Web 2.0 New TechnologiesNew Challenges

Web 2.0 New TechnologiesNew Challenges

Jeanne M. MyersTL21 Erie 1 Conference

May 16, 2008

Jeanne M. MyersTL21 Erie 1 Conference

May 16, 2008

Legal and LiabilitiesLegal and Liabilities

Summary of information:• Disclaimer: I am NOT a

lawyer so this is purely for information and discussion for this workshop.

Summary of information:• Disclaimer: I am NOT a

lawyer so this is purely for information and discussion for this workshop.

What is social networking?What is social networking?

SNL Skit on Social Networking:http://video.aol.com/video-detail/

myspace/4105422515

Jeanne’s del.icio.us page

SNL Skit on Social Networking:http://video.aol.com/video-detail/

myspace/4105422515

Jeanne’s del.icio.us page

What is Web 2.0What is Web 2.0

• Top Web. 2.0 Awards• http://www.seomoz.org/web2.

0/short

• Directory• http://www.go2web20.net/

• Top Web. 2.0 Awards• http://www.seomoz.org/web2.

0/short

• Directory• http://www.go2web20.net/

What do you know?What do you know?

• Survey Web 2.0 tools:• http://jotform.com/form/73333540148

• Good current research:• http://www.rrcsei.org/

• Survey Web 2.0 tools:• http://jotform.com/form/73333540148

• Good current research:• http://www.rrcsei.org/

What are you likely to see being used in schools?

What are you likely to see being used in schools?

Blogs Podcasts/Vodcasts

Social Bookmarking

Networking Second Life, Gaming (River City)

Content Management/Aggregators

Why should I know Web 2.0 and other technologies?

Why should I know Web 2.0 and other technologies?• You have to get familiar with the

technology in order to protect yourself, your district, your student, your parents…

• You must make the time to attend a workshop, seminar, Internet Safety class. www.wnyric.org/cslo

• CSLO Web 2.0 Workshop• Our Web 2.0 WIKI gives you a great

overview

• You have to get familiar with the technology in order to protect yourself, your district, your student, your parents…

• You must make the time to attend a workshop, seminar, Internet Safety class. www.wnyric.org/cslo

• CSLO Web 2.0 Workshop• Our Web 2.0 WIKI gives you a great

overview

How Teens CommunicateHow Teens Communicate

If you can’t beat ‘em….

join ‘em !!

Can’t we just talk?Can’t we just talk?

Face-to-face contact still matters• Across the spectrum, the communication activity

that changes the least is the frequency of face-to-face encounters

• 31% of all teens have this kind of interaction with friends every day outside of school; 34% of cell phone owners do so

• 35% of multi-channel teens have such encounters

• 38% of social network site users have in-person meetings with friends every day.

Face-to-face contact still matters• Across the spectrum, the communication activity

that changes the least is the frequency of face-to-face encounters

• 31% of all teens have this kind of interaction with friends every day outside of school; 34% of cell phone owners do so

• 35% of multi-channel teens have such encounters

• 38% of social network site users have in-person meetings with friends every day.

Email is only for ‘our’ generationEmail is only for

‘our’ generation

• According to focus group findings, email is falling into disfavor because teens have so many other options that allow immediate contact when they are away from computers, and because when they are on computers there are particular features of instant messaging and social network sites that make them more appealing ways to communicate. Said one high-school-aged girl, “Email is becoming obsolete. MySpace is so much quicker. It’s like text messaging on your phone. You can send pictures.”

• Just 14% of all teens report sending emails to their friends every day, making it the least popular form of daily social communication. Younger online girls are the exception; 22% of girls ages 12-14 email friends daily, compared with 11% of younger boys and 13% of older teens. When compared with the number of teens who report talking to their friends every day by instant message (28%) and with a cell phone (35%), the amount of daily email use is small.

• According to focus group findings, email is falling into disfavor because teens have so many other options that allow immediate contact when they are away from computers, and because when they are on computers there are particular features of instant messaging and social network sites that make them more appealing ways to communicate. Said one high-school-aged girl, “Email is becoming obsolete. MySpace is so much quicker. It’s like text messaging on your phone. You can send pictures.”

• Just 14% of all teens report sending emails to their friends every day, making it the least popular form of daily social communication. Younger online girls are the exception; 22% of girls ages 12-14 email friends daily, compared with 11% of younger boys and 13% of older teens. When compared with the number of teens who report talking to their friends every day by instant message (28%) and with a cell phone (35%), the amount of daily email use is small.

FearsFears

• Web 2.0 Security Fears Deserve Attention

• Internet Safety• http://www.netsmartz.org/

• Copyright and Fair Use Wiki

• Web 2.0 Security Fears Deserve Attention

• Internet Safety• http://www.netsmartz.org/

• Copyright and Fair Use Wiki

Are you a…Are you a…

Wide-eyed cheerleader?

Wide-eyed cheerleader?

Or a cynic?Or a cynic?

Why do a growing number of educators like Web 2.0 in the first place? But I want to know something else as well - what don’t we like about Web 2.0, and is there anything we can do about it?

Why do a growing number of educators like Web 2.0 in the first place? But I want to know something else as well - what don’t we like about Web 2.0, and is there anything we can do about it?

Ann Collier - Internet Safety Advocate

http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/2008/01/web_20_and_education_hot_or_no.html

“Don’t get me wrong - I’m immersed in Web 2.0 and see many benefits for educators and others embrace it - but that doesn’t stop me from recognizing the challenges created by social media and desiring ways to improve upon the situation.”

Carvin, Andy. 2008Web 2.0 and Education: Hot or Not?

“Don’t get me wrong - I’m immersed in Web 2.0 and see many benefits for educators and others embrace it - but that doesn’t stop me from recognizing the challenges created by social media and desiring ways to improve upon the situation.”

Carvin, Andy. 2008Web 2.0 and Education: Hot or Not?

Information from Current Sources and

Seminars

Information from Current Sources and

Seminars

Blogging and Citizen Journalism

Blogging and Citizen Journalism

“What School districts Need to Know and Strategies for Dearling with the Aftermath When the Public Forums are Less Than Favorable.”

• Erie 1 Feb. 14, 2008 Panel:• Stephen Bell (formerly of Buff News)• Dave Hoover (attorney at E1)• Stefan Mychajliw (PR Buffalo Public Schools,

former WGRZ reporter)• Neil Rochelle (Supt. Iroquois)

“What School districts Need to Know and Strategies for Dearling with the Aftermath When the Public Forums are Less Than Favorable.”

• Erie 1 Feb. 14, 2008 Panel:• Stephen Bell (formerly of Buff News)• Dave Hoover (attorney at E1)• Stefan Mychajliw (PR Buffalo Public Schools,

former WGRZ reporter)• Neil Rochelle (Supt. Iroquois)

Blogging and Citizen Journalism

Blogging and Citizen Journalism

• What a district publishes, produces and disseminates can be held liable for

• If a district hosts a blog, bloggers themselves may be liable for the information they create

• FERPA – you cannot disclose confidential information on a blog

• What a district publishes, produces and disseminates can be held liable for

• If a district hosts a blog, bloggers themselves may be liable for the information they create

• FERPA – you cannot disclose confidential information on a blog

Tinker LawTinker Law

• Tinker Law and Material Disruption Standard– Recognizes free-speech rights but they can be limited when the speech “materially disrupts class work or involves substantial disorder or invasion of rights of others.”

• Tinker Law and Material Disruption Standard– Recognizes free-speech rights but they can be limited when the speech “materially disrupts class work or involves substantial disorder or invasion of rights of others.”

Students’ Blogs Students’ Blogs

• On or off campus: Case law says officials have no authority to punish students for publication and distribution of materials produced off school property.

• They can take disciplinary action if there is a threat of violence or harm, or it incites substantial disruption within the school.

• On or off campus: Case law says officials have no authority to punish students for publication and distribution of materials produced off school property.

• They can take disciplinary action if there is a threat of violence or harm, or it incites substantial disruption within the school.

Employees’ BlogsEmployees’ Blogs

• Electronic communication can be expected to conform to the acceptable use policy.

• Public employers, including districts may discipline and dismiss employees for speech that is not a matter of public concern or speech that the district reasonably considers disruptive. It is the district’s burden to show that the speech threatened to interfere with the districts operations.

• Blogging (like emails) at work: There is no expectation of privacy.

• Disciplinary action can be taken using the appropriate procedures.

• Electronic communication can be expected to conform to the acceptable use policy.

• Public employers, including districts may discipline and dismiss employees for speech that is not a matter of public concern or speech that the district reasonably considers disruptive. It is the district’s burden to show that the speech threatened to interfere with the districts operations.

• Blogging (like emails) at work: There is no expectation of privacy.

• Disciplinary action can be taken using the appropriate procedures.

When do you get involved?When do you get involved?

• Critical mass, critical issue, or when chain reactions getting bigger and interfere with school environment and/or safety.

• Violations of AUP’s and codes of conduct, board and school policies.

• Erroneous, defamatory information should be corrected.

• Personal student information should not be disclosed.

• Adequate supervision is required (in loco-parentis) to protect your students.

• Critical mass, critical issue, or when chain reactions getting bigger and interfere with school environment and/or safety.

• Violations of AUP’s and codes of conduct, board and school policies.

• Erroneous, defamatory information should be corrected.

• Personal student information should not be disclosed.

• Adequate supervision is required (in loco-parentis) to protect your students.

Paul Suozzi, NYSIR presentation, 2008

The Court of Public OpinionThe Court of Public Opinion

• Legal issues aside: students need to be aware of what colleges and employers are checking on.

• It is very hard to repair bad press. You can ask press for corrections.

• Information on the net can be passed everywhere and be permanent.

• Consult your PR, legal and policy experts first! Err on the safe side.

• Legal issues aside: students need to be aware of what colleges and employers are checking on.

• It is very hard to repair bad press. You can ask press for corrections.

• Information on the net can be passed everywhere and be permanent.

• Consult your PR, legal and policy experts first! Err on the safe side.

• You do not need a separate professional liability policy – be careful of scammers.

• Winegarten Rights – you have right to union representation at any meeting when disciplinary action may result.

• If ever named in a suit – respond immediately by contacting SAANYS, legal team, administrators.

• Use of computers at work is a big source of disciplinary action. Using school computer falls under “on-campus”. Internet history can remain on computers indefinitely.

• No password means ‘access allowed’ (phones, PDA’s, computers, internet sites).

• You do not need a separate professional liability policy – be careful of scammers.

• Winegarten Rights – you have right to union representation at any meeting when disciplinary action may result.

• If ever named in a suit – respond immediately by contacting SAANYS, legal team, administrators.

• Use of computers at work is a big source of disciplinary action. Using school computer falls under “on-campus”. Internet history can remain on computers indefinitely.

• No password means ‘access allowed’ (phones, PDA’s, computers, internet sites).

SAANYS on the Topic SAANYS on the Topic

Kevin Casey, Exec. Director SAANYS, Feb 2008

Knowledge is Power!Knowledge is Power!

• GET EDUCATED ON TECHNOLOGY! Get your head out of the sand!

• Please see the current CSLO/Model Schools 2008-2009 Brochure

• See materials on many technologies (iSafe, Web 2.0) our workshops pageswww.wnryic.org/cslo

• At Erie 1:iSafe: Sept. 15, 2008iSafe: Jan. 16, 2009Wikis and Blogs: Dec. 5, Dec. 12, Jan 13

• One-Day Flyer

• GET EDUCATED ON TECHNOLOGY! Get your head out of the sand!

• Please see the current CSLO/Model Schools 2008-2009 Brochure

• See materials on many technologies (iSafe, Web 2.0) our workshops pageswww.wnryic.org/cslo

• At Erie 1:iSafe: Sept. 15, 2008iSafe: Jan. 16, 2009Wikis and Blogs: Dec. 5, Dec. 12, Jan 13

• One-Day Flyer

Positive Aspects of New Technologies

Positive Aspects of New Technologies

• Why blog or publish on web? • Its inexpensive press (good or

bad). To encourage public discourse, develop literacy skills, global interaction, model good behavior for students, keep positive images for PR, parental communication.

• Why blog or publish on web? • Its inexpensive press (good or

bad). To encourage public discourse, develop literacy skills, global interaction, model good behavior for students, keep positive images for PR, parental communication.

Positive Aspects of New Technologies

Positive Aspects of New Technologies

• Global interaction and socialization• Professional learning communities• Contact with experts in fields you

wouldn’t have access to otherwise• Students promote themselves for

college or work opportunities• Teacher and student recruitment• Communicate with your students in

the ways they are most comfortable

• Global interaction and socialization• Professional learning communities• Contact with experts in fields you

wouldn’t have access to otherwise• Students promote themselves for

college or work opportunities• Teacher and student recruitment• Communicate with your students in

the ways they are most comfortable

Some final thoughts…Some final thoughts…• Use of Web 2.0 technology offers positive tools

for you and your district.• Many developers are making things

educationally friendly and make monitoring possible and free.(eduBlogger, Teen Grid in Second Life).

• Consult the experts first – especially policy services and legal assistance.

• State only what you can defend.• Web 2.0 and other technologies are here to

stay. No going back!• Get and stay technologically educated!

• Use of Web 2.0 technology offers positive tools for you and your district.

• Many developers are making things educationally friendly and make monitoring possible and free.(eduBlogger, Teen Grid in Second Life).

• Consult the experts first – especially policy services and legal assistance.

• State only what you can defend.• Web 2.0 and other technologies are here to

stay. No going back!• Get and stay technologically educated!

ConclusionConclusion

Hope you enjoyed this presentation!

Contact Information:Jmyers63@gmail.net(716) 821-7197

Hope you enjoyed this presentation!

Contact Information:Jmyers63@gmail.net(716) 821-7197