Bad Online Behavior Jeopardizes Students' College Plans
I am sharing this article for a few reasons...
A. This is part of the topic my group is writing about in our class wiki essay.
B. I also think a lot of kids need to read this (not that any are reading my blog).
C. The strange thing I just went over this with my softball players due to some inappropriate behavior online.
Not many students (or even adults for that matter) understand how the things that they post on the internet can affect them. Even though this article is talking about how bad online behavior can influence whether a student gets into a college, it can also influence a job position later. I can't tell you how many friends tell me they Google someone or check them out on Facebook before they hire them.
I do feel it is our job as educators to make our students aware of this. I don't think students mean everything they say online but they are also impulsive and don't think their actions through. Sometimes I don't think they are even aware of the consequence. We need to make our students aware of this but we also need to relate their consequences to their age. Most of my 7th graders right now would not care if their online behavior would keep them from getting into college, but they might care if they could end up getting kicked off the basketball team for their behavior.
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