R U In My Space? Y Have A Social Media Guideline? AUP 2.0 Presented by Wesley Fryer Karen Montgomery National Education Computing Conference July 1, 2009

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30 June 2009 GENERAL GROWTH More than 200 million active users More than 100 million users log on to Facebook at least once each day More than two-thirds of Facebook users are outside of college The fastest growing demographic is those 35 years old and older

30 June 2009 USER ENGAGEMENT Average user has 120 friends on the site More than 5 billion minutes are spent on Facebook each day (worldwide) More than 30 million users update their statuses at least once each day More than 8 million users become fans of Pages each day

30 June 2009 MOBILITY There are more than 30 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their mobile devices. People that use Facebook on their mobile devices are almost 50% more active on Facebook than non-mobile users. There are more than 150 mobile operators in 50 countries working to deploy and promote Facebook mobile products

“We also have to consider the legal ramifications and responsibilities teachers have in reporting issues they may encounter when visiting a student’s Facebook page: abuse, drugs and alcohol use, and harassment. By no means am I saying that all young adults fill their pages with content falling into these categories, I would say that it is likely teachers will run across photos of questionable content at some point.” Ryan Bretag, "Should We or Shouldn’t We: Teachers and Students Friends on Facebook," 25 March 2009,

"'Partying,' 'drinking,' and 'getting wasted' do not qualify as real hobbies or interests," the policy warns. “Oklahoma warns athletes about dangers on Web” AP - 20 April 2009

Francis Howell R-3 School District Located in St. Charles County, Missouri 13 Elementary Schools 5 Middle Schools 3 High Schools 1 Alternative High School Students

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