- Summarize: This article describes what teachers should do to follow a code of conduct for social networking. If the school the teacher is employed by does not provide this then the teacher should follow moral guidelines that are basically common sense. A teacher should not friend a student on social networking sites and should always make sure their phone numbers and other personal information are not accessible to even non-friends on the sites.
- Assess: The article is a good source because it comes from a reporter from Teach Today. The reporter researches the topic they are talking about and then publishes their article. Teach Today is reliable for educators to use.
- Reflect: I agree with the issues on this topic. Even now while I'm studying to be educator I refuse to add people I barely know so teachers should not want to risk their careers by allowing students, they only see a few hours a day, to access personal information.
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Source Two: "OEA's Social Networking Recommendations." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Ohio Education Association, Dec.-Jan. 2009. Web. 19 Feb. 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZhyyg7yywk.- Summarize: The video talks about the Ohio Education Association (OEA) changing the guidelines for what is appropriate conduct for teachers using social networking. Teachers can and should filter what is viewable on their profiles to non friends and even other faculty members. This video was on the news as the conduct guidelines were changed by the OEA. It is informative to parents and students in Ohio.
- Assess: This video is a good source because it was in the news to update Ohio residents on the OEA guideline changes. The reporter obtained the information through the OEA and shared it with the public. The video is fairly new but the code of conduct is basically the same as it was when the video was published.
- Reflect: I chose this topic because I directly have been effected by this. I have old teachers that refuse to even add co-workers on social networking sites. At the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year the district I attended had countless meetings in regards to the code of conduct on social networking sites. The meetings addressed what would be appropriate on the sites. The topics ranged from who the teachers friended on the sites to whether or not their phone numbers were accessible through the site.
