I've been on Facebook for awhile now (even though I was totally anti after college), and I always have my name/details hidden. A couple of years ago, I shortened and mixed around my name a bit to make it difficult for my students to find me. It seems that kids are now doing the same thing for similar reasons. In this article in the NY Times from this weekend (Thank you, NYT iPhone app), it explains the prevalence of students 'hiding out' from their potential college/university until they get in.
It makes perfect sense to me. I mean, I don't post a whole lot of shady stuff on my Facebook (I'm not sure why anyone ever would), but I still don't like my students to have access to that type of personal information, so hiding myself makes sense. If I'm thinking like a high school student for a minute, I'm probably posting some questionable things/being tagged in suspicious photos and I wouldn't want college admissions officers looking at it-so it makes pretty good sense to hide on FB.
Are your students worrying about this or doing it? How are they dealing with the challenges of getting into college in a social media/connected world? Maybe share this article with them-see what they think.
Are your students worrying about this or doing it? How are they dealing with the challenges of getting into college in a social media/connected world? Maybe share this article with them-see what they think.
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