Comments on: Facebook Privacy for Teachers

By: Langwitches » Teacher Code of Conduct… Revisited

Langwitches » Teacher Code of Conduct… Revisited — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:00:18 +0000

[...] Golding wrote a post Facebook Privacy for Teachers, where she explains step by step how to set up your privacy settings, so students to not get her [...]

By: Megan Golding

Megan Golding — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:35:38 +0000

You’re welcome, Tracy. By the way, I’ve been tweaking my privacy controls recently and as such, have added a “graduates” category. It’s got a little more visibility into my Facebook profile than the current students category.

By: Tracy Arnold

Tracy Arnold — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:51:00 +0000

Loved your tips for teachers! I’m a tech teacher that kept avoiding Facebook – but my students finally managed to drag me into it. I didn’t want to keep two different profiles – so you gave me the info I needed to feel like I could maintain a profile with both students and adult friends.

By: Megan Golding

Megan Golding — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:02:03 +0000

Dante: absolutely on the tagging! Because I never know what is truly visible to others on Facebook, I generally ask to NOT be tagged in photos other people take. While I do get some funny looks, explaining that I’m a teacher usually helps.

msward: I’m glad the post could help you out! I love Facebook AND my job — this was a natural fit for me (wow, this makes it sound like I spend my weekends doing stuff that, if photographed, would get me fired!).

By: msward

msward — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:05:34 +0000

I find myself coming back to this post as a way to help collegues understand better ways to use social networking sites like Facebook in both the school setting and in their personal lives. Thank you for helping me better understand how to establish the privacy settings in Facebook!

By: Dante Guevara

Dante Guevara — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:19:46 +0000

Hello Megan and everyone, you have to be careful with photos, specially with the ones that are posted and tagged by friends, and if you comment on them. Albums posted by friends have their own privacy settings which is defaulted to ‘Everyone’ (I know, it’s silly). Also, by default when you comment on a photo the comment and the photo is posted to your News Feed and Wall. So yes, if you blocked some friends (like the ‘Students’) to see photos tagged of you, they won’t be able to access them directly through the Photos tab. However, if the photo is posted to the Wall/News Feed because you made a comment, and the album has ‘Everyone’ privacy setting, any of the ‘Students’ will be albe to see the picture (and the comment), accesing it through the Wall/News Feed. I hope I explained myself.

By: Nancy Cavillones

Nancy Cavillones — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:36:00 +0000

The old FB had what was called a “Limited Profile.” I kept that list when the new FB came out. All my students (now former students), my parents and people that I don’t know very well are on this list. All they can see is my basic information, my work information and my status.

By: Amplified Rorschach

Amplified Rorschach — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:13:29 +0000

Your name rings a bell.. have you ever played Nwn

By: Skip Zalneraitis

Skip Zalneraitis — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:36:04 +0000

Megan-
I just reactivated my Facebook account and had 3 MORE students sign up to be friends. I’m going to go thru your blog carefully today.
Thanks,
-Skip

By: Ms. Ward

Ms. Ward — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:08:11 +0000

Thanks so much, Megan! Being relatively new to Facebook, I didn’t realize how much control users had over privacy controls. This is great! I plan on sharing your post with my colleagues.