Social Networking
In google-ing myself I found a ton but very little about me. I searched Kim and Kimberly and I found that there is an actress, real estate agent, convicted embezzler, dentist, chemist and photagrapher with my exact same name. My myspace page came up, as well as my goodreads profile (neither of which I have used in over a year) and 2 articles I wrote for my college newpaper.
links below:

http://barometer.orst.edu/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=d886d6c8-f78c-4b03-b584-79db499d7df5

http://media.barometer.orst.edu/media/storage/paper854/news/2002/07/10/News/Disturbance.Shakes.Up.Park.West-2295400.shtml#5

http://www.myspace.com/kdunbar

http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/611639-kim-dunbar

So nothing bad came up, not that I was worried! I would not want my students looking at my facebook page though. My facebook page represents my personal life and I think that teachers deserve to have a personal life. It is a really hard thing to decide what teachers should be held accountable for when they are not at work. I really think that as long as they are not doing anything illegal that teachers should be entitled to do and say anything they want, but in reality that is not the way it works. Teachers are role models in and outside of the classroom and I do not think they should be depicted doing anything that they would not want their students to do. Unfortunately students will be curious about their teachers, and I can totally see a student who is angry with a teacher actively looking for something incriminating.
I do not think teachers' speech should necessarily be held against them, but I do think that teachers should be prepared to be held accountable for things they post on the internet, even if they do not intend their students or their parents to see them. I don't think a teacher should be fired for expressing an opinion on the internet, but teachers need to be aware of their professional reputation and seek to preserve it.
The most interesting thing to me was the teacher who got fired for the nude photos. At first I was totally in agreement that she should be let go until I read what they were for. Artistic, professional photos by her photoagrapher partner. I think that is perfectly innocent, but on the other hand I would not want my students to see me naked. Eeeeek!
As a teacher I will just make sure that I keep my facebook page private and make sure that I review anything (pictures, etc) that people post, and I will think twice about anything that I post. If I do decide to communicate with my students via the internet I will set up specific sites for that purpose. I think I am entitled to my private time and I will do everything I can to keep it private.