Teachers throughout Scotland were recently warned about their usage of social networking sites and chatrooms. This stems from proposals by General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) regarding a new code of conduct for the profession.
"The General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS), the professional body for teachers, will launch a consultation on its draft code of professionalism on Monday, which spells the dangers posed by the internet for the first time. The move follows an explosion of internet chat- rooms and social networking sites such as Facebook, Bebo and Myspace."
This new code can be backed by stories such as this:
"In March, a psychology teacher was sacked from her post at a sixth-form college in Greater Manchester after being accused of sending inappropriate messages to pupils through her personal MySpace page."
For the full story, go to Teachers to be warned over social networking sites.
Do you think teachers should banned from these sites? Or should they just use their best judgement when interacting with people on these sites?
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