Question: How can/Should social media be used to help you develop/collaborate/communicate as a professional? What are the critical issues to consider?
Answer: Social media can be used to get expert ideas, advice from those who are more experienced in a specific area, and to communicate your own knowledge so others may benefit. Receiving lesson materials, ideas about how to use tools and technology, or information about a worthwhile workshop or even job opportunity are all examples of positive ways to interact on social media to better yourself as an educator. Critical issues to consider are the interactions between people, and how to keep your privacy. Another issue is to make sure that any likes or other endorsements given by you are completely vetted, meaning that the nature of the post you are sharing or posting, and the reputation of the person you are endorsing is understood. Question: What would you do if you were to come across an inappropriate post made by one of your students outside of the school. Do you address the post and, if so, how? Whom do you involve in the conversations? What considerations must you make in determining your course of action? Answer: Depending on the severity of the post, it may involve an email to the principal asking their advice or an immediate call to the police if the post is dangerous to anyone or anything. A more moderate inappropriate post by a student outside of school merits a message or meeting with the principal to share the inappropriate post so they can help guide you to the proper channels (parents, councilor, school resource officer) to quickly and appropriately educate, correct, and council the student who made the bad decision to post inappropriate information.
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