Social Networking: Another Solution to the "To Friend, or Not to Friend" Dilemma

Over at his blog, The Thinking Stick, Jeff Utech recently shared his solution for "friending" students on Facebook. He set up a separate page that he shares with students which allows them to become "fans" rather than friends. Your can read about his rationale for doing so and get some tips here. This would be a nice solution for those of you who have to face the friending dilemma with parents as well.

Speaking of fan pages on Facebook, did you know you could become a fan of the Tahoma School District? Why, yes you can thanks to Kevin Patterson, Public Information Officer Extraordinarre. Have a suggestion for our fan page? Send it to Kevin. Want to become a fan? Tahoma School District on Facebook

Did you miss the Social Networking Guidelines for Educators that came out last fall? Don't fret, you can find them and other social networking resources (including the award-winning Madge and Steve video) over at the Social Networking page on SharePoint. (NOTE: As with all other things on SharePoint, you'll have to be in the district to access that link.)

Finally, in other matters Facebook related, did you hear? "Unfriend" was Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year for 2009.