Transcript Lane-Slagle PPT

Mobile Devices, Social Media,
and Ethical Lapses
Challenges for the Education Profession
Catherine Slagle
Frederick S. Lane
NASDTEC/PPI, Des Moines, IA
26 October 2016
INTRODUCTION
TO
ETHICS
AND
CYBERETHICS
• Ethics – About 2,500 years
• The study and discussion about
the choice between “virtuous”
and “vicious” behavior.
• Cyberethics – About 40 years
• “The field of applied ethics that
examines moral, legal, and
social issues in the development
and use of cybertechnology.”
• Downloading “free” music or
movies
• Using a neighbor’s open WiFi
connection
• Uploading a photo or tagging
someone without permission
• Posting snarky messages when
someone leaves their social
media unlocked
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Empathy
Family/Comm. Values
Personal Moral Codes
Codes of Professional
Ethics
• Codes of Conduct
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Lack of Empathy
Stress / Substance Abuse
Infatuation / Obsession
Group or Mob Behavior
Rapidly Shifting Cultural
Mores
• Low Barrier to Misbehavior
TECHNOLOGICAL
INNOVATIONS
CREATE
ETHICAL CHALLENGES
AND
MORAL DILEMMAS
1979-81: Personal Computers
1983-1985: Laptops
1991-1992: PDAs
2007: Smartphones
2010: Tablet Computers
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1973: cellphone (Motorola)
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2001: 1 cameraphone (Sanyo)
2003(?): 1st selfie
2004: 1st chic cellphone
2007: 1st smartphone (Apple)
2011: selfie epidemic begins
Social Media:
-- Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
Messaging Apps:
-- WhatsApp, YikYak, Kik Messenger,
Snapchat, ooVoo
Video Loops:
-- Periscope, Vine
Anonymous Interactions:
-- Whisper, ask.fm
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Younger and younger
device usage
Longer and longer
device usage
Shifting concepts of
privacy
Decreased empathy
Increased narcissism
Attention and impulse
control issues.
EDUCATOR
ETHICAL LAPSES
ARISING FROM
THE USE OF
DIGITAL DEVICES
AND SOCIAL MEDIA
• Teacher and student text pictures of genitals to each
other prior to a sexual encounter.
• Teacher develops inappropriate relationship with
student using school district email site.
• Teacher exchanges over 4,000 text messages with
student.
• Female teacher sends nude pictures of herself to
male students and arranges to meet at least one
student for sexual encounter.
• Teacher and bus driver responded to Craigslist ad to
have sex with 15-year-old
• Teacher caught by students using smartphone to
record upskirt video in science class
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HOW THE
EDUCATIONAL PROFESSION
HAS RESPONDED
TO THE ETHICAL
CHALLENGES
OF SOCIAL MEDIA
• Four Ethical Standards
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Care
Respect
Trust
Integrity
• Code of Conduct vs. Code of Ethics
• No National Code of Ethics for Educators
• American Medical Association – 1847
• American Bar Association – 1908
• American Soc. Of Newspaper Editors –
1923
• Model Code of Educator Ethics (2015)
• A Call for Training in Ethics and
Cyberethics
• The NASDTEC Academy -- Remediation
• Clear and Up-to-Date Acceptable
Use Policies (with input)
• Effective IT Supervision
• Ongoing Professional
Development
• Incorporate Cyberethics into K-12
Curricula
• Promote Ethics and Cyberethics at
All Levels of the Profession
Mobile Devices, Social Media,
and Ethical Lapses
Challenges for the Education Profession
Catherine Slagle
Frederick S. Lane
NASDTEC/PPI, Des Moines, IA
26 October 2016