Fa13 week 11-digital identity
- 1. INVESTIGATING DIGITAL IDENTITIES Introduction Video: Protect Your Digital Footprint EDUC W200 Week 11
- 2. SHOULD YOU BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT YOU DO ON YOUR OWN TIME – OR ONLINE? EDUC W200 Week 11
- 3. WHO CYBER-STALKS YOU? EVERYONE. THINK PAPARAZZI. • • Common practice for administrators and hiring committees to search for information on candidates online before interviewing and/or hiring them. Students, parents, and other teachers may also go online to find out more about you. • Check your online personal info • Specify who you are • Monitor what others are saying about you Controlling your Digital Identity EDUC W200 Week 11 What’s your Footprint? • Is your footprint conveying what you want to say about yourself? • • • • • Blog Wiki Facebook Twitter Domain name Taking Control
- 4. YOUR ONLINE IDENTITY AND THE JOB SEARCH • One day you will have to find a teaching job. What would happen if the principals and administrators saw your Twitter account? Facebook account? o You can’t just delete it. You can be found. • Employers asking to see applicant FB accounts EDUC W200 Week 11
- 5. ETHICAL ISSUES FOR EDUCATORS IN A TECH ERA • What About Teachers? o Teacher doesn’t set privacy settings correctly and loses job over rants. o Teacher pictured with alcohol from vacation pictures loses job. o Cohasset Supervisor Resigns Over Remarks About School, Students • And there are others…, but what about students? o Student Facebook tirade against teacher is protected speech. o Student Facebook status update/death threat results in suspension. (Warning: graphic/violent description) o Student sue over school punishment for “racy” MySpace photos. o A superstar teen loses chance to be featured by the Seattle Times because of distateful tweets EDUC W200 Week 11
- 6. WHAT ARE SOME METHODS FOR IMPROVING YOUR DIGITAL FOOTPRINT AND GET HIRED? The Privacy Policy of Facebook Tips for Online Profiles • Profile Choices o Don’t list profile for searching (check on your options) o Think about your network o Do I really need to post this? o What does it say about me • EDUC W200 Week 11 Facebook Privacy Job-Aid
- 7. FACEBOOK ISN’T THE ENEMY… • Facebook Doesn’t Get Teachers Fired - Inappropriate Behavior Does • Teachers Use Facebook to Update Parents • It’s our job to teach students about their digital footprint and how to appropriately act online. EDUC W200 Week 11
- 8. DISCUSSION • How can you build your professional online identity? o Think about your e-Portfolio, e-book, and PLNs EDUC W200 Week 11
Editor's Notes
- #6: RecommendedTeacher doesn’t set privacy settings correctly and loses job over rants. Good to show in classTeacher pictured with alcohol from vacation pictures loses job. - Payne maintains that she had never interacted with students or parents on Facebook, and according to her privacy settings, only her Facebook friends could access her page. A superstar teen loses chance to be featured by the Seattle Times because of distateful tweets
- #7: THE “FACEBOOK LAW”Ban on teacher-student online talk is blocked, will be revised Teachers asked to 'unfriend' students on Facebook Cyberbullying law protects teachers from studentsWhen do students and teachers cross the line through social media?