Some background info

• Designed originally as a student place: digital campus center (insidehighered)

• Must be at 13 or older. If between 13 and 18, must be in high school or college.

Pros• Easy to keep in touch with friends and

family

• Only the people that you accept as friends can see your full page.

• Finding people online that haven’t seen in a LOOOONG time.

• Non-intrusively keep in touch (maybe…)

• Distance learning put name with face.

Cons

• Annoying applications

• Addiction?

• Recent problems with identity theft

• Concern with being tagged in a photo.

• Misrepresentation—trying to create a new identity.

• Copyright issues

Some questions…

• Should professionals and teachers become a part of facebook?

• Should professionals and teachers “friend” students?

References

• http://www.facebook.com/terms.php?ref=pf

• http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=facebook• http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009

/01/08/network• http://mashable.com/2009/02/16/facebook-

tos-privacy/• http://c4lpt.co.uk/Top100Tools/

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