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Who am I?

Michael Hanscom

Heather B Armstrong

Jessica Cutler

Daniel P. Finney

Steve Olafson

Lain Murray

Penny Cholmondeley

Matthew Brown

Troutgirl

Joe (Waterstone)

Vibor Kalogiera

Jeremy Wright

Amy Norah Burch

Rob Smith

Rachel Mosteller

Peter Whitney

David Higham

Paul Andrew Juliano

Veronica

Gregg Easterbrook

Kelly Kreth“Silver Tree”

Richard Eid

Lance Salyers

Nadine Haobosh

Joe GordonAngelo VillagomezJoyce Park

• 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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