Transcript School Law - Cyber PP

Cyberbullying
The use of information
and communication
technologies to support
deliberate, repeated, and
hostile behavior by an individual
or group, which is intended to
harm others.
Cyberbullying is using
technology to bully others
repeatedly. It is using email,
cell phones, social networking
sites, IMs, text messages,
blogs, or other personal
technology to hurt people.
The 4Rs of cyberbullying
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Recognize
Refuse
Report
Record
Current status
• Varied court decisions
• Two major cases courts
consider
Tinker v. Des Moines
disruption within the learning
environment
Bethel School District v. Fraser
lewd, vulgar, profane
Layshock v. Hermitage
School District
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Off-campus
Myspace
Created profile of principal
Some students saw on school
computers
What do you think the outcome
was?
Snyder vs. Blue Mountain
School District
• Off campus
• Myspace
• Profile of principal depicting as a
pedophile and sex addict
• Site blocked on school computers
What do you think the outcome was?
Kick a Ginger Day
• International
• A.E. Wright Middle
School, Calabass, CA (2009)
• South Park distortion
• Intimidated children with red hair
What do you think the outcome was?
Unofficial Kentlake
High Home Page
• Class assignment
• Write own obituary
• Created website where
people could vote on whose
bogus obituary would be posted next
• Included disclaimer
Outcome?
Proposing policy
• Is the cyberbullying occurring on campus or
off campus?
• Does ownership of the electronic device
affect who can be held culpable?
• Can school personnel seize electronic
devices thought to be used in cases of
cyberbullying?
• Does the exchange of information affect the
school environment and interfere with
learning?
• Is the subject matter of the communication
considered lewd or vulgar to the typical
person?