Re: [LM_NET] TAR: Speaking of Internet Safety

[Michelle Ohnstad <michelle.ohnstad@GMAIL.COM>]

This is a great topic to discuss.  I have joined social networks - I have a
MySpace page, Friendster, etc.  For those, I generally keep my city name and
personal details (particularly about my children) off my profile.  My
friends on there know who I am and I have my settings set where someone has
to know my full name to add me as a friend.

For my blog, I'm also a little more vague.  I just say that I'm in Southern
California and that I'm an independent school librarian.  The things I may
post don't have anything to do with the actual schools I work with, so why
bother including their names?

On the wiki, I'm more apt to share who I am as a professional, even though
the wiki is the most public of these spaces in terms of who can view the
material.  I do it because I will want more colleagues to join and post
material.  I hedge my bets that the audience will be other professionals and
not anyone trying to get personal information about me.

Have you "googled" your name recently?  If you post on message boards (and
LM_NET), your writings will pop up on searches.  A good lesson to teach kids
when they are moving towards adulthood.  Maybe it's hooey that colleges look
at MySpace, but, a friend of mine who hires people at a publishing house
does it and in fact, she turned down an applicant because of her sleazy
MySpace profile.

Michelle

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<quote> Nancy Willard's excellent discussion of Internet Safety brings me
back to a
question that I have had and struggle with every time I do something with
Web 2.0 --  How much do I include about myself when I sign up for a site. Do
I include a real picture? Do I include a real name? Esp, when it comes time
to join something with other professionals, I don't like to feel like I am
withholding information, but I feel like a Mom saying "It's not that I don't
trust you; it's the other people...." Any thoughts? What works for you?
Maria
Maria Peet
Library/Media MS/US
Ursuline Academy
Wilmington, DE 19803
lifeinthelab@gmail.com

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Michelle S. Ohnstad, MLIS
michelle.ohnstad@gmail.com

Library Media Specialist (1/2 time)
7th Grade Service Learning Coordinator
Pacific Ridge School
Carlsbad, CA
Web:  http://www.pacificridge.org

Head Librarian (1/2 time)
La Jolla Country Day School
La Jolla, CA
Web: http://www.ljcds.org

Wiki: http://www.independentschoollibraries.wikispaces.com
Blog: http://indy-school-librarian.blogspot.com/
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