Be Friends (?) With
Facebook
Jeremy Sarachan
PETAL
February 12, 2009
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What is Facebook?
SWho is on Facebook?
S Started by a Harvard University student
S Social Networking Site
S A place to go within the web
Who uses Facebook?
S Originally students…as it was limited to
them.
S Now…
everyone.
What does Facebook offer?
It “collapses time”.
S Share observations/comments with your
“friends” and friends.
S Ways to keep
in touch without doing anything.
S Ways to maintain connections.
S Have fun! (Gifts, Quizzes)
What are the features?
S Profile Picture
S My Feed
S Status Line
S News Feed
S Information
S Instant Messaging
S Friends
S Who’s Online
S Applications
S …and More
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=64802090&ref=profile
The One With The Friends
(are they like the Others?)
S Who you
know
S Who you’ve known
S Who you
want to know
S Professional Contacts
S “Famous People”
The Elephant in the Room
(6 slides too late)
friend
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Do I
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Absolutely?
Never
students?
? With rules?
S You don’t have to.
S Privacy settings exist, but don’t
complain or reveal
Why It Matters for Academics
S Where the
students are
S How they communicate
S How they gather information
S Useful for
professors
S Information Gatherers
S Community of Scholars
Professional Contacts
S My friends include:
S Arthur Asa Berger
S Mitch Resnick
S Rafe Martin
S Dale McAdam (or a memory)
S Gerald Erion
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http://www.facebook.com/home.php
I’m in these Groups…
S http://www.facebook.com/friends/?id=64802090&view=e
veryone#/profile.php?id=64802090&v=info&viewas=64802
090
Not the kind of “Pages”
you’re used to…
S Memorial Art Gallery
S George Eastman House
S University of Rochester
S Xerox (sort of)
Departmental Communication
a newsletter, sort of
S English
S Pharmacy
S Communication/Journalism
Course Management:
(Why You’re Here?)
S Pages vs. Groups
http://www.thegogglesdonothing.com/archives/2008/01/face
book_groups_vs_pages.shtml
S Let’s look
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=668716965#/pages
/Web-Design-COMM369/45561207117?ref=ts
The Creepy Tree House Effect
S Do students resent the intrusion?
S Do students have
accounts?
S Will non-traditional
students go along
with this?
Blackboard vs. Facebook:
The Battle for Our Minds
Facebook Benefits
Blackboard Benefits
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Easier-to-Use
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More Features
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Easy-to-access
S
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More fun
Better for ContentIntensive Courses
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Easier to Organize
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More Familiar to faculty
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More convenient
(for everyone)
S Open to Everyone
S Closed to Everyone
Some HTML: Links
(I wish the Apps were better)
S Posting:
S Go into P: drive. Find the public_html folder. Inside that folder, create
a folder named facebook. Put in your documents.
S URL:
http://keep2.sjfc.edu/faculty/username/facebook/syllabus_260.doc
S COMM 260 syllabus:
http://keep2.sjfc.edu/faculty/username/facebook/syllabus_260.doc
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OR <a
href=http://keep2.sjfc.edu/faculty/username/facebook/syllabus_260.doc> COMM
260 syllabus</a>
Some HTML: Formatting
S <b>I’m bold</b>
I’m bold
S <i>I’m italic</i>
I’m italic
S <h1>I’m a big headline</h1>
I’m a big headline
S <h2>I’m a slightly smaller headline</h2>
smaller headline
S You can do lists, too.
I’m a slightly
Why Facebook is Great.
S 25 Things About
S What is
Period.
Me. 25 Things About You.
Facebook?
Asked and answered.
S We (you and I) have a
Group