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Facebook: Beyond Friends, Family and FarmVille
Selena Garrison, Technology Integration
Fall Mountain Regional School District
Welcome to the Real Facebook
Christa McAuliffe Technology ConferenceDecember 2, 2010
• More than 500 million active users
• More than 6 billion minutes are spent on ch day.
• More than 30 billion pieces of content are shared each month.
• People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook
Facebook Is Too Big To Ignore
• Is connected to 80 pages, groups and events
• Has 130 friends
• Creates 90 pieces of content each month
• Spends over 55 minutes on Facebook every day.
The Average Facebook User ….
• More than 70 translations available
• 70% of Facebook users live outside of the U.S.
• 26.22% of the world’s population currently use Facebook.
• If Facebook were a country, it would be the third largest country in the world.
Facebook Is Global
Top Facebook Countries
Facebook Has Apps
• More than 550,000 active applications
• More than 250 applications have more than one million monthly active users
• is still the #1 game.
• 200 million active users currently access Facebook through their mobile devices.
• Mobile device users are twice as active on Facebook than non-mobile users.
• There are more than 200 mobile operators in 60 countries working to deploy and promote Facebook mobile products
Facebook Is Mobile
• Over 80% of businesses are using Facebook
• There are over 1.5 million local businesses with Facebook pages.
Facebook Is Business
http://facebookflow.com/amazing-facebook-statistics/
Facebook Is Growing
• Over 1,700 employees
• Estimated value of $50 billion, exceeding eBay’s $39.4 billion
• Only two web companies are worth more than Facebook: Amazon, at $74.4 billion and Google, at $192.9 billion.
http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-may-have-reached-all-time-high-value-of-50-billion-2010-11
• More than 20 million people become fans of Facebook fan pages every single day.
• Facebook fan pages have created more than 5.3 billion fans.
• Over 3 million active Facebook fan pages.
Facebook Is Fanatical
How Facebook Makes Sense for Education
• Authentic writing • Parent communication• Event invitations • Showcasing classroom activities
Before you proceed… you must ask…
Is Facebook an educational tool?
Basic Facebook Facts
• Minimum age for an account is 13!
• Key information- birth date and gender
• The site is “free”
• Fueled on marketing and applications
Facebook Is An ‘Adult’ World
It’s not what you do…
… it’s what you are exposed to.
Pause… before proceeding
Facebook:Beyond Friends, Family and FarmVille
Here is where you can find
… our students and also the following…
Interesting Facebook Email
A friend received an email with the subject line of “Dead.”
… with no message
A Convicted Murderer
With his victim listed as one of his friends and we have 3 friends in common
Mulberry man pleads guilty to 1st degree murder
Ready to Play? The World of Facebook Games
Our students are definitely playing…
Facebook is now challenging Xbox and Wii for gaming
The Hottest New Game
Rise through the ranks of the mafia and take over the city in this next gen crime game!
Build up your hood, do jobs, andfight other players!
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/crimecity?v=info
How Sexy Is Your Name?
http://apps.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=133735099988606
Playboy Party
Live the Playboy lifestyle, with all the glitz, glamour and luxury that comes with it.
Bar World
On Facebook, you should…• Watch where you go• Watch what you do• Be aware of how others might respond to you
After seeing all of this, are you still willing to proceed?
Customizing Facebook
Settings to help make Facebook “safer”
*Look for Links, Locks, and Lead
Home Page or “Wall” in Most Recent View
Home Page or “Wall” in Top News View
Viewing Requests from Your Home Page
Blocking an Application Invitation
Hiding Annoying Applications from Appearing on Your Home Page
Creating a Friends List
Friends lists help you to easily choose who sees what
Go to Account > Edit Friends
Steps to Creating a Friends List
Above your friends list, click on “Create New List”
Enter a list name, select friends, and click “Create List”
Your new list will now be on the left side
Customize Your Updates: Choose Who Sees What
Your friends lists will now be very useful
Choose names or a friends’ list
Does everyone need to know what’s on your mind?
Account Settings
Do you really needmore email?
Check All Privacy Settings
How Others Will See You
What You Share About Yourself
Every photo album has its own settings. Check all photos. Don’t assume that they’re safe.
Uncheck this box!
Choose Custom Settings When Possible
Check All Applications
Delete all applications that you don’t you use!
Control What Your Friends Share to Apps
I uncheck every box
Instant Personalization Is Too Personal
You have to opt out! Uncheck this box.
Do You Want To Be Googled?
Uncheck this box if you don’t want to be found by a Google search
Hate Ads?• Block them!
• Get an ad-blocking add-on or extension
Chrome- https://chrome.google.com/extensions?hl=en-US
Safari- https://extensions.apple.com/
Firefox- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/
Final Considerations• Does it have to be Facebook?• For young kids, there is TogetherVille• For classes, there is Edmodo or Moodle• Consider a second Facebook account- keep
your worlds separated
If you want to use Facebook, here is an interesting classroom example.