Privacy Professionalism Netiquette EDU 553 Julie Conley Brianne

Privacy Professionalism Netiquette EDU 553 Julie Conley Brianne Kroeger Kimberly Rockefeller

Something to think about: How you would respond to the following questions ? ◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it? ◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page is it okay for them to look at it? ◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities through their postings online, should they report it to the student’s parents? ◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on Facebook or Myspace. com that show them consuming alcohol, complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing? ◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional way outside of the classroom? ◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what they post on the web, should it matter?

Presentation Outline Privacy ◦ COPPA ◦ FERPA ◦ My. Space and Facebook Professionalism ◦ ◦ Social Networking Arizona State University Study “True Stories” Internet and Social Networking in the Classroom Netiquette What should we do? What do you think?

What is Privacy?

The legal definition of privacy is defined as “The state or condition of being alone, undisturbed, or free from public attention, as a matter of choice or right; freedom from interference or intrusion. ” It may also be defined as “The right of the individual to determine when, how, and to what extent he or she will release personal information. ” Retrieved from - http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Professionalism

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) of 1998 COPPA is a current Federal Law Requires a web site directed at children under 13 years of age to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before collecting personal information online from children. The COPPA regulation defines “collects” to encompass providing a child with the ability to have an email account or the ability to post to a chat room, bulletin board, or other online forum.

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to their children's education records. These rights transfer to the student when they reach the age of 18 or attends a school beyond the high school level. Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect or review their education records kept by the school.

(FERPA) continued. . Generally, schools must have written permission from the parent or eligible student in to order to release any information form a student's education record. FERPA does allow schools to disclose records, without consent to certain parties or under some conditions.

Does the Constitution protect the right of privacy? The Bill of Rights, reflects the concern for protecting specific aspects of privacy (ie. beliefs, home, person, and possessions). The First Amendment protects our Privacy of Beliefs. It states “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. ”

What is My. Space's Privacy Policy This Privacy Policy describes My. Space’s use and sharing of personally identifiable information (“PII”- your full name, email address, mailing address, telephone number, or credit card number) that Members voluntarily provide to My. Space when they register (also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User” refers to a Visitor or a Member. Retrived from: http: //www. myspace. com/index. cfm? fuseaction=misc. privacy#ixzz 10 g. OQ 8 ch 5

What is Facebook's Privacy Policy When you connect with an application or website it will have access to General Information about you. The term General Information includes you and your friends’ names, profile pictures, gender, user IDs, connections, and any content shared using the Everyone privacy setting. .

Facebook's Privacy Policy continued. . The default privacy setting for certain types of information you post on Facebook is set to “everyone. ”. . . Because it takes two to connect, your privacy settings only control who can see the connection on your profile page. If you are uncomfortable with the connection being publicly available, you should consider removing (or not making) the connection. Retrived from: www. facebook. com/policy. php

What is professionalism? “A high standard of professional ethics, behavior and work activities while carrying out one's profession. The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a privilege of confidentiality. Often the professional is required to put the interest of the client ahead of his own interests. ” “Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in attaining a high level of professionalism. ” “Appropriate treatment and relationships with colleagues. An example must be set to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm. “ “Professional Attire - Including but not limited to, dress slacks, long-sleeve button down shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc. “ Retrieved from - http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Professionalism

What characteristics should a professional have? Competent Trustworthy Team player Respectful Has integrity Empathetic towards others Reliable Supportive Mature Motivated

What is Social Networking? According to Edutopia. org social networking is defined as “software that allows people to come together around an idea or topic of interest. A school could use blog software to bring together anyone who's writing about politics or computing or Greek literature. ” Retrieved from: http: //www. edutopia. org/social-networking-how-to

Study about Ethical Issues in Social Networking for Pre-Service Teachers Researchers at Arizona State University developed a case-based reasoning intervention program to help support informed decision making in regards to social networking via Facebook and My. Space for Pre-service teachers. (Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)

Purpose of the Study: - Help student evaluate usefulness of social networking tools. - Recognize the visibility of their online behaviors and the choices they make. - Identify the public nature of future careers. - Study examines appropriate teacher conduct and the authority a teacher has in social networking sites. Pre- service teachers were asked who they thought looked their social networking sites: ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ 85% friends 60% relatives 46% boyfriend/ girlfriend 42% co-workers 22% people who want to date/ hook-up with you 20% parents 8% boss 8% teachers 2% anyone who feels the need to look at my page (Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)

Study Results Question: Study asked pre-service teachers if a teacher had access to students Facebook and My. Space pages and found disturbing images (ie. Smoking and drinking), should they be reprimanded for telling the parents? Prior to intervention program homework 31% of participants said that the teacher should be disciplined. Post intervention 52% of participants said the teacher should be disciplined. (Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)

What research says 100 % of participants in one study said that they thought reading someone's personal diary was an invasion of their privacy. 25% of the same study participants said that watching someone's live video stream on the internet was an invasion of their privacy. 94% of U. S. College freshman spend time on social networking sites every week communicating with friends and family. 84% of adults between 18 -24 have a social networking account to maintain their personal contacts. (Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009)

True Stories Action: High school art teacher used his buttocks to paint canvasses on images and posted it on You. Tube. com Consequence: FIRED Action: Substitute teacher posted a painting of a woman lifting up her dress and showing her undergarments as well as a painting of a topless woman. Consequence: FIRED Action: Eight grade teacher who works at a school with students who are hearing impaired posted on her Facebook page “rocking out with some deaf kids. AWESOME. ” Consequence: Facebook page access was restricted. Retrieved from: http: //www. washingtonpost. com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27. AR 2008042702213. html.

True Stories Action: Band director permitted students to access his My. Space page. Page included “inappropriate photographs”, profanity and mentioned alcohol and drug use. Consequence: FIRED http: //www. sun-sentinel. com/news/education/sflflpfacebook 0601 pnjun 01, 0, 370501. story Action: CT high school teacher created a My. Space page specifically so that he could communicate with his students. The My. Space page included pictures of naked men with “inappropriate comments”. Consequence: Teacher was placed on administrative leave and the school did not renew his contract the following year. http: //reason. com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over

True Stories Action: Windsor Locks Superintendent wrote on his Facebook page that he slept until 10 am on his first day on the job and that it would be “the best job ever” if it happened all the time. He also wrote he was “counseling an administrator to retire or face termination . ” Consequence: Asked to resign. Will receive his $150, 000/ year salary until he finds new employment. http: //www. boston. com/news. education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_offici al_losing_job_after_facebook_posts/ Action: MA high school teacher posted on Facebook page that students were “germ bags” with parents that were “snobby” and arrogant. ” Consequence: Asked to Resign http: //abcnews. go. com/Technology/facebook-firing-teacher-loses-job-

True Stories Action: High school art teacher had nude pictures posted on her My. Space page. Consequence: FIRED for conduct unbecoming a teacher. (Foulger, Ewbank, Kay, Popp, & Carter, 2009) Action: High school teacher posted pictures on Facebook from her trip to Europe that showed her drinking wine and beer. Consequence: Asked to Resign http: //www. nowpublic. com/strange/ashley-payne-former-teacherfired-facebook-pictures-2515440. html.

Is using the Internet and Social Networking in school always bad? Some teachers use blogging during class time as a way for students to comment on what they are learning. They say it works best when you have another cooperating teacher approving the comments. http: //www. edutopia. org/digital-generation-social-studies-lessons Teachers can create their own blog accounts to help teach different topics. Eric Langhorst created a blog to teach students and teachers about history. http: //speakingofhistory. blogspot. com/ Some teachers are using My. Space and Facebook to teach history to students by having them create pages about famous people. http: //www. myspace. com/thomaspayne

What is Netiquette The rules of etiquette that apply when communicating over computer networks especially the internet. Netiquette stands for Internet Etiquette http: //www. livinginternet. com

Netiquette continued. . One of the best selling books on Netiquette ◦ The Core Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea ◦ This book defines and provides in detail ten important rules of internet etiquette ◦ Using these rules ensures that the individual conducts proper internet etiquette http: //www. albion. com/netiquette/book/index/html

Ten Rules of Netiquette by Virginia Shea Rule 1: Remember the Human Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online that you follow in real life Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth Rule 5: Make yourself look good online Rule 6: Share expert knowledge Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy Rule 9: Don't abuse your power Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes www. albion. com/netiquette/corerules. html

Netiquette Other important information: ◦ Typing capital letters can make people think you are shouting. ◦ Written words without facial or voice tones can be taken many different ways and word choice becomes very important. ◦ Privacy can be a big issue. Always remember other people can access information you send over the internet whether it is through email or a secured website. If it is strictly confidential you may want to refrain from sending it. (Sullivan, 2002, p. 2)

Schools and Netiquette Schools are beginning to teach netiquette to their students Importance: ◦ The internet was designed for adults, now that children are becoming computer experts they have unlimited access to adult material. ◦ There are internet predators looking to exploit children. ◦ Netiquette can prevent Cyber-bullying. www. albion. com

Schools and Netiquette In Waycross Georgia the public school system has added netiquette to their curriculum. These are internet games that teach elementary age students internet etiquette. These are fun, interactive games that teach children how to be smart when communicating with people they do not know on the internet. ◦ Net smartz kids http: //www. netsmartzkids. org/games/index. htm ◦ Backchat Games http: //hosting. profero. com/backchat/initial. html ◦ ID The Creep http: //www. idthecreep. com/ www. wacoma. com/netiquette. html

Schools and Netiquette continued. . Many schools send home permission slips requiring a parents signature before allowing students to gain access to the internet. ◦ This is the only way schools feel they can protect themselves from possible lawsuits if a student accidently goes astray. (Burniske, R. W. , 1998, p. 2 -3) Parents have mixed feelings about this across the country ◦ Many people worry their children will be left unsupervised ◦ One school district in Oneida, New York has said no to using permission slips They create a false sense of security allowing the staff to be more relaxed when students are using the internet Students should be using the internet for assignments only and then under constant supervision (Stahl, 1998, p. 1 -3)

Netiquette and Cyber Bullying According to the committee for children, a non-profit organization the definition of cyber bullying is: “when one or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate or exclude another person using technology”. Many schools find it useful to begin conversations about netiquette before talking about cyber bullying. Cyber Bullying can be just as scary as regular bullying and happens more frequently. Educating students about how threatening it can be helps to prevent it. www. cfchildren. org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/

What should teachers do? Let students know that they can benefit from respecting the privacy of others. Remind students to respect others when using the internet to communicate. That means not using words or pictures/ images that some may consider to be offensive. Have specific rules in place that outline how a student should be accessing specific content on the internet. (Akcay, 2008)

What should students ask themselves before using technology? Is it illegal? Does it bother my conscience? Does it violate any ethical issues or codes? Can someone else be harmed? (Akcay, 2008)

So What Do You Think? ◦ If a teacher finds a child’s diary is it okay for them to read it? ◦ If a teacher comes across a student’s Facebook or Myspace page is it okay for them to look at it? ◦ If a teacher sees that a student is participating in illegal activities through their postings online, should they report it to the student’s parents? ◦ Is it okay for a teacher to post pictures and or statements on Facebook or Myspace. com that show them consuming alcohol, complaining about their job or wearing revealing clothing? ◦ Does a teacher always have the obligation to act in a professional way outside of the classroom? ◦ If a teachers performance in the school is not affected by what they post on the web, should it matter?

Rutgers's Suicide Last week a freshman from Rutgers College in New Jersey Jumped off the Washington Bridge and committed suicide His roommate and another student allegedly streamed a video on the internet of his intimate encounter with another man. The two students are being charged with criminal invasion of privacy and cyber snooping. Gay rights groups are pushing charges of a hate crime ◦ Today the existing law prevents any other charges, however the decision has not been made final. ◦ (Reuven, 2010, p. 1)

“The most effective professionals have influence beyond that afforded by their positions…each of us, is a teacher of moral values. The examples we set, the choices we make, the lives we live, broadcast potent and clear ethical signals within our radius. We cannot avoid responsibility for our moral atmosphere ” - (Kudva, 1999, p. 3).

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References Continued Riggs, M. (2008, October 23). Connecticut teacher fired over myspace page. [Web log comment]. Retrieved from http: //reason. com/blog/2008/10/23/connecticut-teacher-fired-over Shapira, I. (2008, April 28). When young teachers go wild on the web. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: : http: //www. washingtonpost. com/wpdyh/content/article/2008/04/27. AR 2008042702213. html. Stahl, Barbara. (1998). Quick! May I go to the Internet? . Book Report, 17(3), 1 -3. (Retrieved from Academic Search Premier no. 1246064) (2010, September 15). Conn. official losing job after facebook posts. Boston. com. Retrieved from: : http: //www. boston. com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/15/conn_official_losing_job_after_f acebook_posts/ (2010, September 19). The Committee for Children. Retrieved from www. cfchildren. org Youn, Seounmi (2009). Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection Behaviors Among Young Adolescents. Journal of Consumer Affair. Vol 43 Issue 3.

Annotated Webliography Edutopia. Retreived 2010. http: //www. edutopia. org/digital-generation-social-studieslessons. This website was founded by George Lucas, the producer and director of Star Wars. This page contains ideas and suggestions about the positive ways that teachers can integrate technology, the internet, and social networking into social studies. Woogi World. Retrieved 2010. http: //www. woogiworld. com/. This website is meant for grades K-6, and shows children how to use technology in a fun and interactive way. The very first lesson that the children must complete is about using technology in an appropriate way. Retrieved 2010. http: //www. livinginternet. com. This website provides a definition of netiquette and basic information on how to conduct proper internet etiquette. Retrieved 2010. http: //www. albion. com/netiquette/book/index/html. This website provides details about Virginia Shea’s top-selling book about internet etiquette. It discusses in detail her ten rules of netiquette.

Annotated Webliography Continued Retrieved 2010. www. wacoma. com/netiquette. html. This website provides information about schools and netiquette. It discusses how some schools are now requiring students to have parental permission before accessing the internet at school. Retrieved 2010. www. cfchildren. org/programs/hot-topics/cyberbullying/. This website provides information on cyber bullying and how schools can teach and prevent it. Retrieved 2010. http: //www. netsmartzkids. org/games/index. htm. This is a internet game used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette. Retrieved 2010. http: //hosting. profero. com/backchat/initial. html. This is another internet game used to teach elementary school students proper internet etiquette. Retrieved 2010. http: //www. idthecreep. com/. This is another internet game designed to teach elementary school students how to stay safe in chat rooms and other public internet areas.

Annotated Webliography Continued Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws 2009. Retrieved from: http: //www. bbbonline. org/understandingprivacy/library/fed_state. Priv. Laws. pdf. html U. S. Constitution-- Bill of Rights- The First Ten Amendments. Retrieved from: http: //www. ratical. org/co-globalize/Bill. Of. Rights. html Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Retrieved from: www 2. ed. gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa