{"id":3636,"date":"2010-10-18t06:00:58","date_gmt":"2010-10-18t11:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=3636"},"modified":"2010-10-18t14:11:52","modified_gmt":"2010-10-18t19:11:52","slug":"1025-workshop-crafting-a-professional-digital-identity-faculty-and-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2010\/10\/1025-workshop-crafting-a-professional-digital-identity-faculty-and-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"10\/25 workshop: crafting a professional digital identity: faculty and social media"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>time & date: <\/em>4:10 \u2013 5:30 p.m., monday, october 25 panelists: social media\u2014facebook, linkedin, twitter, blogs, and so on\u2014give us plenty of opportunities to share our thoughts online.\u00a0 however, these platforms can sometimes make it hard to know just how public our comments are, as a dartmouth religion professor found out recently<\/a> when some comments she made on facebook about her students and her colleagues turned out to be very public and very embarrassing.\u00a0 what we share on social media sites can turn up in unexpected places, like the family photo shared on a personal blog that showed up in a storefront window display in prague<\/a>.\u00a0 and given our students\u2019 greater use of and familiarity with social media, instructors can often find navigating this world\u2014one that mixes the public and private\u2014somewhat daunting.<\/p>\n in this session, staff from university web communications<\/a> will share strategies for using social media in ways that will enhance and not damage your professional identity, drawing from vanderbilt\u2019s social media handbook<\/a>.\u00a0 how can you know if your students can see your status updates on facebook?\u00a0 should you \u201cfriend\u201d your students on facebook? should you \u201cconnect\u201d with them on linkedin?\u00a0 how can you use blogs and twitter to share your teaching experiences online in ways that reflect well on you professionally?\u00a0 this session will help you learn to shape what your students and colleagues find out about when they google you.<\/p>\n
\nfacilitator<\/em>: derek bruff, assistant director, cft<\/em>
\naudience: <\/em>faculty, graduate and professional students, post-docs, and staff<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>melanie moran, director, web communications, and associate director, news service; and<\/em>
\nlacy tite, web developer \/ designer, web communication<\/em><\/p>\n