This has been picked up by a few people. Rodd Lucier summarizes, "The Ontario College of Teachers released today, 'Professional Advisory: Use of Electronic Communication and Social Media', advising members to make appropriate use of social media with students." Most notable is the advice to keep one's social and professional lives separate, which in practice means not friending students. "Decline student-Âinitiated 'friend' requests and do not issue 'friend' requests to students... Avoid exchanging private texts, phone numbers, personal e-Âmail addresses or photos of a personal nature with students." The document also cautions against rash or inflammatory commenting. The advisory is also available as a video (below):
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