Responsible Social Media:

Social media has been broadly defined to refer to 'the many relatively inexpensive and widely accessible electronic tools that enable anyone to publish and access information, collaborate on a common effort, or build relationships.

'Murthy, Dhiraj (2013). Twitter: Social Communication in the Twitter Age. Cambridge: Polity. pp. 7–8.

Dear MHS Community::

When social media is used responsibly, it is an influential means of communication.  When it is used irresponsibly, it can ruin lives.  Mr. Ronald Benore, an assistant prosecuting attorney for Monroe County, and Deputy Joe Hammond joined me in putting together a student a seminar on Responsible Social Media. 

We are seeing students making mistakes each day, unaware of the consequences.  It is our hope to inform them of ways they can avoid using social media irresponsibility so as to avoid its negative impact.  Because social media is so easy to access and does not have a delay button, its misuse can happen easily and repeatedly. I do not believe anyone starts out wanting to hurt themselves or others with social media.  Many times this is the result due to circumstances that led up to its misuse. 

If after watching this social media lesson you learn one thing that helps you or someone you know use social media more responsibly, we have achieved our goal. If you learn something today that a family member or friend also needs to hear, please forward this You Tube link to them.  Responsible Social Media Seminar (2nd Cut)

It is our hope that social media fulfills its intent which is to provide opportunities to publish, access information, work with others on a common cause and to build, not tear down, relationships.sk  It has the influence to do so much good.   Let us look for ways to do this, and avoid the pitfalls of misuse.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Kreps – Principal