There’s no question that learning can and does happen everywhere. The new learning concepts of ubiquity and engagement are powerful game-changers that depend in part on access to technology-enabled social learning experiences. The question is how to keep these safe and appropriate; as Jennifer Preston’s article explores, there are no easy answers.
by Jennifer Preston / New York Times / 17 December 2011
Lewis Holloway, a schools superintendent in Georgia, has imposed a strict social media policy
Faced with scandals and complaints involving teachers who misuse social media, school districts across the country are imposing strict new guidelines that ban private conversations between teachers and their students on cellphones and online platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
Jennifer Pust, who teaches in California, believes social media can be useful educational tools.
The policies come as educators deal with a wide range of new problems. Some teachers have set poor examples by posting lurid comments or photographs involving sex or alcohol on social media sites. Some have had inappropriate contact with students that blur the teacher-student boundary. In extreme cases, teachers and coaches have been jailed on sexual abuse and assault charges after having relationships with students that, law enforcement officials say, began with electronic communication.
Image Source: Stephen Morton for the New York Times (accompanies original article)
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