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• Mayor of Arlington, Oregon
• MySpace page contained photos 3 years ago
• Forced to resign from political position
• Student at Millersville University in PA
• Posted ‘Drunken Pirate’ Photo on MySpace
• Denied degree and teaching license
The Honorable Alex Kozinski
• 28% of children 12-17 have created their own blog
• 44% of online teens share their own creations online (artwork, videos, photos)
• 59% of online teens have created content for the internet
Pew Internet & American Life Project survey of teens and parentsOctober – December 2007
Steps to Taking Control
• Understand what has changed
• Consider appropriate use
• Identify inappropriate use
• Establish Policy
Creating Policies
• Don’t create policy in a vacuum
• Bud’s Blogging Policy– budtheteacher.com/wiki– Parent Letters– Sample blogs– Student created policies
• AHS Policy– tinyurl.com/2wtr9f
Get Proactive
• Gain first hand experience
• Be realistic• Ask your students• iSafe.org,
wiredsafety.org,Netsmartz.org
Just the facts
Assume everyone is going to see everything.
– Nothing on the internet is private– An alias provides only minimal protection
• 44% of teens only use one screen nameSource: Pew Internet & American Life Project Teens and Parents Survey
– Deleted does not mean gone
GaETC Today
GaETC 2007
GaETC 2006
GaETC 2005
GaETC 2004
GaETC 2003
GaETC 2002
GaETC 2001
GaETC 2000
GaETC 1999
Don’t just remove it, blanket it
• Change the content at its source
• Request archives/cache be deleted– Google.com/remove.html
• Blanket it with newer, more relevant content
Teaching about Privacy
• Create a photoset and sort them into public vs. private
• Discuss why Facebook and Myspace ask you to specific your age
• Have students review each other’s pages and give them a privacy score.
• Set profiles to private
3 Basic questions
• Can I share this with my parents or teacher?
• Would I want a college recruiter or job interviewer to see this?
• Could this allow someone to find me and put me in danger?
Ed-Safe Alternatives – Elgg.net
Ed-Safe Alternatives – TakingitGlobal.org
EdSafe Alternatives - Ning
Ning
• Can be completely private
• No links to other networks
• Can use your own domain name
Trailblazing or trailing behind?
NSBA Creating and Connecting
“The Internet and social networks are a reality in the lives of our students and will likely play an increasingly important role in their future. They will not always be online in protected environments so they must develop the tools they need to interact safely and responsibly online. “
Ann Flynn, NSBA director of education technologyhttp://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/2007/08/
new_nsba_report_on_social_netw.html
There’s a time to think, and a time to act. And this, gentlemen, is no time to think.
Make it work for you
Making it Work
• Des Moines, Iowa• Students create
both online portfolios for colleges and employers to find.
• Search for themselves to see what admissions will find about them.
Tips• Don’t lie• Be Professional• Show off and stay current• Censor yourself and friends• Edit, spell check and proofreadDes Moines Register, July 19, 2007
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