tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563950890480925834.post4482323600613696867..comments2023-11-11T21:49:27.597-08:00Comments on Woodland Shoppers Paradise: Facebook and Teachinghighway163http://www.blogger.com/profile/09874578884935438341noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563950890480925834.post-39673827797430239382008-04-16T08:57:00.000-07:002008-04-16T08:57:00.000-07:00I think it's interesting that you bring this up. ...I think it's interesting that you bring this up. I just had a conversation with Stephanie about using facebook next semester as a medium for communicating online with my students. She seems fairly open to the idea. I, however, am not completely sure which direction I am going to go in with my online students. I know they are going to keep a blog, and for that I like blogspot or xanga. But facebook - I'm still throwing around that idea. <BR/><BR/>Becoming 'friends' with students....that for me is a bit tricky. I have everything listed under my maiden name so that I can keep in contact with people from my past. More so, I do it because I know my students will more than likely never be able to find me if I use that name rather than my married name. This affords me the opportunity to be 'me' with my friends and family. I will be creating a new page with my married name for the exclusive purpose for becoming 'friends' with students (both on facebook and myspace). To me it is amazingly important to keep these areas of my life separate, for now at least. <BR/><BR/>I did make one exception with becoming a friend with one of my students on myspace - and only one. We play WOW together and wanted to be able to keep in contact so we can message each other easily to set up times to play (plus, she is around my age and we have some other things in common). I have a hard time crossing the two worlds because there is a side of me that I don't think my students, former and definitely present, should not have access to. If those two worlds were confined I would feel restricted with being my true self outside of the classroom. Whimsical, odd, quirky, strange....all the things my friends and family are 'allowed' to see to the full extent, whereas my students see only what I want them to see. I can go on and on about this, so I shall stop here and end with this - you bring up a VERY interesting point.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03625092842704636335noreply@blogger.com