Facebook Presentation

Professional Development Workshop

Parents and Staff
Created by Ann Hazley
May 2009
What is Facebook?
A portal for social networking
Interact with friends
Share photos and/or videos
Community organizing
Email and instant messaging
Various forms of interpersonal communication
Operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc.
Who Created Facebook?
Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook while
at Harvard University in 2004 with
roommate Dustin Moskovitz and fellow
Computer Science major Chris Hughes.
Initially created for college students
Then moved to include high school
students
Now open to anyone over the age of 13
Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz
and Chris Hughes

Growth of Social Networking Sites
Unique Audience Feb. 2009 Feb. 2008 Growth

Facebook 65,704,000 20,043,000 +228%

Myspace 54,164,000 56,313,000 -4%

Classmates online 15,545,000 12,955,000 +20%

Twitter 7,038,000 475,000 +1,382%



Source: Nielson Online May 2009
Earnings
Though Facebook is privately held and doesnt
publicly disclose its earnings, various press and
analysts estimates of its 2008 revenues span
from $250 million to $400 million.
Facebook generates revenue through display
advertising


New York Times,
March 2009
Features
News Feed highlights profile changes, birthdays and upcoming events
Wall space on profile page to post messages
Photos upload albums, tag friends and comment on photos
Videos share videos; maximum length is twenty minutes and maximum
size is 1GB
Notes blogging feature
Gifts send friends a small icon such as smiley face or little green patch
Status users update what they are currently doing, thinking or planning
Events a way to let people know about upcoming events
Example of Wall posting

Pros
Keep in touch with friends and family
Share photos and videos
Connect with classmates
Stay informed on community events
Select your own level of privacy
Ability to reject friend requests
A tool to be used in teaching students cyber
ethics
Cons
Information and pictures may be used
against a person
Sexual predators
Cyber bullying
Students under 18 providing too much
information (full name, address,
birthday, school, etc.)
Facebooks Statement of Rights
and Responsibility

WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT FACEBOOK WILL
BE SAFE OR SECURE. FACEBOOK IS NOT
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS OR CONTENT OF
THIRD PARTIES, AND YOU RELEASE US, OUR
DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS
FROM ANY CLAIMS AND DAMAGES, KNOWN AND
UNKNOWN, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY
CONNECTED WITH ANY CLAIM YOU HAVE AGAINST
ANY SUCH THIRD PARTIES.

What does this mean? Lets translate
How can Teachers and Parents
Help?
Talk to our students
Discuss online safety
Check privacy settings
Explain ethical behavior and cyber bullying
Share how certain pictures and words can
damage a persons future
Keep computers in an openly accessible room in
the house
Ask questions

How to select privacy settings on
your Facebook account
Privacy
Profile
Control who can see your profile and personal information.
Search
Control who can search for you, and how you can be contacted.
News Feed and Wall
Control what Recent Activity is visible on your profile and in your friends' home
pages.
Applications
Control what information is available to applications you use on Facebook.

Block People
If you block someone, they will not be able to find you in a Facebook search, see
your profile, or interact with you through Facebook channels (such as Wall posts,
Poke, etc.). Any Facebook ties you currently have with a person you block will be
broken (for example, friendship connections, Relationship Status, etc.). Note that
blocking someone may not prevent all communications and interactions in third-party
applications, and does not extend to elsewhere on the Internet.
Person

Here to stay?
Cool only lasts for so long, but being
useful is something that applies to
everyone.
-- Christopher Cox, Director of Product,
Facebook Inc.
Webliography
Official Facebook website
www.facebook.com
Surfing the Net with Kids by Barbara J.
Feldman helpful tips and advice for
parents and children
http://www.surfnetkids.com
Wired Kids, Inc. charity dedicated to
protecting all internet users, especially
children http://www.wiredkids.org/

Works Cited
"Facebook." Facebook. 1 May 2009. April
& may 2009 <http://www.facbook.com>.
Stone, Brad. "Is Facebook Growing Up
Too Fast?" NYTimes.com. 28 Mar. 2009.
New York Times. 18 Apr. 2009
<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/tech
nology/internet/29face.html?_r=1>.