I stay away from social networking sites. For one reason, you
never know who's going to read what you wrote. Maybe not a
student, but it could be a parent. Or an administrator who's
considering you for tenure. I don't know much about these
sites, but could someone read an inappropriate post made by one
of your friends or see a questionable advertisement?

Another point is that your new colleagues may want to be your
friend on these sites. I try not to mix business with pleasure
and keep my work friends to a short list of people who I know I
can trust. You could be opening a can of worms by friend-ing
your coworkers. You might even find yourself in an awkward
position and feel obligated to add them so things won't get
weird at work.

On 8/14/09, Ooii wrote:
> I am a young teacher and recently got started on Facebook.
> I'm hoping some of you might be able to help me out when it
> comes to knowing what is and what is not okay to post on my
> Facebook page. Originally, I thought I'd just try to stay
> away from anything work-related all together and just post
> about "my life." But as a teacher, so much of my job
> is "my life."
>
> I've been posting up stuff like "made finger puppets in
> class today," which is fine, but doesn't really cover "me."
>
> Is it okay to post things like "Interesting day. Was bit
> by one of my kiddos," and stuff like that? (Without giving
> away any personal info, ofcourse).
>
> Thanks!

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