1. Chi Chapter-Pi Omega Pi New York City Conference, 2007 Social Networking: What Business Educators Need To Know Lisa Lewis Matthew Lutton Chi Chapter Indiana State University

2. Chi Chapter-Pi Omega Pi New York City Conference, 2007 Outline What is Social Networking? Popularity Benefits Dangers to Consider In the News Suggestions for Protection Summary

3. Chi Chapter-Pi Omega Pi New York City Conference, 2007 What is Social Networking? A map of the relationships between individuals Websites with user-created online profiles –Personal information –Hobbies –Career or student information –Photos, video, and/or multi-media –Interests –Comments/”Walls”

4. Chi Chapter-Pi Omega Pi New York City Conference, 2007 TheSites The Sites MySpace Facebook Xanga.com YouTube Friendster Yahoo! Groups Blogger ClassMates.com LiveJournal

5. Chi Chapter-Pi Omega Pi New York City Conference, 2007 Popularity MySpace has over 100 million registered users –Ranks #1 in SNS –Reportedly growing by over 200,000 users each day –Busier than Google (2-3 times daily traffic) Facebook has 18 million registered users –30 billion page views/month –18 minutes/user spent each day –Most viewed website by 17-25 year old males (56%) and females (69%) SNS grow by 47%, year over year 85% of all high school and college students are members of either site

6. Chi Chapter-Pi Omega Pi New York City Conference, 2007 Potential Benefits of Social Networking Websites Keeping in contact Making new contacts Networking/job search Messaging Blogging Developing computer skills Online memorials

7. Chi Chapter-Pi Omega Pi New York City Conference, 2007 Dangers to Consider For Students –Punishment for posted material –Privacy concerns For Educators –Employment concerns –Maintaining the expected student/teacher distance

8. Chi Chapter-Pi Omega Pi New York City Conference, 2007 In the News… Carmel High School (IN) –Sexually explicit and racial comments about teachers –Expulsion and 10 days OSS fell under harassment and bullying policies TeWinkle Middle School (CA) –20 students suspended for two days –Threatening comments and anti- Semitic slurs towards staff Northshore School District (WA) –School threats and creation of false account using teacher’s identity –Preventative lockdown and suspension of two students

9. Chi Chapter-Pi Omega Pi New York City Conference, 2007 Suggestions for Protection: For You and Your Students Monitor content Use your best judgment and common sense Know your school’s A.U.P. Recognize the public nature of the Internet Educate your students on benefits and dangers Encourage responsible use When possible, get parents involved

10. Chi Chapter-Pi Omega Pi New York City Conference, 2007 Summary: What You Need to Know

11. Chi Chapter-Pi Omega Pi New York City Conference, 2007 Q & A