1. Facebook: A Revolution or just plain
Revolting?
Student misuse of the social media site and a proposed solution.
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2. 41 billion 901 526
million million
27 life-
20 spans.
minutes Every.
Hour.
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flickrcc.com

3. Join the revolution… Friendship
is only a click away…
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4. AND
protest
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5. AND
Cyber-bullying Identity Theft
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6. How do we navigate legal consequences while
maintaining welfare responsibilities?
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7. Rethinking the problem-
collaborative education
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8. My students’
grades can
increase by
50%
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9. CHALLENGING
MISPERCEPTIONS
Curriculum Content EMPATHY AND
COPING STRATEGIES
UNDERSTANDING
ONLINE SAFETY
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10. Begin class
discussions
Expand class
discussions
Homework forum
Information
dissemination
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11. Questions to consider
1. What problems have you encountered with
Facebook in your classroom?
2. How do you think you could use Facebook in
your curriculum and lessons?
3. What problems do you anticipate encountering
upon using Facebook in your classes?
4. How can we get parents’ support on this?

12. RecommendedReading
1. Fincher, D. (2010). The Social Network [Motion Picture]. United
States of America: Columbia Pictures.
2. Nielsen, L. (2011). The Innovative Educator. Using Facebook in
education. [Presentation]. Retrieved from:
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/using-
facebook-in-education.html April 4, 2012.
3. Rosen, L.D. & Cheever, N. A. (2010). Rewired: Understanding the
IGeneration and the Way They Learn. Palgrave MacMillan: New
York.
4. Seattle Public Schools.(2009). Middle School Cyberbullying
Curriculum. Retrieved from:
http://district.seattleschools.org/modules/cms/pages.phtml?pageid
=216981 April 4, 2012.