Your Digital Footprint, your future
I’ve spoken and written about social media and how we (ab)use it for personal and professional networks, and how it can take on a life of it’s own without any of us knowing about it. The best examples of social media or sharing/liking something gone wrong are often the one’s where someone has made a right royal muck-up. Examples (of which there are many) include:
- Facebook post costs waitress her job
- Teacher loses job over Facebook photo, files lawsuit
- Teacher Loses Job After Commenting About Students, Parents on Facebook
- Fired Over Facebook: 13 Posts That Got People CANNED
Get your mind out of the gutter (for a moment), stop sniggering at the title of the student-produced film below, and take note of the message … “look at the importance of protecting your reputation online by not posting compromising photos, videos, and other content”. It’s meant to be funny, it’s meant to be serious .. it does both as well as inform.
Would it make a difference on how your students (or own kids) view their online behaviour?
Great post David. I’d not seen this video – I’m currently collecting examples like this to use in training re digital identity and social media.
A couple of other examples: http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/twitter-trolls-u-turn-after-users-threaten-to-tell-his-mum
http://mashable.com/2013/07/09/belgian-bank-ad-online-identity/
Wow, that video on Mashable is scary!
Thanks for sharing
All the best, David
Hi David, excellent post! This is why it is important to know how to use properly Facebook in the classroom. If you want take a look and let me know your thoughts http://elearningindustry.com/the-facebook-guide-for-teachers
Excellent resource, thanks for sharing.
I wonder though .. how many schools actually have a policy on Facebook that covers either student or staff use of it, or even if it covers how it can or can’t be used for learning?
All the best, David
Hi David,
Not many! However, we should help schools and pioneer teachers to find a proper way to use Facebook at the classroom. It is not the median but the way that we use it!
By the way we love your blog! Regular readers!