Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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Social Media and the First Amendment
Sonya D Hayes & Jerry R Burkett
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Teachers are Role Models
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What online behaviors could be grounds for dismissal?
•Unprofessionalism
•Inappropriate behavior
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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment
of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or
abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the
right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition
the Government for a redress of grievances.”
-US Constitution, Bill of Rights, Article I
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Adler v Board of Education (1952)
Teachers in New York City fired for possible ties to the Communist Party
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Pickering v Board of Education (1967)
Reversed decision of Adler v Board of Ed
Equal Protection
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“Educators are governed by ethical standards
at the national, state, and local level,”
(Hayes & Burkett, 2017).
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Maintaining
Digital Identity
Watching &
Learning
Protecting
Yourself
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Who Are You Online?
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Watch and Learn
Emulate good behavior and avoid bad behavior that you see online.
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Protect Yourself
Make your online policies clear when it comes to parents and students
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How would I be proactive in dealing with
social media issues for educators?
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Expectations and guidelines developed by teachers and administrators, published for community
Professional Development dedicated to online etiquette workshops hosted for additional support
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Quick Guide to Google +
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Getting Started
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Let Google + do the heavy lifting!
Posts are only viewed by who you want by cultivating ‘circles’ of contacts
Google has hundreds of FAQs and tutorial videos to help you get started
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Works Cited
Hayes, S. D., & Burkett, J. R. (2018). Social media and the first amendment:
Educators’ trap game. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 21(2),
52-64. doi:10.1177/1555458917728762
Kind, T., Patel, P. D., Lie, D., & Chretien, K. C. (2014). Twelve tips for using social media as a
medical educator. Medical Teacher, 36(4), 284-290.
doi:10.3109/0142159X.2013.852167
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