privacy on Facebook, and a few things you probably didn’t even know you wanted to know. There are a bunch of important but not so obvious things regarding Facebook privacy. If you use Facebook you should read this guide, if only to understand how public most of your information is. Table of Contents §1? –? §2–Using Facebook’s Privacy Settings §3–Managing Friends With Lists §4–Fundamental Privacy Controls §5–Managing Applications and Websites §6–Further Considerations §7–Conclusion 1.
To fully understand privacy on Facebook, and how it’s likely to evolve, you need to understand one thing. 1.1 A realistic look at privacy online Think about the reality of your information online. 2.