Week 2 - Reputation is Everything!

Well, its that time of the week again! Time for another blog post!

So what happened in the wonderful world of education this past week? Discussions in all classes seemed to center around the idea of social media and it's implications for us as teachers. Now social media can be everything from the obvious facebook and twitter, to google docs. For anyone who has never used google docs (which was me up until yesterday) it is the greatest invention since sliced bread... well maybe not, but there are some really cool uses for it! I made my own form! Fill it out now!

Anyways, in our discussions we keep coming back to the negatives of social media. 

1. Once its out there... its out there for good. So be careful about what you post and what other people post on your behalf. We're teachers now and we have to act like it (whether we like it or not!)
2. To friend or not to friend... that is the question. We will be out in the schools in four weeks today and it is guaranteed that we will be getting friend requests from our students. Do we accept? NO! It is only asking for trouble.
3. So what is the best way to communicate with students and parents? There has been a lot of discussion on this topic. In my opinion, a class website is the way to go! Maybe email... but definitely no texting students and no facebooking students. 

These are only a few of the many topics brought up by my fellow almost teachers this week. Unfortunately, the answer to many of our questions was it depends on the situation. Well for a math major like me... that is definitely NOT the answer I was looking for! Black or white, yes or no, those are the clear as mud answers I'm looking for!

Well, I think that might be all I have to say for today. I will leave you with another wordle I created. What can I say, I love these things!