Wikiepedia Experience

I thought I knew a lot about wikipedia (well, the basics of it) before this class. It turns out, after all, I was oblivious as to what when on. I didn't know hot to post anything on there, or that anyone could post anything for that matter as long as its relevant. I didn't realize their were strict guidelines and rules to follow in order to contribute to the wikipedia encyclopedia. The link to my entry is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_privacy.

My entry was posted as:

Teachers’ privacy on myspace has created controversy across the world. They are forewarned by The Ohio News Association ^[12] that if they have a myspace account, it should be deleted. Eschool News warns, “Teachers watch what you post online.” ^[13] The ONA also posted a memo advising teachers not to join these sites. Teachers can face consequences of license revocations, suspensions, and written reprimonds.

The Chronicle of Higher Education wrote an article on April 27, 2007 entitled A Myspace Photo Costs a Student a Teaching Certificate about Stacy Snyder. She was a student of Millersville University of Pennsylvania who was denied her teaching degree because of an unprofessional photo posted on myspace, which involved her drinking with a pirates’ hat on and a caption of “Drunken Pirate. Due to this, she was given an English degree.

John Bush, a 52 year old physical education teacher from St. Augustine, was fired over an inappropriate, not pornographic, picture that was posted on myspace. ^[14] What is considered inappropriate is up to the discretion of the school board.

Luckily, my entry was still there before I left for vacation for spring break and it is still there. How much longer will it be there? That I don't know but it's fun to watch and see what will happen.