After Reading Seven Strategies for Marketing in a Web 2.0 World, I decided to create a Facebook page for my school library. It is something that I had been thinking about trying anyway. I had created a Facebook account for myself earlier, just to see what it was like. Hard to teach students how to be safe on Facebook if I'm not sure about what to expect.
I'm hoping that the school Facebook page will be a place that mainly parents, students (they have accounts anyway), as well as the community can go to find out about what is going on in the library (once school starts again), schedules, new books, etc. I'm hoping to get the students interested in quick reviews of books that they are reading for others or suggestions that they would like to see available in the library.
I'm just concerned about monitoring comments that may be inappropriate and the time involved. This could be very time consuming especially when I'm also the webmaster for the school. I
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2 comments:
I'm not exactly a facebook expert but I believe there's a way to get an e-mail whenever someone leaves a comment. This might make watching the comment a little easier for you. However, I've noticed that people generally don't need to be moderated if they know there will be consequences for inappropriate actions. With school kids, you'll easily know who misbehaves.
Wow! You went and created a Facebook page - I'm impressed. I checked it out - looks good! Keep up with it, and don't forget to let people know it's out there. Your students, staff and parents will be happy to learn what's happening at the library.
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