Read the fine print and then decide if Facebook in its current form is really a good tool for you: http://www.legalandrew.com/2007/07/21/facebook-and-the-law-8-things-to-know/Here's what a few kids are saying, FYI:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2301537792
Here's what the office of the NY Attorney General has been thinking in the not-too-distant past:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9788413-36.html
Plus, the Facebook "founder" may have stolen the business model upon which it was based and has been involved in multiple infringement lawsuits: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/31/why-were-suing-facebook-for-25-million-in-statutory-damages/
For a case about "The Indiscreet " (i.e., really stupid teachers) on Facebook: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/597/story/319902.html
Some people really need to be saved from themselves!
...or from the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/08/AR2009020802365.html
And now for a few words from "The Academy" (aka "Academia"): http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/309855
Caveat emptor!
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Great post as usual. The links give a lot of fodder for Facebook discussion. Using it privately makes the most sense to me!
Where do you find the time. As Ann says this is great fodder for a Facebook discussion. Points to the reasons we need to talk with kids about personal and privacy issues in the "brave new world."
This would make for an interesting PLC discussion group.
Where do I find the time? I am a very, very fast reader, no thanks to the Internet. I survived graduate very nicely without it, thanks very much!
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