This weeks topics

So I am going to try and be good about keeping up with each weeks topic in class. This week was privacy when it comes to social networking sites like Facebook. The questions where should a teacher or educator be punished for something they post on Facebook if they think it is private? I guess my biggest thing with this is if you know how to use the site and know your settings are private then do it at your own risk. But as a teacher I would never post anything about a student or the place I work with that is negative. It's just asking for trouble as far as I am concerned. And if you don't like your place of employment or think it's terrible then leave and find somewhere else. It's pretty easy to change your place in life and I understand that social networking is the new fad and it's cool to post every move you make and what you are feeling, but keep somethings private people!!

This is the article I had to read for class this week.

http://thejournal.com/articles/2008/11/19/suspended-teacher-in-facebook-incident-ignites-debate-should-online-privacy-for-educators-exist.aspx

EDU 697 Edit: I am not certain this goes to what is being discussed except to say that again just be careful what is posted on social networking sites, you never know who is going to see it. Just because you make your site private doesn't mean you don't have a friend of a friend who showed someone else who know your boss. Sounds confusing but it is very possible. I can give an example of myself. Not to long ago, Halloween of this year to be exact. Where I work now doesn't celebrate all holiday's and I love Halloween. I was sad that is wasn't a big deal and posted it on my Facebook. Well it got back to my employers and I still don't know how. They considered it an ethical issue because I was posting about work on my site. Thankfully nothing ever came of it and I deleted the post, but it shows no matter how private you think you make things, its possible to still be seen.