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Questions to ponder part 11
balance:
I don't think I would want to friend any of my teachers, either, at least while I was in school. It's funny that I'm friends with two of my former teachers now. I think a lot of it is about "collecting" friends. There's usually not a lot of conversations going on. But, I did have one student message me and asked me to print a report for him because he had run out of ink at home. So I guess facebook could be a useful tool in education.
Carter:
I didn't have any favorite teachers in school....most of them weren't nice...so my school experience sucked for most of my life...but I see friends adding their kids' teachers to facebook and I dont see the point I think they should have their privacy and not be apart of their business. I may just be the weird one though lol.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: balance on July 05, 2014, 06:41:45 PM ---I run the computer lab at my school. Can you imagine how frustrating it is to try to teach correct keyboarding skills to kids who are use to sending text messages using their thumbs?! This coming school year, I'll be celebrating my 20th year at my school. The kids can be frustrating, but they keep me young! Also, they introduced me to the Backstreet Boys.....gotta love them for that!
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Oh, I bet!! I teach 4th grade, and most of my students are terrible at keyboarding. It takes a week for them to type one of their stories or essays, which are typically only 1-2 pages long (using size 20 font LOL).
RokofAges75:
I don't accept Facebook friend requests from students... or their parents! (I had a couple of those this year too.) I already censor myself on Facebook now that my coworkers (and boss) and older family members are on there, but I would feel even more obligated to make sure everything I posted or "liked" was appropriate if I knew my students and their parents could see it, and that would take all the fun out of it. My first class of students are going to be juniors in high school this year... I figure when they get out of high school, if they still want to be Facebook friends, I'll friend them then, when we're all adults LOL.
balance:
I don't post a lot on Facebook. And when I do, it's usually school related or something really generic, like going to the local produce store and they have fresh blackberries. But yeah, I do censor myself when I do post. I will like pictures, but rarely comment unless it's something like "Happy Birthday."
And Julie, my first group of kids have graduated college and started their professions. I even have a few with kids! I told you all before, I'm the old lady on this board!!! :D
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