Topic: E-Sponsibility

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For my EDST 220 final project I chose to do my research on the EdTech core issue of E-sponsibility. I chose this topic because I think that in this day and age technology is becoming bigger and bigger and with that, E-sponsibility is an extremely important issue to touch on for future teachers. We live in a time where it is so common to share your life on the Internet whether that be on a blog, Twitter, Facebook, etc. and it is so important that as a teacher we know what is and isn't okay to post publicly. What many people don't understand is that when they post something in writing, it is permanent. Anyone can have access to seeing what they posted on the Internet as well as saving it, which is why social media is so dangerous, especially for professionals. I believe that moral behavior as teachers should be demonstrated both in and out of the classroom. I have a little prior knowledge on the topic of E-sponsibility because I have known people in the past who have applied for jobs and didn't get it because of either inappropriate pictures they posted on their Facebooks or from their crude “statuses” posted in the past. An employer doesn't want to hire someone who will make their company look bad, so when they see people posting unprofessional pictures and thoughts on their social media they won’t consider hiring them. I hope that after researching more on E-sponsibility that I grasp a better understanding of what truly is and is not considered professional in media usage. I hope to be an elementary school teacher in the future and because I believe that the usage of technology in the classroom will increase over time, I think that learning about the do’s and don’ts of what is and isn’t appropriate to post on the Internet will highly benefit me.

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