FETC 2019

C354 | Social Media Credit Score: Is Your Student's Footprint College- & Career-Ready? (Room NORTH 220D)

30 Jan 19
3:00 PM - 3:40 PM

Tracks: Future of EdTech Administrator

Speaker(s): Eric Butash, Director of Operations, Highlander Institute

Colleges and businesses are beginning to assess our students like banks evaluate borrowers, using a Digital Citizenship Credit Score to better understand potential risks. While some students have seen their college acceptances and job offers rescinded, others are having scholarships and unique internships offered skyrocket based on social media reports generated by social media investigation companies. Stop looking for social media's "OFF" button! This session will help school discover constructive ways to protect and educate students and teachers on this new threat (or opportunity).