Rita, a teacher from Amsterdam was appalled when a pupil showed her her private holiday snapshots taken from Facebook during a traineeship in Curacao. ‘ I didn’t wear anything indecent and didn’t throw up or anything, but it was very shocking.’ Fortunately, the same pupil taught Rita how to change the settings of her profile. ‘ I am now more aware of what I upload.’

One of my trainee teacher complained about the school management on an internet forum. Someone from the same online group forwarded this message to the director of the school. As a result the teacher was fired.

Do we need any instructions as to what we can say and do on the internet as teachers?
Does your school provide some dos and don’ts regarding your online behaviour? How is this in your country?