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EDUC W200 Week 11 PART III: INVESTIGATING DIGITAL IDENTITIES
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EDUC W200 Week 11
PART III: INVESTIGATING DIGITAL IDENTITIES
EDUC W200 Week 11
THE WEB MEANS THE END OF FOR-GETTING
Your Online Identity
Wayback Machine
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DIGITAL TATOO
The vast array of data points that make up “personal information” in the age of online media are nearly impossible to quantify or neatly define. Name, address, and phone num-ber are just the basics in a world where volun-tarily posting self-authored content such as text, photos, and video has become a corner-stone of engagement in the era of the partici-patory web.
Digital Footprints, Pew Research Center Report
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CYBER-SLEUTHING
• It is now common practice for administrators and hir-ing committees to search for information on candi-dates online before interviewing and/or hiring them.
• Students, parents, and other teachers may also go on-line to find out more about you.
• Check your online per-sonal info
• Specify who you are• Monitor what others
are saying about you
Controlling your Digital Identity
• Is your footprint con-veying what you want to say about yourself?
What’s your Footprint? • Blog
• Wiki• Facebook• Twitter• Domain name
Taking Control
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HANDS-ON ACTIVITY
• Do you know what your digital footprint says about you?o SocioClean
• ULA demonstration – What is your score?o SocioClean job aid on W200 website
week 11 page
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REAL STORIES OF TEACHERS ONLINE
• Special education teacher displays poster that de-picts talking sperm and invokes a slang term for oral sex.
• Kindergarten teacher posted satiric shampoo com-mercial with a half-naked man having an orgasm in the shower.
• Special education teacher has page with bumper sticker: “You’re a retard, but I love you”
• A D.C. public schools educator offered this tip on her page: "Teaching in DCPS -- Lesson #1: Don't smoke crack while pregnant.
• And many more stories at Facebook Fired
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SHOULD YOU BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT YOU DO ON YOUR OWN TIME – OR ONLINE?
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ETHICAL ISSUES FOR EDUCATORS IN A TECH ERA
• Obviously, this isn’t illegal, but is it unethical?o Obscene pictureso “I hate my students”o Drinkingo School-bashingo Racial slurs
• Washington Post Article• GCPS Handbook
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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?
• Employers asking to see applicant FB accounts
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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 jo
b.
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 speec
h.
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
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THE “FACEBOOK LAW”
• The "Facebook law" in Missouri (Proposed Effect Date: Aug. 28, 2011)
• Ban on teacher-student online talk is blocked, will be revised
• Teachers asked to 'unfriend' students on Facebook
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DISCUSSION
• What is your opinion on teachers’ behavior online?
• Should a teacher's online personal life be al-lowed to impact his/her professional life?
• Why or why not?• What about student behaviors?
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REALISTIC RULES FOR EDUCATORS?
• If you eat at a restaurant in town, don’t drink• Don’t go to the pool in the neighborhood where you teach• Don’t attend bars, strip clubs, etc… ever• Don’t buy anything at any store in town that parents might
consider risky• Don’t attend movies in town that any parent wouldn’t want to
see you attending• For women, if a female single teacher gets pregnant, they
may be advised to quit or pretend to wear a ring.• Dress like an adult• Talk like an adult (preferably G rated)• Compose yourself like an adult and with restraint
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BASICALLY, IT BOILS DOWN TO…
• Anything that interferes with your ability to professionally engage…
• But really – is it enough to get enough peo-ple mad enough...
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The Privacy Policy of Facebook Tips for Online Pro-files
• Profile Choiceso Don’t list profile for
searching (check on your options)
o Think about your net-work
o Do I really need to post this?
o What does it say about me
• Facebook Privacy Job-Aid
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YOU CAN BE PROFESSIONAL ABOUT YOUR ONLINE PRESENCE: EXAMPLES OF PRO-FESSIONAL GROUPS
