{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Cybertraps Podcast","title":"Social Media and the School Community Cybertraps Live 026","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3550,"description":"Show outline If you have questions you’d like answered, please visit the Questions and Feedback page on Cybertraps.com The focus today is on the interactions among adults in our school communities Teachers, administrators, school board members, and parents Social media has altered the traditional power dynamics of the school community School Board members 2021 CA – Entire school board resigns after swearing and joking about parents during virtual meeting “They want their babysitters back.” “Parents want to be home alone so that they can smoke pot.” Profane, threatening language against a parent who criticized her on social media 2020 FL – School board member resigns after making racist comments on FB about Kamala Harris 2016 VT – Burlington School Board member sharply criticized for contents of FB feed Administrators 2020 VT – Principal fired for “insanely tone-deaf” Facebook post criticizing Black Lives Matter movement Principal’s attempt to apologize not successful 2019 NY – Superintendent resigns after wife tweets out allegations of an affair with a subordinate 2018 TX – Superintendent resigns after writing on a public FB page that “You can’t count on a black QB” “As an educator, this experience has taught me that I still have a lot to learn,” Redden wrote to board president Ted Wiggins. “My comments were not only uninformed but also hurtful, and I understand now why they were offensive to so many people.” Redden said he mistakenly thought he was responding to a friend’s private message. He deleted the post, but Spring resident Matt Ericksen sent the Chronicle screenshots of the comment Monday. 2015 LA – High school principal and her husband get backlash for posting image of them wearing their “people of Walmart” Halloween costumes Classism and racism? Just having fun? Teachers One Scottish teacher’s union described the combination of smartphones and social media as “catastrophic” for its members Orwellian scrutiny 2021 WI – High school english...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/-npbjlTwEpH5Ybi_ySNRhS-EfNqaI7Ep1svTppTGhLE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxNTcyLzE2ODM5/MjY0NDktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}