In this podcast, Kevin Honeycutt discusses how Facebook is affecting the educational world. His website where he lists all his podcast is here.
Bullying is one of the main issues in this podcast. One thing they discussed in the podcast is how lasting the effects of bullying is on Facebook. I would have to agree. They said how someone could post something mean on Facebook, and feel bad about it later. However, that doesn't really make a difference, because so many people have already seen the mean post. A lot of people could have liked it, or gotten tagged in a mean picture, and next thing you know, the whole school has seen the post. So even if you feel bad about it later, it has already been out there for the whole Facebook community to see.
Facebook has gotten so large that people don't just stop using Facebook. It is very hard to stop students from using a social networking site that they can access from their phones, their iTouch, or their home computers.
I access Facebook multiple times a day. It is my go-to website when I am bored.
They talk about how hard it is to get a page down on Facebook immediately. If a student is getting bullied, and a parent wants to get a mean page down FAST, they just can't. After you report an "imposter" page or profile, you can't just make something go away.
This is so sad, but I don't see a way to control Facebook in school. Bullying is bad, and we need to find a way to stop it with this new world of technology. The entire internet, including Facebook, can ruin someones life or reputation. Not just a students, but also a teachers. A teacher's job could be in jeopardy because of a Facebook post or a Facebook picture. I think people need to just learn how to be responsible when using online technology, but this is no easy feat when you are talking about teenagers. It would be best if the school had some kind of rules or regulations against Facebook bullying.
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