WorksheetsRules & Regulations of Classroom Social Media Use
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which regulation prevents sharing student information or images without written parental consent when using social media tools?
School policies
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
State regulations
What is the main reason educators should adhere to social media guidelines in classroom environments?
To increase followers on personal accounts
To safeguard students, set professional boundaries, and maintain legal compliance
To advertise school events to the public
To encourage students to follow their teachers on personal platforms
Match each rule or regulation with its description.
School policies
Use only approved platforms and adhere to district guidelines
FERPA
Prevents sharing student information or images without parental consent; requires secure privacy settings
COPPA
Prohibits collecting personal information from children under 13 without parental consent; applies to apps and websites
State regulations
Provide specific guidelines on acceptable educator and student interactions online; avoid friending students on personal accounts
Code of ethics
Avoid sharing personal opinions or posts that conflict with the professional environment
Under school policies, which action is appropriate for communicating with students and parents?
Using any popular social app
Using only approved platforms
Only using personal accounts
Direct messaging students from personal profiles
Which statement best describes COPPA?
Requires teachers to separate personal and professional accounts
Protects the privacy of children under 13 by restricting collection of personal information without parental consent
Allows schools to share student photos online freely
Mandates posting during work hours
According to state regulations listed, what should educators avoid on personal accounts?
Posting school announcements
Friending or following students
Sharing classroom resources
Using privacy controls
Which practice helps maintain clear lines between personal and professional online activities?
Using one account for everything
Setting professional boundaries
Posting opinions freely
Ignoring school policies
What should educators do if they notice misuse of social media by students or colleagues?
Ignore it to avoid conflict
Report it
Post about it publicly
Ask students to handle it themselves
Which best practice recommends using professional accounts for educational purposes and keeping personal accounts private?
Maintain professionalism
Monitor social media activities
Have separate personal and professional accounts
Obtain permission
Maintaining professionalism online includes which action?
Posting only content aligned with the role of an educator
Posting during work hours for personal reasons
Sharing students’ work without consent
Debating personal opinions with students
Match each best practice with its example.
Monitor social media activities in the classroom
Use teacher‑monitored platforms and regularly review student interactions
Obtain permission
Always receive parental consent before using students’ work or images online
Be a role model
Demonstrate responsible social media use for students
Which statement correctly defines an active digital footprint?
Data collected from browsing history or location data
Content an individual actively posts or shares
Information stored only by schools
Deleted content that disappears forever
Which is a characteristic of a passive digital footprint?
Content a person intentionally posts
Data collected from online actions like browsing history or location data
Public comments and likes
Profile biography text
Why do digital footprints matter according to the material?
They only affect social media popularity
Employers and schools often review them during hiring or application processes; they can help build a personal brand or harm reputation
They are invisible to colleges
They are unrelated to career opportunities
Which action helps maintain a clean and healthy digital footprint?
Never updating passwords
Searching your name online to see what others can access and deleting unprofessional posts
Posting more often to bury old content
Turning off privacy controls
Match each protection step with its purpose.
Setting strong privacy controls
Restrict who can view posts and profile details
Updating passwords and enabling two‑factor authentication
Increase account security against unauthorized access
Think before posting
Avoid sharing content that seems inappropriate
Why is it not appropriate to yell across the room at your friends in a classroom setting?
Because it can disrupt others and is not respectful.
Because it is the fastest way to communicate.
Because everyone else is doing it.
Because the teacher asked you to.
Why is it important for everyone to follow classroom expectations?
It makes the classroom look nice. And that's what matters.
It helps everyone have a an environment for learning and it allows everyone to stay safe.
It's only important to the teacher and the school.
It allows selfish people to do whatever they want. Other people don't matter. Only they matter!
If a guest walks into the room, do you shout at the person?
Yes
No
What should you do if you arrive late to class?
Sneak in quietly and hope the teacher doesn't notice
Wait outside until class is over
Knock quietly and wait patiently to be let in the room. Read the Smartboard or figure out what you are supposed to be doing. Get to work.
Make a loud entrance so everyone notices
What's true about hats?
No hats at any time in the building.
The hat policy was removed from the handbook.
All teachers love hats and you can definitely wear them wherever you want.
No one can wear hats but hoods up are alright.
When a guest walks into the room, you
shout at the person
be quiet and stay on task
get up to talk to the guest
talk to your classmates
School policy says we can't leave the classroom the first or last (a) minutes of class.
