Social Media and Professional Lives
I have started working with new teachers at the beginning of the year and working through the process of making them aware of their presence on Social Media sites. This is becoming an increasing issue that teachers (and any other professional) needs to be aware of. The NZ Teachers Council have put together some great resources for supporting these conversations (and I use them in an ‘activity’ based way).
And while we can be specific to school based settings and Social Media it is important that ALL teachers (both young and old!) understand the implications of their own digital footprint. Once upon a time you could have a professional profile and a personal profile, but the clever people at the likes of Google and Facebook are now able to put the connections together and often merge the two together for you!!
This is a really interesting article that discusses the implications of your Social Media profile. Article here
This is an interesting article