I finally joined the modern world and created a Facebook account. I signed up as a "fan" of SDC. Anyone else?
yep I am there too!!!
I was on Facebook from 2005 to 2006 then I deactivated my account when they introduced the minifeed. I felt I really didn't need to know all the details of what people were doing on their accounts, etc. This was back with "old" Facebook; I've heard "new" Facebook is worse. But I suppose a lot of people on SDC Fans are on Facebook. That's cool. Unfortunately, I can't reactivate my old account because it was through an email address I had for school that no longer works. I just don't have the energy or motivation to create a whole new account from scratch.
the new facebook is better.. you can turn on or off your minifeed with different information and get more or less info about certain friends.
Yeah, you can customize it pretty well if you don't like how it is defaulted.
I'm on there too as a fan. Just joined this week.
PM me if you want to add me as a Friend
Quote from: Swoosh on January 27, 2009, 09:25:27 PM
PM me if you want to add me as a Friend
Swoosh ru too impt to give away your info? lol
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well everyone can add me just be sure to put SDC Fans in ur subject/comment section so i can add you to the right group and not delete you..
also you should join the
DocSpeleo Fan Page! lol haha it's cool!~
http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/DocSpeleo/51152501407
No, I'm a teacher and I don't need my "personal info" out there for anyone to find -- that and the fact that since I am a "popular teacher" I would have hundreds of students wanting me to add them, which I do not need or want.
"popular" eh? As a teacher I am the same way with facebook. I cannot tell you how many students and former students find me on facebook. I have lots of issues with them sending friend requests, but I guess that makes me "popular" then!
Swoosh.. i teach as well, and have a lot of my former students on there.
i don't put anything on there i wouldn't mind their family seeing or my school board or principal seeing. with the filters you can keep certain groups of people from seeing things, so basically learn facebook and it's a great way to keep in contact my first kids are graduating now and it's been a lifesaver trying to find my first 20 students.
popular? i've hit STAR status years ago. I really couldn't leave my house without someone yelling MRSUMNER at me and hugging me *elementary kids you know...
I joined today(not that anyone but me cares lol)
Quote from: DocSpeleo on February 04, 2009, 12:47:18 AM
Swoosh.. i teach as well, and have a lot of my former students on there.
i don't put anything on there i wouldn't mind their family seeing or my school board or principal seeing. with the filters you can keep certain groups of people from seeing things, so basically learn facebook and it's a great way to keep in contact my first kids are graduating now and it's been a lifesaver trying to find my first 20 students.
popular? i've hit STAR status years ago. I really couldn't leave my house without someone yelling MRSUMNER at me and hugging me *elementary kids you know...
Wow, there is sure a lot of teachers on here. :D
Ok here's my deal with Facebook. I don't have any information or photos or whatever on there that would make me look bad with my student's parents, my administration, my board or future employers. However, I practice the "C-YA" principle of "COVER YOUR ASS". I don't want to take any chances at something stupid happening because I told Sally Sue that she couldn't be first chair flute so she went home and made something out of nothing involving facebook.
Now I am "friends" with my ex-students from my school as well as other districts that I have taught at, but they are on "limited profile" as they just don't need to have access to everything on my fb account because well they just don't.
That's how I roll.
Hey, I'm a teacher, too. I teach sophomore English, and I'm the speech coach. I don't have a facebook account, though, so I guess my contribution to the conversation is pretty pointless. I'll go back to lurking now. . .
I totally undrstand Swoosh. I only accept my former students, and those are usually only people who are my athletes at the high school or college level so that I can "keep track" of their issues (we watch their comments, photos etc in order to make sure they are not being stupid). everyone has to CYA sometimes. If they want to find me, so be it, they are smarter with the technology than I am and I am not going to post negative things anyway. And yes a lot of teachers in the house! we all must have wanted summers off in order to spend them at the park huh?
Haha. None of my teachers seem like the type to have Facebook. One of my teachers I had last year does have a Myspace but he won't add any of his students until they graduate high school.
Quote from: rubedugans on February 04, 2009, 06:36:28 PM
And yes a lot of teachers in the house! we all must have wanted summers off in order to spend them at the park huh?
A definite perk.
So we are up to 6-7 teachers here? Wow. That is a pretty neat deal.
Well I am a Detention Deputy at a County Jail. I would rather deal with Inmates then to deal with parents of children like you all have to. My brother who is a teacher told me the parents are the worst part of the job.
I hope that I am not too late. . . I'm a teacher also. I joined facebook about 3 months ago and my students quickly found me. I accepted one of my favorite students as a "friend" and quickly found that I was linked to information that as a teacher I should not have. I canceled her as a friend and went to school and put a sign on my white board telling all students that I would not be friends with any active students. I told them not to take it personally, but that it was an across the board standard. My students now joke that they can't wait to graduate and become my "friend."
On the other hand, I use email to send documents to my students all the time. My students rarely write social things to me because they perceive that email is boring and official. I think that I have found the balance of technological interaction yet keep a professional distance.
Hello to all, yes, I'm a "newbie", here, so I have no intentions on offending anyone, as I learn the "ropes". I'm on fb, too, and have hundreds of pics of sdc & cc, as well. I had joined "Save Celebration City" on fb, last year, and some how became the "creator". If any of you are interested in joining the group, please do! It's great to share photos & information. Thanks