facebook.....a school requirement..???

I don't think that is proper for a teacher to do I would check into school policy if it were me.I don't beleive you should have a facebook account unless you want one or if your parents say it is okay to do it.I wish you luck and have a great day.

I don't agree with this. Most schools have student email anyway, so why should your teachers be encroaching upon your personal life. I would opt out of it some way. I know there's stuff on my facebook that no teacher needs to see, lol.

First thing I have to ask is, How old are these students? If ANY of them are under 13, the teacher is inciting them to breach the terms of Facebook. Now, many of those students will have Facebook accounts (and many kids under 13 have Facebook accounts, too) whether they are told to start one or not. IF the teacher is using this as a way of educating people about Facebook (and Internet safety in general), then it seems to me that this may be a good way of teaching safety on the Internet and of monitoring the students' use of Facebook (without appearing to do so too much). If, however, the teacher is not giving Internet safety lessons and is just using Facebook as a means of communication, I would have very serious concerns about it. For one thing, Facebook is NOT the ideal way to send out assignments. The most reliable way What I don't agree with (and, yes, I am of an 'older generation') is that it means that all the students are more or less EXPECTED to have a PC (or the use of one) and an Internet connection at home. Those that don't (or whose parents don't agree that they should) will be at a disadvantage. I realise that this argument becomes weaker as time goes on - nearly everybody does now have Internet access - but requiring everyone to use the Internet simply because it's more convenient is still infringing human rights as much as, for example, insisting that everyone carry a mobile phone or have a home landline would be. The point is that all of these things may make things very convenient but they cost money and it should be a matter of personal choice whether they are affordable, not a requirement.

i do not think it is an amazing thing. and besides, how old is your sister? i do not think that assignments must be given via FB. it is not a good idea as it could still affect a student's focus when he or she is in FB.

wahahaha....i will wait till "butlig" came home. I might hear him saying the same lines... so..let's start a computer shop business,and have those students check their assignments in facebook

That's what we call technology catching up with education in this internet age! I hope it is more productive then just a social networking fever for the teacher and her class. This is a first for me, by the way and I wonder how many others have heard of something like this before. Like it? I Liked it (thumbs up)

Oh dear...no, that's just wrong..What an incredibly irresponsible and ridiculous thing to do. Exposing children to social networks like FB is putting too much temptation in their way and there could be dangerous consequences. So, those are the thoughts of a grandmother. I guess this would appear totally normal and OK to parents of a younger generation and maybe that is the case. I sure hope so.

Hi! I also know some classes whose teacher reminds her students about assignments, deadlines, exams and stuffs. My friend who is a high school teacher do this. I don't know if she required her students to have a Facebook account or it just so happened that she was a Facebook user just like her students, but they added her and so she used it as a venue to remind them of school works. One of my professors in my graduate program also uses her Facebook account to remind her students of deadlines. But not to her graduate students, only to her undergraduate students. She even mentioned to us, she had a thesis advisee which she reminded about the thesis just by posting a message to that student's Facebook wall that said "What do you plan with your life?" and just like that, the student appeared in her office the next day. I don't know about teachers who require their students to have a Facebook account but I don't agree with it. Not all students are so into Facebook, and not all are so into internet.

I am not so surprised to hear that. Today anything is possible in the school:) I know that there is a school which every pupil to have an iPad to study, hard to believe. I wonder whether all the families can afford it. And it gives higher pressure to the poor families. I already know that some teachers require the pupils have a QQ account. It is a popular chatting software here which is similar with MSN. I don't really like QQ. Why they don't use email? Perhaps one day everybody needs to have a Twitter account, too. I love China

Oh!! that's crazy!! what about if the students have no internet at home? how can they log on to Facebook and do their assignments? Teachers should also consider that not all people have the access to the internet. Doing this to students is not really admirable.

Hi anjiel, This is really interesting and surprising as well. Well I understand the teacher has meant for good and easy communication with students and make them work. But children shouldn't get addicted to FB because of its other apps and games side.

I don't think that should be a requirement or the decision of the teacher whether a kid has a facebook account. That is the parents choice whether a kid has a facebook account. If the teacher can't hand out assignments then maybe he/she shouldn't be teaching. What if a student don't have a computer at home?

hmm its sounds interesting! i think the teacher is quite lazy that he can't give assignment face to face, and its good that the students need not go to the teacher, oh God the Facebook will be in more demand!

giving assignment/homeworks on facebook?..haha great LOL ;] teacher should not allowed their students to make facebook account just for assignment to give. perhaps the children will be addicted on facebook as we all know there is many games that you get their. or maybe if they make an account the parents should guide their child.

Well it is actually very easy to do it like that, but still maybe the teacher is doing it so that he will have more friends on facebook. Who knows well I am just kidding, but one always thinks that because it's weird that a teacher would ask of that from students I have never heard that before, but maybe the school itself is the one that made teachers to tell their students to do that so that they can save money not a bad idea actually. Still I don't know, but I think it's pretty cool it's like you go on facebook and imagine some parents don't let their kids on there. SO all that the kid well have to say is well I have to go on facebook to do my homework. That is such a good excuse. Sorry I am getting a kick out of this it's just really interesting to me since I never heard of this before. Man if only my college professors did it like that it sure would save me a lot of time that's for sure.

this is not a joke. very interesting one hand is good but not the other. However, it is very useful to students are constantly at the computer and there homework. You should write home but not so. I disagree. Have a nice day!

I was shocked to read this. That approach is so not fair to other students who do not have access to the internet and who cannot afford to have one. And also, what if the parents are not in favor of giving the child any "online time" during a school day? I don't know by the rest but to me...it isn't cool.