dos and donts of social media for educators 04052015

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Benefits of social media Provides a great space for sharing experiences,

best practices collaborating, researching and updating one’s knowledge

Exposes teachers to the possibilities offered by web 2.0 technologies

May increase student engagement

Keeps educators up-to-date on news and current public policy issues concerning education

Facebook Privacy Settings and Tools:https://www.facebook.com/about/basics/

Twitter Safety and Security Settings: http://bit.ly/13xKQqd

YouTube Policies, Safety, and Reporting: http://bit.ly/1aWVzsy

Pinterest Basics: http://bit.ly/ZL0QwI

Flickr Privacy and Sharing: http://bit.ly/15IsUC

KNOW YOUR PRIVACY SETTINGS!

Be prepared to share everything you post with a potential audience of millions.

Screenshots

Printouts

Typed or copied text

Online archival systems

UNDERSTAND THE LIMITS OF ONLINE PRIVACY

Posted from her home computer and on a page that was set to private.

UNDERSTAND THE LIMITS OF ONLINE PRIVACY

Most non-tenured teachers can be let go without cause. Teacher free speech rights are fairly limited:

Protected as Free Speech

Matters of public concern, i.e. broader social/political issues of the day

EXCEPT when their speech disrupts the school’s learning environment.

UNDERSTAND YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS

UNDERSTAND YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS

NOT protected as Free Speech

Matters of personal concern, e.g.

Social activities

Personal gripes

Partying

Resigned DismissedSuspended

Dismissed

CENSORED

UNDERSTAND YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS

The most subjective of which concerns Professional Behavior:

Educators shall behave as professionals realizing that their actions reflect directly on the status and substance of the education profession

LEARN ODE’S CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

Don’t disparage anyone on the basis of: Race or ethnicity Socioeconomic status Gender National origin Sexual orientation Political or religious affiliation Physical characteristics Age Disability

LEARN ODE’S CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

Fired

LEARN ODE’S CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

Never joke about taking any kind of violent action

Disciplined

Fired

LEARN ODE’S CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

Don’t talk about breaking the law or violating rules, even if you haven’t been charged

Disciplined

LEARN ODE’S CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

LEARN ODE’S CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

Do not use social media at school, except during free periods

Do not access your personal email on a school computer

Do not bring your laptop to school and connect to your school’s Wi-Fi

Do not use your school’s Wi-Fi with your mobile

LEARN YOUR SCHOOL’S ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

Don’t use technology to host or post improper or inappropriate material

Make sure everything you do online is in keeping with your school’s policy or policies, as well as state and federal laws and regulations

LEARN YOUR SCHOOL’S ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

KEEP WORK AND PLAY SEPARATE

Don’t friend people you only know professionally

Create a separate account if you want to connect professionally or use a social network designed specifically for connecting professionally

• Maintain appropriate boundaries

• Always use professional language

• Only connect with students transparently & with everyone’s permission

Don’t friend students from your personal account!

• One teacher was fired for jokingly “threatening” a student with detention for calling him “sir.”

• Another teacher who friended students had inappropriate pictures of herself posted online. Her students were found to be talking about the pictures.

KEEP WORK AND PLAY SEPARATE

DON’T POST ANYTHING INAPPROPRIATE

Refrain from:

Profanity Obscenity Images with you drinking, using drugs, in

questionable settings, with disreputablecompanions, in inappropriate attire, or engaging in illegal activities

Anything that depicts you in an unfavorable light

NEVER tell stories about work that include personally identifiable details or information protected by state or federal privacy laws.

DON’T VENT ABOUT SCHOOL ONLINE

Fired

Even general statements or hypotheticals put you at risk.

DON’T VENT ABOUT SCHOOL ONLINE

Suspended

DON’T POST ANYTHING ABOUT STUDENTS

Fired

Don’t assume Facebook friends of your friends are safe. One Facebook spam victim lamented, “I just befriended her ‘cause the other guys we know did.”

With access to personal information, they can use that information to try to hack your personal accounts online, like your bank account .

DON’T FRIEND ANYONE YOUR DON’T KNOW

DON’T JOIN INAPPROPRIATE GROUPS

Create a Google alert to notify you when anything about you has been posted

Monitor comments that are posted to your page and your friends’ photographs

• Delete inappropriate language or content

• Remove the tags from inappropriate photographs & try to get photos removed

MONITOR YOUR OWN INTERNET PRESENCE

MONITOR YOUR OWN INTERNET PRESENCE

Feel free to discuss it with your OEA Labor Relations Consultant

CONTACT OEA IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS