Socially Networking Teachers

I just read a post by my friend, Bev Mahone regarding teachers and social networking sites. http://babyboomerbev.blogspot.com/2008/12/your-teacher-hates-your-child.html

It offers insight to a problem few people know exists. Do I think teachers should be able to have MySpace and Facebook sites? Sure I do. They are human and want to keep up with their friends and family. I love having my kids on MySpace and now some of the grandkids on. I can keep up with photos, what is happening in their lives, and vice versa. It is a great tool.

Like any tool, it needs to be used correctly. My parents always taught me that my rights to say and do things end when they intrude on someone else's. Any teacher stupid enough to say on a networking site that she hates her students should expect reactions, just as if she had said it in the classroom. Any teacher who has students as friends and posts revealing photos of herself should also expect to hear about it.

One of my favorite sayings is that "common sense ain't so common." But, hey people, buy some sense and be careful what you put in print!