[LM_NET] GEN: Fw: [Ednet] teacher guilty of endangering kids due to spyware

[Charlotte Lesser <clesser@MRSD.ORG>]

A cold NH greeting to all!
One of our technology integrators forwarded this message to me from her Ednet 
list-serv and I thought it might be of interest to all of us.  Certainly makes me 
think about all the times I've done Internet research with my students!
Charlotte
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Charlotte Lesser
Director of Elementary Library Services
Monadnock Regional School District
600 Old Homestead Hwy.
Swanzey, NH 03446
(603) 352-6955  x.422
Fax: (603) 358-6708
email: clesser@mrsd.org
on the web: www.mrsd.org/~library
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Marie Szymcik 
To: 'Charlotte Lesser' 
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 1:17 PM
Subject: FW: [Ednet] teacher guilty of endangering kids due to spyware






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From: ednet-bounces@educ.umass.edu [mailto:ednet-bounces@educ.umass.edu]
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 10:47 AM

Subject: [Ednet] teacher guilty of endangering kids due to spyware


In a message dated 1/13/07 9:19:34 AM,  



  "Norwich, Conn seventh grade teacher, Julie Amero has been convicted of four 
counts of risk of injury to a minor after her classroom PC displayed pornographic 
pop-ups in class. While an expert for the defendant said he had discovered spyware 
on her PC that had been downloaded from a hairstyling site, the local police 
investigator claimed that the spyware had been downloaded from actively visiting 
porn sites. Amero testified that she had told four other teachers and the assistant 
principal about the popups, but received no assistance. The school's internet 
filtration software was not working because it's license had expired. Amero faces 
up to forty years in prison."

  from http://slashdot.org/articles/07/01/13/0753209.shtml



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