Submitted by Melissa Metzger (not verified) on January 28, 2008 - 22:47.
Crystal~ I am slightly confused about your reply to Tammy. I do, understand what you were saying about using communication devices appropriatly. What my question for you is, did you get rid of your myspace because of your teaching position? If not, what was your reason for quitting to use it? I have a myspace page and it is set to private to no one can see anything posted on my page without my approval. Although there is nothing inapproprite by any means on my page, I don't want my students to have that type of available access to my personal life. They don't need to know what I do when I leave there, unless I choose to share that information with them in class. I currently teach second graders, so this isn't a huge problem at this stage, but I was suprised to hear that people aren't getting hired simply because they have a myspace page. That seems to be a fine line to tread, in my opinion. Educators are allowed to have a personal life. If one chooses not to have a page is differnt from not being allowed to have one. I for one, would be upset if I were told I had to get rid of it, because I do infact use it to keep in touch with friends across the country. Just curious I suppose about your posting that's all. Thanks for sharing! :)
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Submitted by Melissa Metzger (not verified) on January 28, 2008 - 22:47.
Crystal~ I am slightly confused about your reply to Tammy. I do, understand what you were saying about using communication devices appropriatly. What my question for you is, did you get rid of your myspace because of your teaching position? If not, what was your reason for quitting to use it? I have a myspace page and it is set to private to no one can see anything posted on my page without my approval. Although there is nothing inapproprite by any means on my page, I don't want my students to have that type of available access to my personal life. They don't need to know what I do when I leave there, unless I choose to share that information with them in class. I currently teach second graders, so this isn't a huge problem at this stage, but I was suprised to hear that people aren't getting hired simply because they have a myspace page. That seems to be a fine line to tread, in my opinion. Educators are allowed to have a personal life. If one chooses not to have a page is differnt from not being allowed to have one. I for one, would be upset if I were told I had to get rid of it, because I do infact use it to keep in touch with friends across the country. Just curious I suppose about your posting that's all. Thanks for sharing! :)