Transcript Professionalism, Privacy and Netiquette - Rachel Gaivoto
Slide 1
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 2
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 3
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 4
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 5
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 6
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 7
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 8
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 9
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 10
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 11
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
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(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 12
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 13
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 14
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 15
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 16
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 17
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 18
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 19
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 20
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 21
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 22
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 23
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 24
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 25
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 26
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 27
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 28
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 29
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 30
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 31
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
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◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
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(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 32
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 33
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 34
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 35
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 36
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 37
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 38
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 39
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 40
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 41
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
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(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 42
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 2
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 3
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 4
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 5
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 6
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 7
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 8
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 9
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
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(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 10
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 11
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 12
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 13
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 14
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 15
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 16
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 17
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 18
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 19
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
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(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 20
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 21
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 22
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 23
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 24
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 25
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 26
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 27
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 28
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 29
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
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◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
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(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 30
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 31
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 32
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 33
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 34
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 35
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 36
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 37
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 38
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 39
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
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(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 40
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 41
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
◦
◦
◦
◦
Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
Akcay, B. (2008).The relationship between technology and ethics: from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal
of Distance Education, 9(4), 120-127. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ816485)
Burniske, R.W. (1998). Netiquette. Teacher Magazine, 9(5), 1-3. (Retrieved from: Academic Search Premier no.
184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
perspectives about ethical issues in social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1),
1-28. (Eric Reproduction Service No. EJ856930)
Foulger, Teressa. 2009 Moral spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspective about Ethical Issues
in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
Horvath, S. (2008, June 1). Area teacher post questionable content on facebook. Sun -Sentinel. Retrieved from:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
Retrieved from: http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures2515440.html
Kudva, P. (1999). Relevance of a knowledge base for a teacher as a professional. (Eric Reproduction Service
No. ED429932)
Reuven, Fenton. (2010). Rutgers student filmed having sex comits suicide, two charged with filming, NY Post.
Retrieved from www.nypost.com, October 4, 2010
Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
Slide 42
Privacy
Professionalism
Netiquette
EDU 553
Julie Conley
Brianne Kroeger
Kimberly Rockefeller
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Privacy
◦ COPPA
◦ FERPA
◦ MySpace and Facebook
Professionalism
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Social Networking
Arizona State University Study
“True Stories”
Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom
Netiquette
What should we do?
What do you think?
What is Privacy?
The legal definition of privacy is defined as
“The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from
public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from
interference or intrusion.”
It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to
determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release
personal information.”
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) of
1998
COPPA is a current Federal Law
Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years
of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before
collecting personal information online from children.
The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass
providing a child with the ability to have an email
account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin
board, or other online forum.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
education records.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to
their children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18
or attends a school beyond the high school level.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or
review their education records kept by the school.
(FERPA) continued..
Generally, schools must have written permission from
the parent or eligible student in to order to release
any information form a student's education record.
FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without
consent to certain parties or under some conditions.
Does the Constitution protect
the right of privacy?
The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting
specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and
possessions).
The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It
states “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What is MySpace's Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy describes MySpace’s use and sharing
of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full
name, email address, mailing address, telephone
number, or credit card number) that Members
voluntarily provide to MySpace when they register
(also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User”
refers to a Visitor or a Member.
Retrived from: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.privacy#ixzz10gOQ8ch5
What is Facebook's Privacy
Policy
When you connect with an application or website it
will have access to General Information about you. The
term General Information includes you and your
friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs,
connections, and any content shared using the
Everyone privacy setting. ...
Facebook's Privacy Policy
continued..
The default privacy setting for certain types of
information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your
privacy settings only control who can see the
connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly
available, you should consider removing (or not
making) the connection.
Retrived from: www.facebook.com/policy.php
“A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying
out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a
privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of
the client ahead of his own interests.”
“Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job
well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in
attaining a high level of professionalism.”
“Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set
to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “
“Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button
down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “
Retrieved from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalism
Competent
Trustworthy
Team player
Respectful
Has integrity
Empathetic towards others
Reliable
Supportive
Mature
Motivated
According to Edutopia.org social networking is defined
as “software that allows people to come together
around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use
blog software to bring together anyone who's writing
about politics or computing or Greek literature.”
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to
Researchers at Arizona State University developed a
case-based reasoning intervention program to help
support informed decision making in regards to social
networking via Facebook and MySpace for Pre-service
teachers.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Purpose of the Study:
- Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools.
- Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the
choices they make.
- Identify the public nature of future careers.
- Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the
authority a teacher has in social networking sites.
Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their
social networking sites:
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85% friends
60% relatives
46% boyfriend/ girlfriend
42% co-workers
22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you
20% parents
8% boss
8% teachers
2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Question:
Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to
students Facebook and MySpace pages and found disturbing images
(ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling
the parents?
Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said
that the teacher should be disciplined.
Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be
disciplined.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
100 % of participants in one study said that they thought
reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their
privacy.
25% of the same study participants said that watching
someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion
of their privacy.
94% of U.S. College freshman spend time on social
networking sites every week communicating with friends and
family.
84% of adults between 18-24 have a social networking
account to maintain their personal contacts.
(Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images
and posted it on YouTube.com
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and
showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman.
Consequence: FIRED
Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing
impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids.
AWESOME.”
Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted.
Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Action: Band director permitted students to access his MySpace page. Page
included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug
use.
Consequence: FIRED http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sflflpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Action: CT high school teacher created a MySpace page specifically so that he
could communicate with his students. The MySpace page included pictures of
naked men with “inappropriate comments”.
Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not
renew his contract the following year.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept
until 10am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it
happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to
retire or face termination .”
Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150,000/ year salary until he finds
new employment.
http://www.boston.com/news.education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_los
ing_job_after_facebook_posts/
Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were
“germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant.”
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firingteacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her MySpace
page.
Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank,
Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)
Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip
to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer.
Consequence: Asked to Resign http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/ashleypayne-former-teacher-fired-facebook-pictures-2515440.html.
Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to
comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you
have another cooperating teacher approving the comments.
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons
Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics.
Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about
history. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Some teachers are using MySpace and Facebook to teach history to
students by having them create pages about famous people.
http://www.myspace.com/thomaspayne
The rules of etiquette that apply when
communicating over computer networks
especially the internet.
Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette
http://www.livinginternet.com
One of the best selling books on Netiquette
◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea
◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules
of internet etiquette
◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper
internet etiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html
Rule 1: Remember the Human
Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Other important information:
◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting.
◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken
many different ways and word choice becomes very
important.
◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can
access information you send over the internet whether it is
through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential
you may want to refrain from sending it.
(Sullivan, 2002, p.2)
Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their
students
Importance:
◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are
becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to
adult material.
◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children.
◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying.
www.albion.com
In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added
netiquette to their curriculum.
These are internet games that teach elementary age
students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive
games that teach children how to be smart when
communicating with people they do not know on the
internet.
◦ Net smartz kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
◦ Backchat Games http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html
◦ ID The Creep
http://www.idthecreep.com/
www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html
Many schools send home permission slips requiring a
parents signature before allowing students to gain access to
the internet.
◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from
possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray.
(Burniske, R.W., 1998, p.2-3)
Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country
◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised
◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using
permission slips
They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed
when students are using the internet
Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then
under constant supervision
(Stahl, 1998, p.1-3)
According to the committee for children, a non-profit
organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one
or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or
exclude another person using technology”.
Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about
netiquette before talking about cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and
happens more frequently.
Educating students about how threatening it can be helps
to prevent it.
www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/
Let students know that they can benefit from
respecting the privacy of others.
Remind students to respect others when using the
internet to communicate. That means not using
words or pictures/ images that some may consider
to be offensive.
Have specific rules in place that outline how a
student should be accessing specific content on the
internet.
(Akcay, 2008)
Is
it illegal?
Does it bother my conscience?
Does it violate any ethical issues or
codes?
Can someone else be harmed?
(Akcay, 2008)
◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it?
◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page
is it okay for them to look at it?
◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities
through their postings online, should they report it to the
student’s parents?
◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on
Facebook or Myspace.com that show them consuming alcohol,
complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing?
◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional
way outside of the classroom?
◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what
they post on the web, should it matter?
Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New
Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and
committed suicide
His roommate and another student allegedly streamed
a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with
another man. The two students are being charged with
criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping.
Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime
◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however
the decision has not been made final.
◦
(Reuven, 2010, p.1)
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184830)
Foulger, T., Ewbank, A., Kay, A., Popp, S., & Carter, H. (2009). Moral spaces in MySpace: preservice teachers'
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in Social Networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education.Vol 41 Issue 1.
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601pnjun01,0,370501.story
Huesser, K.M., & Fahmy, D. (2010, August 19). Massachusetts high school teacher asked to resign after posting
‘stupid’ comments on facebook. ABC News. Retrieved from: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebookfiring-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248
Judd, A. (2009, November 12). Ashley Payne, former teacher fired for facebook pictures. Now Public.
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Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved
from http://reason.com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over
Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyh/content/article/2008/04/27.AR2008042702213.html.
Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet?. Book Report, 17(3), 1-3. (Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier no. 1246064)
(2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston.com. Retrieved from: :
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_faceboo
k_posts/
(2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www.cfchildren.org
Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.
Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons. This
website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page
contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate
technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies.
Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http://www.woogiworld.com/ . This website is meant for grades K6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first
lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.livinginternet.com . This website provides a definition of netiquette
and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides
details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in
detail her ten rules of netiquette.
Retrieved 2010. www.wacoma.com/netiquette.html. This website provides information about
schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to
have parental permission before accessing the internet at school.
Retrieved 2010. www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/ . This website provides
information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm. This is a internet game used to
teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://hosting.profero.com/backchat/initial.html. This is another internet game
used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette.
Retrieved 2010. http://www.idthecreep.com/ . This is another internet game designed to teach
elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet
areas.
Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbbonline.org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_statePrivLaws.pdf.html
U.S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from:
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from:
www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa