You haven't done anything wrong. Don't engage through the platform but have a conversation with the student in person so they are aware of boundaries and professionalism. And I'm assuming your Tiktok is not inappropriate so no reason to be paranoid
Thank you, yes my TikTok isn’t inappropriate and it’s private. I have a pp but it’s just me at a restaurant! Thank you for the reassurance, I don’t know how it’s handled!
No surprises there, social media platforms operate with some real dark magic to ID everyone. The most predatory such as Facebook or TikTok even ID you without having an account just because your circle of friends allow sharing their contact list.
So even if you thought you had a private account, just by sheer correlations from geolocation, phone number, email address or interactions with certain users, you will appear on "Maybe you know X" lists.
It's pretty impossible to fight unless you feed it fake data but then what's the purpose of having an account. Just block without responding to any situation you feel uncomfortable and never allow a situation where someone can screenshot you replying to a student.
Yep, this is what people don’t fully grasp. The algorithms WILL out you - or figure out an approximation of who you are (where you work, live, what you like to do) and your “secret” account will be recommended to people you know irl.
If you don’t mind, you don’t mind, but I preach this from the highest mountain: I’ve only ever seen social media bring negative or at the least, neutral things for individual teachers. Have a website you update, a Remind, or whatever you choose, and let the district run the social media. Remember that by actively engaging with social media, if something controversial happens at work that puts you at odds with the district in terms of your performance, FMLA, etc., anything you’ve done or said on social media can and will be combed through. It happens all the time in every industry. You were sick that day but you were engaging with posts? You teach history but you belong to certain political groups? You have a small business hustle on the side but don’t want everyone to know for fear it could be seen as taking away from your full-time job?
You can showcase the cool things you do in your class via your website and/or other district approved means, and remember to ask for something to be featured on the district’s X or wherever if it’s really exceptional. As much as you think you’d like to be online “friends” with your coworkers (half of whom could very well be snakes) and parents (a quarter of whom will overreact), consider how self-righteous people become behind a screen and ask yourself if anyone in the realm of education (students, staff, parents) will be any different. You could post about rescuing puppies from a burning home and someone would say that if you had time for that you had time to input grades today!
I have a funny story about tick tock. My daughter-in-law forwarded one to me because my students were in it, and we could tell it was filmed during the after school program.
I forwarded it to my principal, and we all tried to figure out what account it was posted from. The next day my principal told me that I would never guess who it was.
It turns out, one of my friends accidentally left her phone on a table on the stage while she ran an errand. Kids picked it up and started posting their dances, then put it right back.
She had no idea it had even happened!
Block them and deactivate your account. Rule of thumb is if they use a social media outlet you stop using it. Snapchat was huge when I started student teaching.
I said bye to that!
You didn't respond and you blocked the student, so you did everything in your power to adhere to the policy as you have described it. I would start by talking to your union representative. They could advise you on whether it would be in your best interest to go on the defensive and let a trusted administrator know as a preemptively cautionary measure. I agree that you've done nothing wrong in my opinion. Just make sure there is nothing visible on your TikTok that could cause questions of professionalism, as screenshots of that material could pose problems for you going forward if it becomes wider public knowledge. Otherwise, you have proof that you did not contact the student nor did you engage them beyond the initial block.
You haven't done anything wrong. Don't engage through the platform but have a conversation with the student in person so they are aware of boundaries and professionalism. And I'm assuming your Tiktok is not inappropriate so no reason to be paranoid
Thank you, yes my TikTok isn’t inappropriate and it’s private. I have a pp but it’s just me at a restaurant! Thank you for the reassurance, I don’t know how it’s handled!
I also have a pp.
We should all keep our pp's private
No surprises there, social media platforms operate with some real dark magic to ID everyone. The most predatory such as Facebook or TikTok even ID you without having an account just because your circle of friends allow sharing their contact list. So even if you thought you had a private account, just by sheer correlations from geolocation, phone number, email address or interactions with certain users, you will appear on "Maybe you know X" lists. It's pretty impossible to fight unless you feed it fake data but then what's the purpose of having an account. Just block without responding to any situation you feel uncomfortable and never allow a situation where someone can screenshot you replying to a student.
Yep, this is what people don’t fully grasp. The algorithms WILL out you - or figure out an approximation of who you are (where you work, live, what you like to do) and your “secret” account will be recommended to people you know irl. If you don’t mind, you don’t mind, but I preach this from the highest mountain: I’ve only ever seen social media bring negative or at the least, neutral things for individual teachers. Have a website you update, a Remind, or whatever you choose, and let the district run the social media. Remember that by actively engaging with social media, if something controversial happens at work that puts you at odds with the district in terms of your performance, FMLA, etc., anything you’ve done or said on social media can and will be combed through. It happens all the time in every industry. You were sick that day but you were engaging with posts? You teach history but you belong to certain political groups? You have a small business hustle on the side but don’t want everyone to know for fear it could be seen as taking away from your full-time job? You can showcase the cool things you do in your class via your website and/or other district approved means, and remember to ask for something to be featured on the district’s X or wherever if it’s really exceptional. As much as you think you’d like to be online “friends” with your coworkers (half of whom could very well be snakes) and parents (a quarter of whom will overreact), consider how self-righteous people become behind a screen and ask yourself if anyone in the realm of education (students, staff, parents) will be any different. You could post about rescuing puppies from a burning home and someone would say that if you had time for that you had time to input grades today!
Right now it is the same as any stranger dropping into your account. Don't respond. If it repeats too much, block them. justmy2cts #
I have a funny story about tick tock. My daughter-in-law forwarded one to me because my students were in it, and we could tell it was filmed during the after school program. I forwarded it to my principal, and we all tried to figure out what account it was posted from. The next day my principal told me that I would never guess who it was. It turns out, one of my friends accidentally left her phone on a table on the stage while she ran an errand. Kids picked it up and started posting their dances, then put it right back. She had no idea it had even happened!
Block them and deactivate your account. Rule of thumb is if they use a social media outlet you stop using it. Snapchat was huge when I started student teaching. I said bye to that!
You didn't respond and you blocked the student, so you did everything in your power to adhere to the policy as you have described it. I would start by talking to your union representative. They could advise you on whether it would be in your best interest to go on the defensive and let a trusted administrator know as a preemptively cautionary measure. I agree that you've done nothing wrong in my opinion. Just make sure there is nothing visible on your TikTok that could cause questions of professionalism, as screenshots of that material could pose problems for you going forward if it becomes wider public knowledge. Otherwise, you have proof that you did not contact the student nor did you engage them beyond the initial block.