1. The first rule is treat others online as you wish to be treated online!
2. Introduce yourself - existing members, and potential colleagues, will
often reach out to you.
3. Use the same username on different platforms - it=92s easier to communic=
ate
and establish contacts if you keep the same name.
4. Upload an image of yourself, or at least some image that denotes
something about you.
5. Join established conversations - often what you want to discuss is
already being discussed; take a moment to see what people are conversing
about, and who is participating, and join in.
6. Share as much as you take - it's an online participatory democracy that
only works if people contribute.
7. Don't "protect" too much - protecting your posts/tweets will make it mor=
e
difficult for potential colleagues to find you.
8. Don't post too much personal information - most people don't want to kno=
w
what you had for breakfast, but rather what you're reading, viewing,
writing, thinking, and teaching.
9. Converse, don't yell - always going off your own idiosyncratic gripes is
a quick road to online isolation.
10. Consider separate professional and personal accounts - some educators
converse with students via one account and their family and friends through
another.
Tom
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Ademola Popoola <popoola@gmail.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> Does anyone have a policy outlining best practices of personal use of
> social
> networking sites for their faculty they're willing to share?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> A. Popoola
> Sacred Heart Schools
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