I very much regret not having more time to devote to surfing the Internet looking for sites for colleagues and ideas on the links between the Internet and teaching. You can find hints of extreme interest.
For example, in his blog "The Thinking Stick" Jeff Utecht offers some important considerations about what I think a few teachers and administrators of educational institutions still understood. Students are on the internet, have their own social presence, speak, even the school's "Joe Average" and their teacher Tizio Caio. If you are alone, all that will be found online on the institution "Joe Average" and the prof. Tizio Caio is exactly what the students will write ...
becomes necessary to "occupy" the space, use your name in a big way so that relevant information is to prevail over the chatter of students? I do not know, I personally believe that if necessary, is the least important. Surely you should be aware of the situation. Do not deal with your name on the Internet can be a nice little omission and to which the remedies late are not worth much.
But there is another kind of omission, in my opinion, that concerns us, perhaps even more closely with teachers in the education for our students. A good reason to be on Facebook and other areas of social networks is the need for a garrison. Unfortunately there are people, including colleagues, evil and improperly exploiting these channels. Direct and personal experience. Can mean to be there, plus a lesson in style, a form of restraint against potentially harmful situations for our students and the image of our schools. Sure, you can pretend nothing happened. But we know that in our school system vices and virtues are always viewed collectively and rarely the fault of one does not impact upon everyone. Perhaps rightly so.
