Re: [LM_NET] librarians @ facebook

[Martin Swist <mswist@ASIJ.AC.JP>]

Hello,

Please forgive this posting to the entire list, but my facebook photo at the moment 
might be of interest. It includes a photo taken at AASL of our guru Mike Eisenberg 
in uniform ;-)  

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=500562947

I do not go trawling for young friends on facebook. In one year, though, I have 
been "found" by 80+ former students. Sometimes, the contact brings nothing more. In 
another case, it included a few e-mail messages and last summer brought my wife, 
son and I into Manhattan for dinner with a former student from our Saudi Arabia 
days nearly 15 years ago.  

Personal rant: In many schools we are banning access to social networks instead of 
educating our students on the proper etiquette therein. This saddens me. We are 
missing a teachable moment and confirming our students' opinions that educators are 
hopelessly out of it.

Social networks can be anti-social environments. No argument. But if we won’t 
teach, or at least discuss, proper behavior there, who will? 

Best wishes for a happy holiday season...and hoping to see you on Facebook :-)

Martin Swist
mswist@asij.ac.jp
Middle School LMS
Middle School XC Coach
The American School In Japan
1-1-1 Nomizu, Chofu-shi, Tokyo
"The heart is a little to the left." (Rev.) William Sloane Coffin



-----Original Message-----
From: School Library Media & Network Communications on behalf of mhung
Sent: Sat 12/1/2007 10:54 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: [LM_NET] librarians @ facebook
 
Dear LM_Netters,

I wonder if anyone of us in facebook / use facebook a lot that we  can
create a group of lm_net.
we may then share photos of libraries, free use images around

i do not know whether this is a good idea

i know that facebook is a very loose community and far less serious then our
listserv

-- 
HUNG Ming Michael
Librarian
SKH Bishop Mok Sau Tseng Sec School
26 Wan Tau Kok Lane,
TaiPo, Hong Kong
tel: +852-26567804
fax: +852-26507265
email: mmhung@gmail.com, mhung@mst.edu.hk

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