And, getting mad when said post goes viral and you get negative comments. There's a teacher who posted a video of her students on tiktok that went viral (if you know which video I'm talking about, you can take a wild guess why) and posted a follow up video basically complaining that we ruined the fun moment being negative and that it wasn't supposed to go viral. Your districts social media policy does NOT include your socials. If you get secondary permission from parents, great. Go for it. It's still weird and you should expect to get millions of views and for people to save the video and continue to circulate it after you delete it. If you didn't want it to happen, don't post it, or private your account to only coworkers and parents. This is the internet. People will find anything to pick on. Something some of these teachers need to keep in mind if they choose to do stupid trends online. I'm a gen z teacher and it's not that hard to not post my work life. Didn't know what to tag this, sorry if it's the wrong one. Just sick of seeing people shocked that the internet will be the internet, and at the end of the day it's always these young kids who are the victims of it
You shouldn't be posting your students on your personal social media for any reason
Just Smile and Nod Y'all."The Internet will be the Internet."
This is why I actually don't have a big problem with teachers sharing videos of their students, actually. The fact is, so long as the kids are old enough to already be on social media (which in most jurisdictions is 13), they consent to it, and it isn't depicting illegal activities, it should be fair game.
The kids have a totally different view of social media than what we grew up with and parents going "Well I never!" and clutching those pearls while simultaneously insisting they have zero control over their 13 year old watching shock porn every day and getting sucked into TikTok challenges are completely full of shit. You can't have your cake and eat it, too.
At the same time, it's a good time to show kids Internet usage has natural consequences. Posting something that is going to upset people and having them get upset are natural consequences.
Then again: I think problems in schools will continue so long as parents don't really see what goes on in the classroom except through a carefully curated lens crafted by the kids themselves.
Publicly sharing identifiable student information is illegal under FERPA, just so we’re clear.
True. But I fell like there are exceptions. When I was going to elementary/MS school the district sent home a directory, with almost every student information.