Recently, the very affluent community of Clayton, Missouri made national news when Clayton High Principal Louise Losos created a fictitious Facebook page and friended students and parents. After the page was discovered—and erupted into controversy—Principal Losos resigned. I know this suburban St. Louis community very well. When I was Commander of the Missouri ICAC Task…Continue Reading
Categories: Educational Issues, Online Reputation, Social Networking
For years, we’ve been warning kids to be careful about what they post on Facebook or My Space, in part because prospective employers, college admission officers, and others were looking. Your Facebook might enhance your reputation and get you that job or it might raise alarms and prevent you from attending the college of your…Continue Reading
Categories: Legal Issues, Social Networking
Understanding how to manage your online reputation or “digital footprint” is tricky business, even for those of us who have been using the internet for a long time. Almost everyone at one time or another has been guilty of sharing too much information or posting a photo that later makes us cringe. To complicate matters…Continue Reading
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Online Reputation
Celebrities like Sandra Bullock, Megan Fox, Christian Bale, and Lady Gaga have more in common than just being famous—they were also all bullied growing up. “I was called really horrible, profane names very loudly in front of huge crowds of people, and my schoolwork suffered at one point,” Lady Gaga said in an interview with…Continue Reading
Categories: Cyberbullying
The mobile platform is revolutionizing the way social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Foursquare, etc. are accessed by their ever growing number of users – which range from several different age groups from children to adults. There are more and more people using these networks on their mobile devices, rather than on their…Continue Reading
Categories: Cell Phone, Parenting
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