Ask a Teacher podcast: Should teachers friend students on Facebook?

Should Teachers Friend Their Students on Facebook?

Should Teachers Friend Their Students on Facebook?

Slate
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With Columbia Journalism School’s Teacher Project.
June 2 2015 12:17 PM

Ask a Teacher: Would You Friend Your Students on Facebook?

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Should teachers accept Facebook friend requests from their students? Should they interact with them on Twitter? That's the big topic in the latest Ask a Teacher, Slate’s education podcast with the Teacher Project at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. In the last episode of the show this school year, host Matt Collette chats with:

  • Matt Dicks, a fifth-grade teacher at Wolcott School in West Hartford, Connecticut. He’s also an author, storyteller, and a 17-time Moth StorySlam champion and two-time GrandSlam champion. You can read his blog at matthewdicks.com.
  • Valerie Lake, an eighth-grade English teacher and literacy coach at Lower Manhattan Community Middle School in New York.
  • Gay Collins, who teaches English and American literature at Waterford High School in suburban southeastern Connecticut.

This episode is sponsored by the Great Courses, offering more than 500 lecture series taught by top professors and experts, available in audio and video formats. Go to thegreatcourses.com/teacher for a special, limited-time offer.