This week we were fortunate enough to have Jesse Miller as a guest lecturer. He discussed social media as well as privacy, consent, digital footprints, and online professionalism. As soon as he started his lecture, Jesse had myself and my classmates thinking critically about the ways we use social media. I was totally unaware of the ways social media platforms such as Instagram and Snapchat keep our data and share it with other corporations. This is definitely something I plan on researching more, especially so I can make my students aware of it in the future. I would have loved if we learned about this sort of thing in my middle or high school technology classes.
Jesse also had us look up ‘Teacher fired social media’ to see what would come up. I can say that I was honestly shocked by some of the results. Lots of the things these teachers were doing on social media and being reprimanded for seemed like things that teachers obviously shouldn’t do. As I scrolled through news articles I thought to myself “they should have known better”. However, as Jesse’s lecture continued I realized that some of these teachers were probably not educated on online professionalism and the do’s and dont’s of social media for teachers. I think that is why it is so important for us, as future teachers, to have technology classes. We are going to be able to go into our teaching practice knowledgable about social media and how to conduct ourself on different social platforms online.
I found Jesse Miller’s lecture very informative and engaging, I am excited to explore his website and find out more about these important topics.
rachelroses
I agree with you, I am so glad that we are being educated now about how to interact on the internet as teachers. Most of the mistakes that those teachers made were pretty obviously crossing boundaries, but I will think a lot more carefully about posting any pictures with alcohol on them on my social media in the future.
jessicaliebe
Hello Hailey! I agree that teachers need to be more educated in the use of social media, so I am glad as a future teacher I am starting to learn more about it now. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Jesse’s presentation, I also found it very informative!