Consejos de Facebook a los profesores para gestionar su privacidad

Facebook.com lanza una serie de consejos para el profesorado, para que sea capaz de gestionar su identidad virtual y su relación con sus alumnos:

Create Friend Lists
You can sort your friends into lists, without them even knowing it. For instance, if you’re a teacher, you can create a Friend List called “students” and adjust your privacy settings to control what people in that list see. You then could allow students to see basic information about you and maybe your photo albums from a recent trip you took, but not photos in which you’ve been tagged.

You can create a named list to organize your relationships in whichever way works best for you: close friends, family, acquaintances, colleagues, students, among others. Just select the “Create a List” link on the left-hand side of the home page or create a new list from your Friends Page. Each time you receive a friend request, you’ll have the option to add that person to the appropriate list as you accept them.

By using the Friend Lists you’ve created, you also can filter your home page to get updates from the people you’re interested in. If you’re a teacher, you can see what your students are sharing on the site by filtering for that group from the left-hand side of the page. If one group is most important to you, you can even set it as the default view for your home page by dragging it to the top of the left hand bar.

Check Your Privacy Settings
Don’t be afraid to severely restrict what certain people can see. For instance, if you’re a teacher, you may not invite a student to a dinner party with friends, and the same goes for your boss or other people you don’t interact with in those types of social settings. You should use your Facebook privacy settings to reflect the types of relationships you have.

Once you’ve created your Friend Lists, you can use them to customize privacy levels for different information and content you include on your Profile. Select the “Settings” link located on the top menu bar and navigate to the Profile section of your Privacy page. From there, you can select “Edit Custom Settings,” which will open a field for “Except These People.” Adding a friend or Friend List here will exclude those people from seeing the information in question about you.

For example, maybe you want your close friends to see your favorite activities and your contact information so they can reach you easily, but you don’t want your students to see those sections of your profile. You can exclude your “students” list from seeing the “Personal Information” and specific “Contact Information” sections of your profile.