Facebook can be used safely as a venue for communication between educators & students.
I understand many of the previous posts here both regarding freedom of speech as well as privacy of the students.
Educators can easily (and have been able to for some time), create organizational pages for their classes on Facebook where they can post homework assignments and answer questions. This has been a feature that has been available for quite some time. This way parents, school administrators and students can all have access to the site, and teachers can easily post assignments and reminders to students feeds / wall to keep them in the loop. Questions about assignments can be directly handled through the wall / discussion board of the site as well - keeping academic work separate while ensuring the privacy of the students.
While there are many other safety driven sites available for educators, the ability to keep students up-to-date with their homework assignments through social media, whether it be Facebook, Twitter or Google + can be a valuable resource.
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Facebook can be used safely as a venue for communication between educators & students.
I understand many of the previous posts here both regarding freedom of speech as well as privacy of the students.
Educators can easily (and have been able to for some time), create organizational pages for their classes on Facebook where they can post homework assignments and answer questions. This has been a feature that has been available for quite some time. This way parents, school administrators and students can all have access to the site, and teachers can easily post assignments and reminders to students feeds / wall to keep them in the loop. Questions about assignments can be directly handled through the wall / discussion board of the site as well - keeping academic work separate while ensuring the privacy of the students.
While there are many other safety driven sites available for educators, the ability to keep students up-to-date with their homework assignments through social media, whether it be Facebook, Twitter or Google + can be a valuable resource.
Robert Chandler
CAT Computers