# data[].attributes.body
What is your Digital Footprint?

# data[].attributes.body
Help students think long term

Teach students to keep personal information private

Make sure students use privacy settings on social networks

Remind students to respect friends’ privacy

Golden Rule online?

Teach students the skills they need to use technology wisely and well

Keep an open mind

Don’t be afraid of tech

Share wisdom and stories

Seek balance

# data[].attributes.body
Internet filter

Emailing

Open communication between parents and the school

Training for students and families

Student Code of Conduct must address..

# data[].attributes.headline
Digital Life & PrivacyStudents need to be taught to make good decisions with technology.Tech ability may exceed maturity and judgement.

# data[].attributes.subject
Digital Life & PrivacyStudents need to be taught to make good decisions with technology.Tech ability may exceed maturity and judgement.

# data[].attributes.body
A counselor in your building receives a phone call from a student's parent and they tell the counselor that they are suspicious that their child is emailing an adult from another state up north.  The parent also tells the counselor that they think the communication has been inappropriate at times, but does not want the child to find out that the parent called the school.

-How would you proceed with the above information?

-Who would be involved in the investigation?

# data[].attributes.headline
What role does social media have in the classroom?

# data[].attributes.subject
What role does social media have in the classroom?

# data[].attributes.headline
Scenario 2: Digital Life & Privacy/ Digital Footprint

# data[].attributes.subject
Scenario 2: Digital Life & Privacy/ Digital Footprint

# data[].attributes.body
As you circulate about your digital classroom on a Monday morning, facilitating, coaching, and learning with your students, you notice that a pod of students across the room huddled in front of one laptop.  While this may not be all that unusual (after all - collaboration is key), your "teacher radar" picks up more than collaboration on the project at hand.  You take leave of one group and move to investigate.  Before the student can minimize the window, you see a video on Vine of students that you recognize partying, complete with bottles of alcohol, beer, and red solo cups all in every hand.

What are your responsibilities as a teacher in this scenario?

What course(s) of action should you take?

What lesson could you impart to your students in this "teachable moment"?

# data[].attributes.headline
 What scares you the most about giving teens access to an online world?

# data[].attributes.subject
 What scares you the most about giving teens access to an online world?

# data[].attributes.headline
List the ways social media may negatively affect a students chances of being accepted to a college or university?

# data[].attributes.subject
List the ways social media may negatively affect a students chances of being accepted to a college or university?

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Facebook and the rest are "living and breathing" extensions of your application and resume.

Share story

You rock the whole social media thing. Facebook. Twitter. YouTube.

Big deal. So do several billion others. And a lot of them are applying to college too.

What college applicants need to realize is that social media is a "living and breathing" extension of your application and resume, so it has to work for - not against - you.

"Students have grown up with the Internet, with this open forum kind of communication and I don't think they understand that their Facebook page is now their online resume," says Nora Ganim Barnes, director of the Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. "They could include a lot of the public service that they do. Those things instead of birthday parties on their Facebook pages - I think they could get a lot of mileage out of that."

Halley Shefler would probably agree.

"Your website, Facebook is your new resume. It's the living and breathing resume," says Shefler, who heads The Arts Edge, an educational consultancy for students in the visual and performing arts with offices in Boston and New York.

Students, she says, should "post art portfolios online or links to videos or photo galleries from their performances. I like students to consider creating their own websites on which to showcase what they do. Help your case. Show schools who you are."

"Students need to think a little bit more strategically about their online presence and take control of it," says Ganim Barnes, who tracks college admissions' use of social media. "It really makes it easier for the person on the other end to go there, rather than to snoop around and see what they can find out about you."

Don't think they do? Guess again. Colleges aren't scrutinizing every applicant's Facebook page, but when it comes down to scarce resources and scholarships, financial aid or the last availability in a popular program, well ...

"(Admissions directors) continue to say they'll use any publicly available source of information to make a good decision," says Ganim Barnes. "When they have to make a decision that's important to the school ... they certainly want to make sure that they're not on the front page of the paper the next day with some bad publicity."

Adds Shefler, who was dean of admissions at Boston Conservatory before starting The Arts Edge, "We all expect kids to be kids, and posting summer vacation photos and having fun is fine, but there's a certain presence that you want to portray out there.

"Social media can enable students to give admissions staff a valuable perspective on themselves," Shefler says. "Use it!"

- - -
Dos and don'ts:
Social media tips from Halley Shefler:

Post: Portfolios, clips of performances, etc. Be careful of copyright issues.

Think: How a teacher or aunt might feel if they saw something on one of the sites.

Clean it up: Delete coarse language, risky or offensive photos, bad grammar. "If you're tagged, check and see if you're tagged in inappropriate photos and remove the tag."

Review: Your friends' lists.

Avoid: Cute or suggestive e-mail or website addresses.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Social media can affect your college dreams

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Facebook and the rest are "living and breathing" extensions of your application and resume. Share story You rock the whole social media thing. Facebook. Twitter. YouTube. Big deal. So do several billion others. And a lot of them are applying to college too.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites have become an integral part of teenage culture. Yet the snarky comment or inappropriate picture we share with our friends just might not project the image we want the rest of the world to see, especially as we get older. How careful are you online?

In this Preoccupations column, Cal Newport argues that social media can hurt your career:

As you become more valuable to the marketplace, good things will find you. To be clear, I'm not arguing that new opportunities and connections are unimportant. I'm instead arguing that you don't need social media's help to attract them.

My second objection concerns the idea that social media is harmless. Consider that the ability to concentrate without distraction on hard tasks is becoming increasingly valuable in an increasingly complicated economy. Social media weakens this skill because it's engineered to be addictive. The more you use social media in the way it's designed to be used - persistently throughout your waking hours - the more your brain learns to crave a quick hit of stimulus at the slightest hint of boredom.

Once this Pavlovian connection is solidified, it becomes hard to give difficult tasks the unbroken concentration they require, and your brain simply won't tolerate such a long period without a fix. Indeed, part of my own rejection of social media comes from this fear that these services will diminish my ability to concentrate - the skill on which I make my living.

The idea of purposefully introducing into my life a service designed to fragment my attention is as scary to me as the idea of smoking would be to an endurance athlete, and it should be to you if you're serious about creating things that matter.

In contrast, Patrick Gillooly argues in this column that your social media presence can be as important as your résumé.

Most employers and customers I've talked to are ultimately looking for confirmation of their excitement about you, not reasons for suspicions or doubts. Not having any profile could be seen as a red flag, so why give a potential employer any reason to question your candidacy?

Your social media presence - and, really, your whole digital footprint - is no longer just an extension of your résumé. It's as important as your résumé. Social media use is now a standard of the hiring process, and there's little chance of going back.

You need to realize that social media wields great power: What you say there - including saying nothing at all - has an effect on your network or on the employer who is checking out your Instagram account. But remember that you control what people see. By being more judicious about what you share or by altering the platform settings where possible, you can manage your digital trail to increase the odds that a potential employer will form a positive impression of you.

Students: Read both articles, then tell us:

- Do you think social media will help or hurt your college and career goals? Why?

- Was either columnist more persuasive, in your opinion? Which one, and why?

- Did you have a strong opinion about the value of social media to a person's professional life before you read the articles? Regardless of your stand either way, did reading the columns sway you to one side or the other? Why or why not?

- Conduct a personal social media audit. Make a list of your social media accounts, including old platforms you no longer use. How do think admissions officers or employers might view your social media presence on those accounts.
Students 13 and older are invited to comment. All comments are moderated by the Learning Network staff, but please keep in mind that once your comment is accepted, it will be made public.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Will Social Media Help or Hurt Your College and Career Goals?

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites have become an integral part of teenage culture. Yet the snarky comment or inappropriate picture we share with our friends just might not project the image we want the rest of the world to see, especially as we get older. How careful are you online?