EDCI 3332 Post 2

For this blog posting I visited: http://www.techlearning.com/article/33032. I found an Online Journal at techlearning.com with an article on “Social Networking or Social Suicide: The impact of social networking on virtual DNA.” I noted this particular article as interesting because it discussed the fact that, "Students might think they are merely crafting and surfing a vast network of peers, but because their Facebook profile is, in essence, a public diary, there is nothing to stop anyone else—from marketers, to parents, to college officials—from reading it." If the vDNA overlaps into conflicting networks, it can jeopardize relationships.” (Kendall, 2010) All of the information that we place out in public on sites such as My Space and Facebook are open for anyone to read publicly and can become detrimental for our future careers. As future educators it is our responsibility to educate ourselves and our students of the potential hazards of placing our personal information out in public; I feel it is essential to increase the awareness of the harmful aspects of social networking.