7 Best Practices For Educators Using Facebook

While schools continue to figure out policies about educators' Facebook usage, some best practices are emerging.

While schools continue to figure out policies about educators’ Facebook usage, some best practices are emerging.

And that brings us to the list of tips for professors suggested by Online Colleges. The blog offers 30 suggestions, mostly involving privacy settings and relationships with students — along with plain common sense (never a bad thing to reinforce). Here are seven of our favorites:

Don’t Vent About Students

You may forget that the student you’re ranting about is a friend of one of your friends, and might still be able to see your status updates.

Find Out If Your School Has A Social Media Policy

Some universities now have policies for faculty use of social media: You may not be allowed to friend students or discuss work at all, even on your private account, so make sure before you update your profile.

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