3.2 Being Social and Being Safe
You are a socially networked learner and teacher. While maintaining a web presence, you need to be aware and informed. You will continue to make decisions and exercise choices when creating, consuming and sharing in online and digital environments. Part of your duty as an educator is to be informed about your rights and responsibilities within your professional context. The Ontario College of Teachers provides a video and text guidelines. These resources provide valuable information in your decision making process.
Video Advisory from the College of Teachers for Ontario
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College of Teachers Advisory
This advisory highlights the opportunities and risks of using, creating and communicating with electronic tools and social media. The ethical standards - care, trust, respect and integrity - are the cornerstones of how teachers should conduct themselves when online. Honesty, reliability and professional judgement are hallmarks of educators work in online spaces. This document outlines the issues between private and professional presence, professional vulnerability, criminal & civil implications, disciplinary actions, and how to minimize the risks of interacting with students and parents in digital spaces. The Stay Safe Online website outlines further suggestions that teachers can integrate into their everyday digital practice, such as: keep a clean machine, own your online presence, make passwords long and strong, unique account=unique password, when in doubt throw it out, and post only about others as you have them post about you. |
Beyond Safety - Getting Social
Check out these lists of lists relating to social media for teachers, education and learning:
Check out these lists of lists relating to social media for teachers, education and learning:
- 14 Facebook Groups Every Teacher Should Know About - written by Med Kharbach
- 12 Best NING Groups for teachers to join – written by Med Kharbach
- The Ultimate Twitter Guidebook – Edudemic resource
- A Teacher’s Guide to Twitter
- Tumblr for Teachers – Why teachers should try out Tumblr
- The Teacher's Guide to Pinterest - A Quick Guide - Edudemic resource
References and Resources
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