Social Networking: Keeping It Clean

Autor/in	Waters, John K.
Titel	Social Networking: Keeping It Clean
Quelle	In: T.H.E. Journal, 38 (2011) 1, S.52-54 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-592X
Schlagwörter	Social Networks; Web Sites; Educational Environment; High Schools; School Safety; Antisocial Behavior; Computer Software; Vandalism; Privacy; Computer Security; Educational Resources; Minnesota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Web-Design; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; High school; Oberschule; Privatsphäre; Computervirus; Computersicherheit; Bildungsmittel
Abstract	The need to maintain an unpolluted learning environment is no easy task for schools and districts that have incorporated social networking sites into their educational life. The staff and teachers at Blaine High School in Minnesota's Anoka-Hennepin District 11 had been considering the pros and cons of establishing a school Facebook page when the district's administrators got wind that someone else had beaten them to it. "We checked it out and found this official-looking page," says Brett Johnson, the district's assistant director of communications and public relations. "It was very well done, had a photograph of the front of the school, and a professional design. But no one at the high school had any idea who was running it." And no one was certain exactly what should be done about it. At first, nothing especially controversial was appearing on the bogus Blaine page. But then someone posted a student death notice. The perpetrator of the fraud has yet to be found, according to Johnson, but the district suspects it was a former student. The school promptly established its own official Facebook page, he says, "to fill the vacuum before someone else did." Blaine High School's entry into the world of social media might not have been the most auspicious Facebook debut, but it illustrates one of several unique security challenges school districts face today when they decide to include social media in their mix of educational resources. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10