I’d love to say that I have more information about Shepherd High School’s use of Facebook in the classroom, but we really haven’t done much more with it. Maybe it truly is just a social media in which students prefer to focus on their social lives? Perhaps we won’t venture into their social circle with
Plugged In!
In my position as K-12 Media Specialist for our district, I sometimes conduct sessions for students regarding Internet safety. This past week, I shared a multimedia presentation from an incredible resource (http://www.netsmartz.org) with the entire 6th grade class. I started out by asking the students to cheer whenever they saw a form of media on
Facebook at Shepherd High School: the Continuing Saga :)
We haven given up on Facebook here at Shepherd, but we have definitely hit some snags. One of these is getting our network set up so that only designated users may access it. So far, that has been unsuccessful, so we are in an “all or nothing” situation. Naturally, there is dissension among the ranks
Facebook Update from Shepherd High School–And (Hopefully) Ideas from YOU!
We are in the early stages of using Facebook for educational purposes at Shepherd High School. I have access and am using Facebook for the media center. One pleasant surprise was how many people asked to be members of my group! I didn’t have to send out very many invitations before more students started
What is Facebook's role in education? And vice versa?
At our Thanksgiving celebration a year ago, I was busy updating my Facebook status and prowling around my friends’ pages when my sister-in-law peeked over my shoulder and hesitantly said, “Ya know… That might not be such a good idea.” This was not the first that I had heard about concerns relating to teachers having social