Jag är lite naiv och har inget stort behov av att skilja mina olika jag åt – men samtidigt inser jag värdet av att lärare vill skydda sina privatliv från insyn. Och att barn vill hålla distansen till nyfikna lärare.

Jag läser en artikel med goda råd till lärare (länk) och inser att det blir många DON´T!

Don’t:

• Don’t FB chat – you can’t save it and therefore you are not protected against any accusations or inaccurate recollections.
• Don’t ever ‘friend’ students yourself – not even as your “teacher” presence
• Don’t message pupils (other than your initial friends message – or birthday wishes). If they message you, post something back on their wall. It’s just not sensible private messaging pupils – keep everything public. (although you can message a whole group – for example your form class to say they are wonderful, or to say thankyou – that can be very effective)
• Don’t look at pupils’ Facebook pictures (apart obviously from their profile picture) – and make it clear that you can’t / won’tever do that. If you saw something inappropriate you would have to report it and the whole chemistry of the relationship would change – this is not a place for that kind of monitoring.
• Social networks in school are not places for criticisms, or wingeing. Remember that you are there as your “teacher” presence, with all that implies for leadership and morale.
• Don’t accept complete ignorance of Facebook as an excuse for dangerous school policies like blanket bans – instead offer to be an action researcher, and try it out for a year
• Don’t ever think you can refine and evolve these simple notes without talking to your students – they will know of problems and dangers you are unaware of, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t model safe behavior for them.

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