[K12OSN] OT: "MySpace.com" or "policies for when computer use leads to assault and battery on campus"
Mike Ely
mely at rogueriver.k12.or.us
Tue Jan 24 21:48:56 UTC 2006
For a real-life example of similar, this happened recently at a local
district - thankfully not mine as I understand the law enforcement
involvement took some amount of work on the part of tech staff there:
http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2005/1216/local/stories/13local.htm
Jim Hays wrote:
> You say you are young enough to participate in many of the same tech
> activities as the kids. I take that to mean that you haven't had a lot
> of experience in the educational world. This "laissez faire" attitude
> is real nice until a group of FBI agents and Homeland Security Agents
> and State Police show up at the front door and you as the technology
> coordinator get pulled into the middle of a "mess". An hour later one
> of our most respected teachers was lead away in handcuffs because of
> what he was doing online.
>
> Now that will change your views on content filtering in a hurry.
>
>
> Timothy Hart wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 1/24/06, *Tom Hoffman* <tom.hoffman at gmail.com
>> <mailto:tom.hoffman at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Yes, but doesn't becoming more tech savvy = being able to navigate
>> MySpace, etc., oneself?
>>
>>
>> Yes, I agree.
>>
>> There is nothing either fascist or censorial about reading public
>> material on the web. Part of being tech savvy is understanding that.
>>
>>
>> I am saying that it would be a waste to have someone reading all the
>> material looking for people saying mean things and what not. My point
>> was as we do become more tech savy this will happen automatically.
>>
>> The question is whether or not the school has effective methods of
>> addressing issues in students lives that aren't strictly punitive
>> (advisors, counselors, mentors, therapists, etc.).
>>
>>
>> I agree also to a point. I do have to point out here that the first
>> line of responsibility if the parent. It takes a parent, not a village
>> to raise a child. The village should support and nuture. I have been
>> reading a lot of material that suggests other wise, so I am kind of
>> wound up on that fact.
>>
>> I beleive we are on the same page Tom. I think we are just looking at
>> it from different angles.
>>
>>
>> --Tom
>>
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