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Category Archives: netiquette


Twitter & Facebook - Work, school, or play?

May 18, 2009 – 8:30 am

Education institutions aren’t the only ones grappling with the question of whether to allow people to use Twitter or Facebook in “their time”. And it seems that it is not just netiquette we have to worry about, but the role the person is in at the time of posting - employee/educator/student or just a private […]

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Educationau, twitter, FaceBook | Comments (2)

To FaceBook or not to FaceBook?

May 8, 2009 – 10:43 am

As I promised yesterday when I asked whether teachers should have a FaceBook page, I have begun a little research into how educators are using FaceBook.
Some of the issues I am seeing emerge:
Students may have a problem with sensing what is appropriate netiquette
Teachers may need to think about separating their professional and personal lives
elements of […]

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Educationau, online technologies, social networking, FaceBook | Comments (5)

Should teachers have a Facebook page?

May 6, 2009 – 8:53 am

Out on the weekend with my reading group, mainly teachers, connected by our crime fiction reading.
The conversation somehow got around to Facebook and it’s potential for connecting family and friends. One of the group said she had decided not to go onto Facebook because she didn’t want to run the risk of either being harassed […]

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Educationau, online technologies, social networking, FaceBook | Comments (4)

Dynamics in an online community-2 - trolls, pests etc

May 21, 2007 – 4:21 pm

Of course one of the aspects of online community dynamics that we have to consider are the factors that inhibit their functioning.
For that reason “How To Keep Hostile Jerks From Taking Over Your Online Community” available at http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=199600005 makes interesting reading.
In order to ensure that people understand the requirements, or know there are netiquette requirements, of […]

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Educationau, communication tools, Australian education, professional learning, learning environments, virtual environments | Comments (1)