Facebook As A Pedagogical Tool

I was just talking to a teacher at a Jewish day school who’s got profiles in Facebook and MySpace. She says she learns more from her students profiles in five minutes than she otherwise would in five months.

A synagogue administrator was looking to hire someone to work with kids. She Googled the applicant, saw the raunchy stuff on his myspace, and decided against him.

I recently made the mistake of calling a young woman (about 22yo) "mam."

"I hate it when people call me ‘mam," she said. "People have only started calling me that in the past month."

About Luke Ford

I've written five books (see Amazon.com). My work has been covered in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and on 60 Minutes. I teach Alexander Technique in Beverly Hills (Alexander90210.com).
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