The document discusses responsible use of social media and provides guidelines. It advises only posting content that you would be comfortable with employers or mentors seeing. Students should avoid sharing private information, bullying, illegal activities or threats of violence. They should think carefully about what they post and how it could affect their reputation years in the future. Social media is public, so students must be careful about what they share and avoid oversharing private details of their lives.

1. Social Media Responsibility

3. Responsible use of Social Media
With the growing use of technology and rise in its usage
with each passing day, it is crucial that children know how to
use that smartly and responsibly.
When you start on with the right foot digitally, It will
prevent you from making serious social media mistakes that
could cost you their dream school or career opportunity.
Some tips to ensure you are using social media responsibly.

4. Guidelines to be Safe Smart Social
 Don’t share something that you don’t want your employers, coaches, instructors or
mentors to view.
 Share and view posts which can be seen sitting with your parents/elders
 Follow the rule: I will only post what I want my reputation to be ten years from now.
 Block the groups which spread negativity. ( Question yourself: Are you getting upset, or
impulsive after reading online posts, IfYes Stay away from them )
 Fix your logged In time for a social networking platform ( It should not affect your reading
time, family time, and rest time).

5. How to be socially responsible
 Never take over another person’s thread to drive home a point
 Don’t go ad hominem when you disagree with someone; always remain respectful and
calm
 Thank and tag people when you share something they shared first
 If you don’t have something nice to say, best not to say it
 Vet friend requests carefully – if you can’t see enough information to make an informed
decision, best to decline the request and mark it as spam
 Don’t share anything you wouldn’t want your mom to see and don’t overshare

6. Be Accountable
 There will be consequences right away if there are any social media mishaps.Your
parents/school can stop internet access if they notice negligence in following through with the
rules that were agreed upon.
 Question your content
 Once you hit send, post, etc… the message is no longer yours and the receiver can do anything
can do anything they want with the message. –Johnna Ithier
 Ask yourself before you post
 Is the postTRUE or a rumor
 Is the post HELPFUL or harmful
 Is the post INFORMATIONAL or gossip
 Is the post NEEDED or irrelevant
 Is the post KIND or harsh

7. Use technology meaningfully
 Text, tweet, and post information you learn during your class.
 Remember, Nothing is private online
 First and foremost, never put anything online you don’t want your educators, future
employers, peers, and parents to see. Deleted items can still live on servers. People can
take screenshots of posts. Private accounts can be hacked. Nothing is 100% private
online.

8. Grow and nurture on Social media.
 Create a LinkedIn page that is interactive and show pictures and videos of your
accomplishments, interests, and passions. Include the LinkedIn profile URL with the
college application.

9.  As simple as it sounds, if you wouldn’t say it in person, you shouldn’t type it.
 You should not count on a veil of anonymity onTwitter or any other social network. If
someone wants to find out who you are, they will.
 You should schedule your tweets using an app like HootSuite or Buffer.
 So you can type out whatever you want to say, then schedule it to send in an hour or two.
That way, you have plenty of time to reconsider your posts before they go public.
 T – is it truthful
h – does it help?
i – does it inspire?
n – is it nice or necessary?
k – Key Club related or kind?
Do not count on anonymity

10.  You can either post an infinite number of selfies, gossip messages or worse hate
messages which drains the viewer.
 Conversely, you can post pictures of achievement (sports or hobbies) or news you can use
articles from websites, broadcast or print media, which are sources of information for the
viewer.
 Being a source is better for the poster and the person viewing the post.
Become a source of useful information

11. Manage what is posted Online
 Perform a search on yourself to see what your online brand looks like. Start by googling
your name and where you’re from.
 Go back and clean up what you can, making sure to remove any inappropriate posts and
pictures from you or about you.
 Keep head shots as professional as possible, especially on sites like LinkedIn, which can
be easily found by future employers.
 Create an alert to see what is posted about you online and on social media in the future.

12.  Post Illegal Activities
 Bullying
 Post Objectionable Content From School Computers or Networks
 Post Confidential Information
 Overly Specific Location Check-Ins
 Lie/Cheat/Plagiarize
 ThreatenViolence
 Ignore School-Specific Policies
 Unprofessional Public Profiles
 Never Rely on Privacy Settings 100%
 Post Emotionally
Students should never: