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Benefits:
- widely used and understood
- most people already have the app and needs little training
- very flexible to add videos, text,files and images
- You don't need to know the persons email or phone number - so allowing privacy
- Can create a closed group for learning/ sharing
- Can send private messages for personal communication/ feedback
- Can follow who is responding and track group conversations
Obstacles |
Solutions |
Young people don’t use it, it has become “old fashioned” |
Even if it is not used actively most students, teachers and work mentors have an account and therefore it can be encouraged to be used for school work/mentoring purposes. Especially if you clarify the benefits of using Facebook for mentoring purposes |
Some people refuse to use Facebook for work relating issues |
If you inform them the possibilities of closed groups and how it helps them in their work as mentors or teachers they might be more willing to join the Facebook group you create |
You can get distracted by other posts/newsfeeds/chats |
You can turn off the notifications. Agree on a code of working and remember that most people are good at multitasking today. |
Suddenly you have too many groups to hold track on at the same time |
Create groups where the main intention is cooperation, problem solving and invention. If you need to communicate with a few selected persons of that group use messenger which is linked to Facebook. Remove/archive a group when the work in the group is over |
It is not secure |
You have to make clear guidelines for what to post. Agree on what is safe to post and what should not be shared through Facebook |
Our top 10 tips for using Facebook for mentoring
- Create a closed group and invite only those who will gain/needs to be included in this group
- Set up and agree guidelines/aims for the group
- Set up rules for the group
- Make sure everybody agrees to follow the guidelines and rules of the group
- Educate the users on what should and should not be posted
- Educate the users in the proper language
- Be aware that it is not 100% secure so be selective in what you share in the group
- Archive the feeds
- Send private messages through messenger when you need to address a certain person individually
- Agree on when the group will be closed/archived