I'd like to focus tonight's discussion on whether or not students and professors should establish online relationships via social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter.
Hmm...
I found interest in this topic after reading an article online posted by the Wall Street Journal stating that New York City schools are interested in pursuing a policy that would crack down on social media contact between teachers and students. The main concern with teachers and students having online engagement is the fact that there may be an online conversation that could easily be misinterpreted. The New York City Schools Chancellor estimates a social media policy that could possibly take place next month.
In my own experiences, I've connected with a couple of my professors online and continue to maintain positive relationships with all of them. A few of my professors would not allow online engagement with students until after students were no longer enrolled in his or her class. Their main reasoning would be that they didn't want to compromise any academic integrity.
I can easily understand why some professors may be fearful of compromising their careers due to backlash from interacting with students online (I mean, watch the news...). As an adult, I don't see a major issue with conversing with professors online, as long as it is done in a responsible manner. I definitely feel that there should be some restrictions when applied to young children in grade school. It'll be interesting to watch the New York City schools as they develop a policy to crack down on student/teacher social media interaction.
http://online.wsj.com/article/AP8886ce60311b4d3793feaacccb6e77fe.html
I'd love to know what you all think. Please comment.
Until next time.
An Ad Major.
Brittani Wilkins
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