about online proper behavior. Common sense regarding to online behaviors
are not naturally ingrained. Sometimes, people believe their online
behaviors are private which will hurt them later in the future.
Brian Lee
Manlius Pebble Hill School
> From: Cornelius Walker <cnw@mac.com>
> Reply-To: A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:03:08 -0500
> To: <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Subject: Re: Facebook/social media policy for students
>
> On Nov 7, 2009, at 2:46 PM, Cuevas, Hiram wrote:
>
>> Do any schools have a policy prohibiting their students from having FB
>> accts if they satisfy the TOS?
>
> I can think of fewer ways to irritate and engender bad will amongst
> your students. It's one thing to prohibit access to Facebook during
> the school day or using school resources; it's another entirely to say
> "thou shalt not have a Facebook account."
>
>> Should schools be creating policies for students regarding FB or any
>> other social media for that matter that occurs outside of school?
>
> Your policies should focus on behaviors, not technologies. If you're
> going to prohibit something, it should be prohibited whether it's on
> Facebook or a piece of paper or on the athletics field. Common reasons
> schools want to prohibit Facebook use are to curb student harassment
> or bringing the name of the school into disrepute. If you prohibit
> those specific behaviors rather than the technologies, then both
> existing and new technologies are automatically covered.
>
>> Would the school be overstepping its bounds if such a policy existed?
>
> Independent schools have a lot of latitude in what behaviors, both
> during and outside of school, that they can police. However that
> doesn't make every attempt a wise one.
>
> Cheers,
> -corn
>
>
> Cornelius Walker
> The Proof Group
> http://proofgroup.com/
>
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