privacy concerns!
Here are some perspectives about privacy concerns, written by bloggers and twitters who made different choices.
open twitter account (tweets visible to all)
I like having my twitter name as my real name so that it would not be confusing for people who read my tweets. When I was new to Twitter, my protected my tweets. However, I found that it was difficult to participate in things like mathchats, educhats, and book studies. I would reply to people, but they could not read my reply unless I added them as a Twitter contact. It was pretty frustrating. I finally decided to unprotect my tweets because I wanted my tweets to be able to help other teachers. I wanted teachers new to Twitter to be able to find me, just as I found so many amazing math teachers when I was new. If everyone's tweets had been protected, I would not have been able to read all of the fabulous information that they were tweeting, and I would have never known how amazing Twitter was.
--Julie Reulbach, ispeakmath.wordpress.com/ @jruelbach |
open blog (author's name, school mentioned)I honestly don't see the need to hide my identity. I try and keep my blog so that if my superintendent, principal, or mom read it I'd have nothing to regret or worry about. There are times that I have to think closely about what I'm writing, but my blog is a place for me to be open with what I'm doing (and feeling) and I don't think that I need to hide who I am.
Honestly, too, I like to have my name out there for doing good things. If I ever decide to change jobs I want to have evidence of the learning and metamorphosis I've done in the past so many years. --Kristen Fouss, myweb20journey.blogspot.com/ @Fouss I leave both my blog and twitter account unprotected because they are a representation of my professional self. My belief is that I shouldn't need to hide behind a private setting. I want to represent Myself, MY classroom, MY school, MY district. --Sarah Bratt, mathbratt.blogspot.com/ @MathBratt |
protected twitter account
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protected blog
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