THINK

I recently began a graduate course on cyberbullying for re-licensing and as a refresher.  With how quickly technology moves, keeping up to date is entirely a challenge.

As I would hope, the course is really getting me to think/re-think about how I operate as a media specialist, tech educator, and general nerd, particularly as it relates using social media (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc...).

My epiphany...the WOW moment...resulted from a comment by one of my classmates (the course is entirely online, btw...you should know me well enough by now).  She suggested that we need to adopt some tried and true methods that we use traditionally with students and children to technology education.

Great suggestion and it brings me back to something I said to my own son yesterday.

"You need to think before you say something."

Why can't we apply this to posting and texting as well?


Let's take what we know already...the THINK method...and apply it to social media and communicating digitally:

Funny thing is, other people had this same thought.


THEN, we need to constantly remind our students or children that once our comments are posted, emailed or texted, there will always be a record.  Always.

Nugget of wisdom from another classmate:

"Do you want your grandma to read it?"