Cyber Law and Order: Educational Intent

Cyber Law and Order: Educational Intent

Presenter: Glen Warren

Session Website http://tinyurl.com/389tynm

go watch this presentation! There are several slides at the end that I did not take notes on because the slides do the talking. They explain cases and free speech VERY well, and will tell you about laws you must know.

• Just because the data is good doesn't mean the approach was right
• We are so busy trying to make the right score that students are focused more on the answer than the process of gaining that knowledge
• We must keep students safe
• firewalls protect students from certain content
• We are trusted with so many inconsequential things, and yet we are trusted with people's children
• we steal all of the time
• lessons, worksheets, music, videos, images
• CIPA (Children's Internet Protection Act)
• CIPA has often been seen as the barrier that kept us from implementing technology
• now, the law is beginning to say that we should implement technology
• our most powerful gift to children is not the implementation of rules, but education
• develop information resilient students
• then we make our teachers, schools, and districts less susceptible to lawsuits
• Defensible Position
• have you done everything possible to protect that child
• pencil example: we give this to kindergarten students, and we teach them to use it, why it is relevant, and have faith that they will learn it
• They are digital natives - they know how to use it, but they are not digitally literate
• we don't think about teaching digital literacy until middle school or high school
• we would not send a child into a playground by themselves; we cannot expect them to go into the Internet without guidelines... BUT we
• if we deny students of this access to digital technology, we impede them from learning
• 62% of parents said they would buy a mobile device for students to use in school
• credit card example
• max out, pay it off, stop using it - credit score goes down, not up
• if we don't allow the students to use the digital tools, they lose the skill and cannot compete with those that have been using it
• keep students from seeing obscenity
• Acceptable Use Policy
• have and enforce
• can't just use it when problems come up
• that is just CYA :)
• Sexual Harassment example
• take the class, sign the papers, someone harasses, but he harassed sues the company rather than the person and wins
• The purpose is to educate  the teacher, not just have them sign the paper
• therefore, cannot just have teachers sign the paper...we need to be educated on technology law
• Privacy of Texting
• Ontario v. Quon - before the US Supreme Court
• kid sexting, teacher took the phone to principal, principal gave it to AP, AP arrested for possession of child pornography
• We spend so much time enforcing, but no time educating
  We need "to make sure they know how to use [technology] wisely" - Sen. Robert Menendez
• Complex Issues
• Free Speech
• Privacy
• Safety
• Policy and Law
• woman who posted comment on enabling parents, posted two years ago, two followers, student found it recently, lawsuit
• but won't be fired because
• there was not policy in place saying she couldn't do that
• she was exercising free speech
• Ethics
• Security
• Copyright and Plagiarism
• Damages
• Filtering and monitoring
• Blocking sites
• Legislation Regarding Digital Literacy
• State - AB307
• Requires we educate all teachers and minors
• really don't start teaching until middle school, and often it is cursory
• Ethical Literacy
• Digital Citizenship
• Federal - S1492
• Minors only
• Must educate students on
• Social networking
• Chat rooms
• Cyber Bullying
• BUT WE DON'T REALLY DO THIS
• Therefore, we are not in a defensible position because we haven't taught and reinforced this in every single grade
• what if it happens earlier than 7th grade?
• How can we teach without access to the Internet? Simulated environments do not work
• like teaching swimming in the deep end by using the blow up pool
• Many people feel that these laws don't really matter - that as long as you have something in the tech ed booklet, you are covered. But it isn’t true
• Which one of the following scenarios gives school districts the greatest amount of safety and protection, and puts them in a defensible position?
• No Access, Yes Education
• No Access: No Education
• Yes Access, No Education
• Yes Access, Yes Education
• Character Education needs to include digital character education
• there is a disconnect - make the connection
• The Three Biggest Obstacles
• Powering Down
• Access
• ... look this up on line
• Digital Literacy Includes Privacy
• Google Buzz suit
• had to pay millions
• Digital Literacy Includes Law
• as of January 1, 2011, if someone "harm intimidate threaten or defraud" on line - fine and jail time
• Digital Literacy Definition just defined
• look this up
• CA Model Library Law Standards
• access information
• evaluate information
• use information
• integrate information literacy skills into all areas of learning
• Overarching Standards - spelled out in presentation at the top of this post
• "Reading, 'riting, 'rithmetic" is outdated - they need all of the vowels
• Access
• Evaluate
• please!
• Integrate
• Integrate
• Originate
• Use
• In any other discipline, if you were having a problem in an area, you would find an expert, but we are firing our librarians who are credentialed and trained in this
• Educational Stakeholders want education in digital literacy to close the legislative gap
• including the FBI, UC
• Email presenter for the letter that says this
• Parent's biggest concerns are meeting strangers online, sharing personal information and online predators. They are least worried about copyright issues, but copyright is the number one problem students face.
• we need to teach it all
• See case studies
• Hate and threatening speech is not only not protected, but is a crime in California
• Woogi World
• kindergarten education on Digital Literacy
• FBI  - SOS program
• actually tests levels of mastery