How to Be the Example

It's been a great ride, everybody. I'm glad that you came along with me to investigate some of the advantages and obstacles associated with successfully implementing Social Media in the secondary classroom.

I'd like to close (?) our conversation with a brief discussion about responsibility. No, not student responsibility, but parent and teacher responsibility. 

As teachers and parents, it is our duty to model the way (Richard Covey, anyone?) to our children. Let's be appropriate, people. 

This is a great example about Being the Example. Katie LeClerc Greer is the former Director of Internet Safety for the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office and Intelligence Analyst for the Massachusetts State Police, so, she knows what's up. 

Additionally, Brooke Giles, a freshman at UMD, has a great piece on Social Media and cyber-bullying that is worth checking out. 

The take home point, for me, is that Social Media is not going away. We, as educators, need to find a way to navigate what might seem like uncertain waters to help our students become responsible, effective adults in the world.