bit of a Pandora's box. Faculty/staff will have to decide for themselves
and responses will vary widely depending on people's relationships and the
way they use their social network accounts. I have been contacted 3 times
by parents and asked to be friended. I've declined each time simply
because I consider my FB account to be personal and for real-life friends
only. In each of the 3 instances I was surprised they asked, though one
of the requests was likely fake from a a scammed account.
Doug
A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 09:52:50 -0500
>From: "Jones, Nancy" <nancy.jones@shschicago.org>
>Subject: Re: Social Networking guidelines
>
>This is GOOD!!
>Do you provide any guidelines for parents in terms of trying to friend
>teac=
>hers on facebook or requesting to follow on Twitter? I find that a bit
>unco=
>mfortable myself, even though I always decline. I guess I would prefer
>not =
>being asked. it is almost like an invasion of my privacy in a way , or
>aski=
>ng me for my home phone.
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