c<br>Regards Roland<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 08/04/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">Maggie Iaquinto</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:IAQUIM@bialik.vic.edu.au">IAQUIM@bialik.vic.edu.au</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Thank you very much, Geoff.<br> <br> In one way it is annoying that tech staff make judgments on teaching<br> staff productivity. The counter argument is that everything tech staff<br> do on our network will have a technological, economic and/or social<br>
 implication. In this case, it is mostly a social implication.<br> <br> In the end, we should all be able to choose how we use our &#39;free&#39; time.<br> As Ros succintly put it -- should be ban newspapers, sudoku, visiting<br>
 domaindotcomdotau or doing email activities?<br> <br> I&#39;ll have a read shortly.<br> <br> Regards<br> <br> Maggie<br> <br><br> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: <a href="mailto:offtopic-bounces@edulists.com.au">offtopic-bounces@edulists.com.au</a><br>
 [mailto:<a href="mailto:offtopic-bounces@edulists.com.au">offtopic-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>] On Behalf Of Geoff Moss<br> <br>Sent: Tuesday, 8 April 2008 9:13 AM<br> To: Information Technology Teachers&#39; Offtopic Mailing List<br>
 Subject: Re: [Offtopic] Facebook and staff productivity<br> <br> <br>Hi Maggie<br> <br> Unfortunately, the article I was thinking of was related to email,<br> rather than FaceBook.<br> <br> The link to the email article:&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Email is ruining my life&quot; is:<br>
 <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7281707.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7281707.stm</a><br> <br> There is also a link to a VIDEO AND AUDIO NEWS item : How to stop<br> e-mails taking over your day<br>
 <br> However, a search on Google of:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Facebook &quot;Staff Productivity&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;does<br> produce some interesting items.<br> <br> Is Facebook good for the workplace?&nbsp;&nbsp; at URL:<br> <a href="http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,23636,22437742-5012424,00.html">http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,23636,22437742-5012424,00.html</a><br>
 produces some interesting comments from Australian businesses.&nbsp;&nbsp;Well<br> worth a look.<br> <br> Facebook time-wasters could cost $5 billion a year:<br> <a href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22273758-2,00.html">http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22273758-2,00.html</a><br>
 <br> Employers disagree over Facebook use and misuse:<br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/24/2041517.htm">http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/24/2041517.htm</a><br> <br> Staff productivity in the Facebook era<br>
 <a href="http://www.businesszone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=175943&amp;d=1114&amp;h=1097&amp;f">http://www.businesszone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=175943&amp;d=1114&amp;h=1097&amp;f</a><br> =1096&amp;dateformat=%25o%20%25B%20%25Y<br>
 <br> An interesting discussion forum is at<br> <a href="http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/895341.html">http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/895341.html</a><br> <br> Hope this helps<br>
 <br> Geoff Moss<br> RMIT<br> <br>_______________________________________________<br> offtopic mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:offtopic@edulists.com.au">offtopic@edulists.com.au</a><br> <a href="http://www.edulists.com.au/mailman/listinfo/offtopic">http://www.edulists.com.au/mailman/listinfo/offtopic</a><br>
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 </blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br><a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br><br>&quot;Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has.&quot; --Margaret Mead