Creepy Treehouse

I just learned a new term today and it has to do with faculty using Facebook for purposes other than social networking, which is the purpose of the tool. Some faculty, in their attempt to embrace the new technology and be in sync with the students are putting their course on Facebook, which sounds like it might be okay. Wrong! In order for the students to access the course they have to "friend you" which amounts to a complete violation of their privacy because the faculty member now has access to the student's personal matters (those that have not been blocked to certain users that is) because they are "friends." The term for this is "creepy treehouse!" and defined as a "place built by scheming adults to lure in kids."

So please be advised that there are plenty of ways to embrace the new technology being used by students today but do not do in Facebook.

If wanting to learn more about the term "creepy treehouse" just type it into Google. After that you should find yourself not going down that path.

Here are some I found:
http://acrlog.org/2008/05/17/creepy-treehouse/
http://flexknowlogy.learningfield.org/2008/04/09/defining-creepy-tree-house/
http://www.bibliotechweb.com/archives/2008/05/21/creepy-treehouse/