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Social Networking off limits?
Missouri State Teachers Association: Teachers and Social Networking – Again
Several months ago, I saw two “investigative reports” on one or more local news stations regarding teachers and their MySpace or Facebook pages. In a nutshell, teachers ambushed on parking lots after school were shown copies of their profiles and asked why content and pictures inappropriate for student viewing were posted for the public. In some cases, the teacher was unaware the material was available to any and all. . .
So what’s the verdict? Should social networking be off limits to educators?
Serial Mom hd Scarecrows video Social Networks should not be off limits to educators any more than it is off limits to students. Social Networks are places where people hang out, virtually. They talk to their friends, share pictures and songs…much like they do after school. Teens are already on social networks.
- Where did they learn how to use it? By trial and error with their friends.
- Who taught them how to use a social network safely and ethically? No one, because parents don’t know either and school won’t allow teachers to teacher it.
- Remember that teens learned by trial and error? They figure out what works, but the errors can be big ones.
They post inappropriate pictures of themselves on their MySpace page.- They post lots of information about themselves: pictures, full name, address, cell phone numbers, what they have been doing, where, and when.
- They develop virtually friendships with fellow teens, and she then agrees to meet him face-to-face. Unfortunately for her, he turn out not to be a 16 year old boy.
Employers look that their Facebook pages and decides not to hire them because of all the pictures from drunken parties.
Teens have made some poor decisions Saw V dvdrip
. Is it any wonder? Do you see where Social Networking have gotten a bad name?
My Super Ex-Girlfriend full However, some of those teens grown up to be parents and teachers.
The teens don’t know how to behave safely and ethically online, so how would the adults know? The teacher didn’t realize that what was posted on their Facebook pages were available for the whole world to see, including students. How would they know if no one taught them?
Someone must teach them.
Who?
You.
You need to learn you to behave online. You need to learn the rules. You need to teach those rules to kids.
If you don’t who will?
Should Social Networking be kept from teachers when their students are online? Not only shouldn’t it be restricted, it should be required. Social networks are in “the wild,” open for the whole world to see, but there are many good education groups available for teachers.
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. Web 2.0 tools are part of my professional development. I have learned more and made more friends in the last year from blogs, wikis, podcasts, and social networks than I would have at any workshop.
Web 2.0 tools like social networks will be an integrated part of the work world when our students graduate. Are you preparing your students for the 21st century?
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