I just recently read a shocking blog about an Elementary school teacher who had posted inapropriate information on their personal webpage. This blog was posted on Will Richardson's page titled, "Teaching Googleableness (Con't)".
When I read this I was quite shocked and appalled that an Elementary school teacher would say such things on a public site. At first I was skeptical on the whole “Googleing” people thing because I thought that it might be taking background checks a little too far, but now I think that it may be necessary. It kind of seems absurd that the school administrators had not seen any red flags before finding this online webpage. This relates to me because I am always being told to be careful about what I put online at all times. There is nothing ever private on the internet (in my opinion) so you always must be aware of what you are putting out there for everyone to see. I am not saying that this person should have “hid” there information better, but to those younger people especially must be cautious about what they post online.
On the question asked about whose to blame, well honestly I think that the people who hired this teacher are at fault a bit. Even though it’s not like they really could have seen this coming, I guess it just goes to show you never really can know what someone could be hiding. I still think that they did make a mistake on hiring what could have been a danger to these young students. This person obviously lived a life that was clearly not appropriate for children to be around. If they had done a more in-depth search on their employees I’m sure that just by typing their name on Google, MySpace, or FaceBook could have easily brought up this information before hand and saved them from dealing with this trouble. Therefore I have changed my opinion a little on making kids and adults “Googleable” because apparently it can be very useful in these situations
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Kelly,
You had a good presentation. You read a lot from your notes so work on that. Make sure you speak slowly too. :)
Great job Kelly
You spoke loud and clearly as well as making good eye contact. I could tell you prepared becuase you knew all your points and your transitions were great. Good job.
Kelly I think you picked good topics to talk about and I think we should try to use more and more technology as time goes on. Good job.
Kelly- You had very good plns and made good conections to them. Also you spoke clearly but it seemed like you read from your paper at the begging a lot and them kind of didn't
Good presentation. You spoke very cleary and loudly so your presentation was easy to understand. You did seem to look down at your notes a lot though, but other then that the presentation was very good.
You did a very good job with relating your PLNs and explaining them. You also spoke loud and clear. But you need to look at the class just a little bit more.
Kelly,
you did a really good job transioning through your articles and telling why it mattered to you and just a short summary good job
Kelly, you had good summarizations of your articles and sharing your opinion. You could have had a little more eye contact, but good presentation overall.
Kelly,
I agree with your ideas on technology. It is very interesting to think about how having a break from technology would be very interesting. Great ideas on your blogs. Good speaking and eye contact!
Kelly, you had a great presentation. You spoke clear and had good eye contact. I liked your points about your PLN's. Good job!
Kelly! I think that text books are a good "fall-back." Because if the technology doesn't work, then we have something to fall back on. I also read your second blog, and I agree that it is necessary to take a break every once and a while. If teachers are going to have Myspaces and Facebooks, they need to be prepared for their students to look at it. Great job!
Kelly, you had a great prsentation. I like how you related your plns. You spoke clearly and looked at your audience. Great job!
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