Districts ban Facebook & social networking:

Chicago Public Schools: http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/district-299/2009/08/school-board-bans-facebook-twitter-for-teachers.html

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6639197.html?nid=2413&source=title&rid=140246606

Cyberbullying: http://cyberbullying.us/blog/teachers-prohibited-from-using-facebook-to-communicate-with-students.html

Should districts ban teachers from social networking?: http://ow.ly/oEXp

Dallas-Fort Worth area district bans then unbans Social Networking: http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/tech/McKinney-ISD-May-Pull-Plug-on-Teacher-Student-E-Mail-Text-Ban-61266222.html AND http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local-beat/McKinney-ISD-Backs-off-Teacher-Student-E-Mail-Text-Ban-62679187.html

Two Mississippi districts ban social networking: http://www.aim.org/don-irvine-blog/doh-school-districts-ban-texting-between-teachers-and-students/

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Advisory:

Body Image: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1130618347958&ref=mf

(Alternate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqlzBKFPxyE)

(Submitted by AK Jenny)

This idea is simple enough to implement in any size advisory group, in any amount of time, and in any way that best suits the needs of the students and teacher in the group. Students can be asked to list 5, 10, 20, or 25 random things about themselves. Students can create written or verbal lists or both. Lists can be kept private or volunteers can be asked to share them.

Students can be asked to tally how many things they have in common with other students if the lists are shared. Students can be asked to choose their 3 most random things to be explored at a later date, possibly as an assignment in another class. Depending upon how often advisory groups meet and how long each advisory class lasts, the “25 Random Things” can be done in one day or spread out over one week.

http://middle-school-lesson-plans.suite101.com/article.cfm/found_on_facebook_an_advisory_activity

Chad Fry: Illustration Guy: http://www.chadfrye.com/ Monster a day for a month. Not so much an idea as a resource for an advisory . . . http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/notes.php?id=66977838632 .

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