Around Halloween I recall seeing a headline about a women who dressed up as a victim of the Boston Marathon bombings and posted a picture to her Facebook account. Because of the poor choice of costume and poor choice to post the picture publicly the girl was fired from her job amongst other things. Social media can be an amazing tool when used the right way however many of the younger generation seem to be lacking social media etiquette.
A school in San Francisco has started using a specific curriculum to teach students about using common sense online and with social media. While this seems like a great idea many educators may just sigh as it is just one more thing they are required to teach their students. Similar to Reproductive Education, many teachers and parents believe that Safe Social Media should be taught at home.
As more and more people get rejected from colleges or let go from jobs because of poor choices made online it seems to me we could help this younger generation learn from these unfortunate mistakes.
Shanhai, A. (2013, December 04). [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/12/should-schools-teach-social-media-skills/
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