Teacher guidelines - Students are not your friends

Posted to Adelaide Now (7/11/2011) on 8/11/2011 at 2:53 AM
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This guideline should not just apply to schools, but also extend to higher education, such as colleges, TAFEs and universities. In fact, getting too close with students in person can present just as much, if not more, problems as with social networking media.

I am still keeping in touch via FB with a few of my former students, who live in Australia and various countries in the world. Interestingly, some still treat me as their teacher instead of their friend, and ask for different sorts of advice.

Is email dead? Under 25s abandoning 'cumbersome' mode of communication for social networking sites

Posted to UK Daily Mail (24/12/2010) on 25/12/2010 at 1:30 AM

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There may be 1.5 million people signing up as new users, but there could be more than 1.5 million just become dormant, inactive or dead. Many users register to Facebook due to peer pressure, but never interact after the process. Many could not be bothered anymore after the initial fad is over.

Not unlike air travel, its popularity does not spell the end of shipping – ships are still being used for cruises and heavy cargo transport, Facebook will not spell the end of email, which will still have a place in many organisations where business communication rather than social networking is the primary concern.