> Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 11:46:27 +0000
> From: Josephine Dervan <dervan@OPTONLINE.NET>
> Subject: OT: Social Networking used to Organize Protest
>
> There is a NY Times article today about how students in Moldavia used social
networking to set up a political protest against their government=2E=
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/world/europe/08moldova.html/
This is happening in other countries - Egypt.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/17/AR2008051702
672.html
And it is happening in the US.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=4431954&page=1
When I present to school officials on issues of cyberbullying I remind them
that our founders called King George a "tyrant" in the Declaration of
Independence. Students should have a free speech right, as well as the right
of petition, to protest the actions of school officials and staff. It would
be nice to teach them how to do so more effectively - making sure their
facts are accurate and their arguments persuasive. Must be hidden in an
instructional objective somewhere.
Sometimes this does not go over very well.
Nancy
--
Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D.
Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
http://csriu.org
http://cyberbully.org
http://cyber-safe-kids.com
http://csriu.wordpress.com
nwillard@csriu.org
Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats: Responding to the Challenge of Online Social
Aggression, Threats, and Distress (Research Press)
Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens: Helping Young People Learn to Use the
Internet Safely and Responsibly (Jossey-Bass)
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