Journal #10

Belch, H. (2011, December/January). The dark side of social netweorking. 39(4), Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/issues/Feature_Teachers_Beware_The_Dark_Side_of_Social_Networking.aspx

When looking for an article to read and write on I came across Teachers Beware!! The Dark Side of Social Networking!  I was interested right away because this is something that we all have to deal with now.  Almost everyone has a facebook page and for the most part it is about our personal lives.  We have friends and family posting comments on our page, being tagged in pictures and so forth.  There are times that we post something because we are having a bad day or are sad.  We might go out with friends to a bar and take a group photo and have a few drinks in the background.  Most teachers are not aware but these comments and photos can cost you your job.  If these are seen my co workers or students it will be addressed and taken to the principle as a teacher we all have to be very careful what we post and write.  Teachers and students maintain their constitutional protections at school.  They also have some protection outside of school when speaking as private citizens on matters of public concern.  If caught with anything on your page that might be questionable a few things may happen.  Anexus can be established between the teacher’s behavior and his or her effectiveness.  The behavior causes or could cause a disruption to the educational process.  The behavior is considered damaging to the school reputation.  These are things that they will act upon if they see.  According to the article teachers need to be educated on was is ok and not ok so they are not losing their jobs.  This is something that every teachers needs to take seriously and make sure they are being aware!

1. Should every teacher delete and stop social networking?

- I do not think every teacher needs to delete their facebook pages, but I think every teacher needs to think will this affect my job or not if I write this or post this picture.  Every teacher should be posting and commenting as if their students were looking at it every day.  There are a lot of security setting on facebook that could be set, so everyone needs to make sure they are using this.
2.  Should school's take this situation serious?
- All schools should take this very seriously becaue teachers are teaching the youth and need to be positive role models.  Teachers should keep their personal life out of school and the school needs to be aware of what is going on.