It has already happened that "some educator" has been charged for an inappropriate
Facebook picture. See link below. This is why even though I have a FB account, I
will never "friend" a student, no matter how well I know them.
Emily Warner
http://tech.msn.com/news/articlecnet.aspx?cp-documentid=18747391>1=40000
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Emily L Warner, Library Media Specialist
North Canaan Elementary School
90 Pease St
North Canaan, CT 06018
(860) 824-5149 x105
nceslibrarian@hotmail.com
> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:03:26 -0600
> From: jdavidson@USD393.NET
> Subject: Re: One more FB Comment
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>
> This is very much like when my first superintendent told me never to give a
> student a ride in my car, no matter what. Do colleges and bosses of new
> teachers no longer caution new teachers about inappropriate student contact
> and being careful about how things look?
>
> Jenni Davidson
>
> --
> Jennifer Davidson
> jdavidson@usd393.net
> District Librarian
> USD 393
> Solomon, KS
>
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 2:50 AM, Sarles Patricia (18K500) <
> PSarles@schools.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
> > Gail said:
> >
> > "I think we would all be wise to take a wait and see attitude because I
> > think it's just a matter of time before some educator will be charged with
> > an offense (guilty or not) through a Facebook type of contact."
> >
> > Nancy said:
> >
> > "This is already happening. The school attorneys have been telling me that
> > they are having increasing problems with this. It just has not hit the news
> > in a major way. Usually, they just fire the teacher and hope nothing hits
> > the media. "
> >
> > This is not exactly about a teacher, but it is about a person in some kind
> > of authority over his charges.
> >
> > "A PRISON officer has been sacked after 13 criminals, including a murderer,
> > were discovered among friends on his Facebook page."
> >
> > http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25234866-663,00.html
> >
> > _____________________________________
> > Patricia Sarles, MA, MLS
> > Librarian
> > Damrosch Day Treatment School
> > NYC Department of Education
> > 750 Jennings Street
> > Bronx, NY 10459
> > voice: 718 378-0006 x2172
> > fax: 718 589-9544
> > p s a r l e s @ s c h o o l s . n y c . g o v
> > http://damroschlibrary.blogspot.com/
> > http://robinhoodlibrarians.wikispaces.com
> >
> > "Ten guards and the warden couldn't have torn me out of those books. Months
> > passed without even thinking about being imprisoned....I had never been so
> > truly free in my life." - Malcolm X
> >
> > "Some kids go to the library ... Others to the street. But they can't go to
> > the libraries if the libraries are closed." - Officer Dombranski, NYPD
> >
> > "The best morals kids get from any book is just the capacity to empathize
> > with other people, to care about the characters and their feelings. So you
> > don’t have to write a preachy book to do that. You just have to make it a
> > fun book with characters they care about, and they will become better people
> > as a result." - Louis Sachar
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: School Library Media & Network Communications on behalf of Nancy
> > Willard
> > Sent: Mon 3/23/2009 10:42 PM
> > To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> > Subject: Re: One more FB Comment
> >
> > Gail said
> >
> > I think =
> > > we would all be wise to take a wait and see attitude because I think it's
> > j=
> > > ust a matter of time before some educator will be charged with an offense
> > (=
> > > guilty or not) through a Facebook type of contact.
> >
> > This is already happening. The school attorneys have been telling me that
> > they are having increasing problems with this. It just has not hit the news
> > in a major way. Usually, they just fire the teacher and hope nothing hits
> > the media.
> >
> > One member of this list communicated privately to me telling me of a young
> > teacher in her district who simply got headed in the wrong direction with a
> > student - fortunately stopped before any actual physical involvement. But
> > he
> > is not teaching in the district any more.
> >
> > The problem is not older more established teachers who have been around the
> > block more than a few times - and who are unlikely to be ones who students
> > are going to flirt with (no offense intended - I would put myself into that
> > category also ;-)). The problem is setting an environment where this is
> > perceived to be acceptable for all teachers.
> >
> > The younger teachers who are the ones far more likely to get into trouble.
> > They are more likely to be actively socializing on FB, have adult friends
> > who are also really into socializing, and simply have not yet been in the
> > position to recognize and know how to deal with situations when students
> > have formed a crush - and they are also the ones who are more likely to
> > have
> > students interested in them for relationship purposes.
> >
> > These are the young teachers who are going to get into trouble. I am not
> > talking about the true predator type. I am talking about young teachers who
> > are simply going to get into a trap and not recognize that they have until
> > things have gotten into a place where their jobs and credibility have been
> > very damaged. And were it not for FB communications I do not think this
> > harm
> > would occur.
> >
> > I have spent a long time researching and thinking about how use of
> > technologies can interfere with ethical decision-making. This is ever since
> > when I was an attorney in the 80's (told you I was old) and I was giving
> > lectures to teachers and librarians on copyright laws and those 5 inch
> > floppies. I would have teachers/librarians say things: But nobody ever gets
> > caught. The software is too expensive. The companies are making big bucks,
> > and we schools have nothing. I'm doing it for the kids. So I have spent a
> > long time reflecting on online decision-making.
> >
> > Interacting with students online will lead some younger teachers - who
> > would
> > not otherwise engage in inappropriate behavior with students - to do so. I
> > guarantee you this is happening and will happen. Which is why I strongly
> > believe that this is a practice that should be prohibited.
> >
> > AND I would equally as strongly argue that it is ESSENTIAL that schools
> > establish web 2.0 environments that are for students and teachers to
> > interact in an educational - non-social - environment. We can't prepare
> > students for their future in classrooms designed to serve our past!
> >
> > 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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