Comments on: Comments, Please: Professors and Students as Facebook Friends

By: Professors and Students, “Friending” Together: Mass Hysteria! « Anumma

Professors and Students, “Friending” Together: Mass Hysteria! « Anumma — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:47:15 +0000

[...] Together: Mass Hysteria! Posted on September 14, 2009 by anummabrooke When I asked earlier for comments about students and profs “friending” on Facebook, I rather expected (on the basis of the usual [...]

By: Comments, Please: Professors and Students as Facebook Friends « Anumma – The Facebook News

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:49:41 +0000

[...] anummabrooke wrote an interesting post today onComments, Please: Professors and Students as Facebook Friends Â« AnummaHere’s a quick excerpt [...]

By: John Anderson

John Anderson — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:18:30 +0000

Bryan:

I’m not on facebook because I don’t want any incriminating stuff to show up that I can’t remedy before someone sees it.

Actually, I’m just not terribly into that sort of thing. Blogging is one thing. Right now family and dissertation and teaching trump all; time is a commodity that is in high demand and is all too skimpy. Maybe once I’m tenured (wink).

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:58:29 +0000

John, you aren’t on facebook because students are on there? Seriously, you should set up a facebook account. It is a great way to interact on a more personal basis with your extended group, bibliobloggers included. Just ignore students if that’s what you want. They won’t care, believe me.

By: John Anderson

John Anderson — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:56:16 +0000

I purposely do not have facebook for this very reason. I’m happy to do lunch with my students, meet with them, even joke with them during or after class . . . . but just something about that facebook. It’s an x-factor I can’t control.

By: Rolex

Rolex — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:14:44 +0000

I'm not a professor, just a TA at this point. I only accept requests and even then only at the end of the semester once grades are submitted. I figure that as a TA in my mid 20s I'm better off maintaining the boundary between student and teacher until I'm no longer in control of their grades.

A huge benefit of "friending" students so far has been remembering their names when I see them around campus, which actually goes a long way on a big campus like Penn State. Another benefit is that the students are able to see my updates and photos from my time excavating which are actually related to the material we cover in class. I get great comments and there's even talk of people joining me next summer. I really haven't had any problems yet, so I'm sticking with the policy again for this semester and I'm always recommending it to my fellow TAs.;. All the best!!

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Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:58:30 +0000

[...] anummabrooke wrote an interesting post today onComments, Please: Professors and Students as Facebook FriendsHere’s a quick excerpt [...]

By: Brian Small

Brian Small — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:17:12 +0000

Personally, I would wait until my students become my former students before accepting a friend request.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:00:15 +0000

I’m not a professor, just a TA at this point. I only accept requests and even then only at the end of the semester once grades are submitted. I figure that as a TA in my mid 20s I’m better off maintaining the boundary between student and teacher until I’m no longer in control of their grades.

A huge benefit of “friending” students so far has been remembering their names when I see them around campus, which actually goes a long way on a big campus like Penn State. Another benefit is that the students are able to see my updates and photos from my time excavating which are actually related to the material we cover in class. I get great comments and there’s even talk of people joining me next summer. I really haven’t had any problems yet, so I’m sticking with the policy again for this semester and I’m always recommending it to my fellow TAs.

By: jeff

jeff — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:24:41 +0000

I am not sure there is a huge difference between being a friend with a student/professor and most anyone else on facebook. Most of us “friend” someone and then essentially go on with life as usual. The reminder that we live lives much more publicly now with the evolution of social media is a good reminder and each of us have different levels of comfortability with what we want everyone and their brother to know.