Teachers, the social web and professional responsibility (part 2)

I blogged about this subject last November suggesting that Headteachers might do worse than talk to their staff about Facebook/MySpace profiles. The post obviously got lost in the blogosphere as no-one seemed to read it. I note today that the Washington Post ran an article on Monday in which it talks about teachers being removed from post due to inappropriate material on their Facebook/MySpace profiles. I'm not at all involved in teacher training, but I wonder how many colleges are talking to students about their online presence and what appears on their social networks? And most importantly, what happens if a student contacts them online? Can anyone enlighten me?

As a result of Danny Nicholson's follow up post on this subject, I just had to share the video he posted on his blog. Watch it at home as it's bound to be filtered at school - well worth it. Bet you think about your Facebook profile afterwards!