Parent Association: Facebook 101 (Facebook in 15 Minutes) Patrick Woessner

What is Facebook? Facebook (FB) is a social networking site that lets users connect and share photos, links, and video.

Facebook (FB) is a social networking site that lets users connect and share photos, links, and video.

What is Social Networking?

Visualizing a Network

Creating a Facebook Account A valid email address is all that is required to create a FB account

A valid email address is all that is required to create a FB account

A Look Inside Facebook

Your Profile Your profile is what your friends/family will see about you in FB. Your “Info” includes Basic, Personal, Contact, and Education/Work Information

Your profile is what your friends/family will see about you in FB.

Your “Info” includes Basic, Personal, Contact, and Education/Work Information

Finding Friends FB will help you connect with people you email, IM, and/or went to school with. In addition to being able to search, FB will also suggest “people you may know” To become FB friends, both parties must agree ; friendship request is sent and approved.

FB will help you connect with people you email, IM, and/or went to school with.

In addition to being able to search, FB will also suggest “people you may know”

To become FB friends, both parties must agree ; friendship request is sent and approved.

Joining Networks and Groups In addition to finding friends, users can join networks and groups. Networks are organized around a workplace, region, high school, or college Groups can be organized around anything When you join a network, your privacy settings may change

In addition to finding friends, users can join networks and groups.

Networks are organized around a workplace, region, high school, or college

Groups can be organized around anything

When you join a network, your privacy settings may change

Posting/Sharing Info and Content News Feeds: stream of content from all your friends and groups News: can pull info/content from other applications Message: similar to email Chat: ability to chat w/o installing software

News Feeds: stream of content from all your friends and groups

News: can pull info/content from other applications

Message: similar to email

Chat: ability to chat w/o installing software

Applications Facebook offers a wide array of applications for your profile, desktop, and the web When you choose/use an application, you are granting it access to your profile Some of the applications are fun and harmless and some are not

Facebook offers a wide array of applications for your profile, desktop, and the web

When you choose/use an application, you are granting it access to your profile

Some of the applications are fun and harmless and some are not

Privacy Settings: Profile Profile: Each aspect of your profile can have customized privacy settings Students should not enter contact info

Profile: Each aspect of your profile can have customized privacy settings

Students should not enter contact info

Privacy Settings: Search Search settings determine who can find you and what they can see Students should not be part of the public search listing

Search settings determine who can find you and what they can see

Students should not be part of the public search listing

Privacy Settings: News and Wall Users can determine which actions are visible to friends Students should not appear in social ads

Users can determine which actions are visible to friends

Students should not appear in social ads

Privacy Settings: Did You Know? Friends can be organized into lists, each with its own privacy policies Users can block friends from viewing their content What does this mean for parents? Being “friends”with your child does not mean you will see everything on their FB page That said, students should be reminded that ultimately nothing on FB is private

Friends can be organized into lists, each with its own privacy policies

Users can block friends from viewing their content

What does this mean for parents? Being “friends”with your child does not mean you will see everything on their FB page

That said, students should be reminded that ultimately nothing on FB is private

Additional Resources MacArthur Foundation study on teen development and time spent online Internet Safety Guide from Common Sense Media 10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know from AllFacebook Facebook for Parents offers guidance, resources, and an online course

MacArthur Foundation study on teen development and time spent online

Internet Safety Guide from Common Sense Media

10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know from AllFacebook

Facebook for Parents offers guidance, resources, and an online course