[K12OSN] OT: "MySpace.com" or "policies for when computer use leads to assault and battery on campus"

[Eric Harrison]

Mike Ely wrote:
> 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

Working this one took up several MONTHS of my time...

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/news/oregonian/lc_41hackr27.frame

-Eric

> 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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