I am going to do my project on teachers and students on myspace. There is a lot of debate over whether teachers should get in trouble for being friends with students on the computer. Also, teachers are getting into trouble for material they are posting on the web, even if it is dealing with their lives completely detached from school. Should teachers have to watch what comments or pictures they post on the web because of their students? Should they be punished if their bosses come across their page and don't agree with their webpages?
In class, I came across different sites regarding this topic. There was a case that I found from "The Chronicle of Higher Education" involving a students and her Dean at college. They came across a picture of her drinking with a pirates hat on with the caption "Drunken Pirate." The Dean found this unacceptable and banned her from getting her teachers degree. Should he be allowed to do this? I think her profile was set to private too but he "went around that."
There are many other cases involving the same situations. A senior lacrosse student was held responsible for pictures of him drinking that were posted on the web. For every picture, he was banned for 2 games. This happened to over 100 students who were suspended from activities because of the alocholic pictures.
The web sites regarding this topic were a lot of new sites and forums. Members were allowed to give their comments and feedback about each situation. I found that a lot of parents were in concern over the the irresponsiblity of the teachers who posted the pictures. My personal opinion is that teachers should be allowed to have their own private websites where they can concerse with their friends and post pictures of their lifestyles if they wanted too. As long as the children are blocked from viewing their pages, why does it matter?
Sunday, February 24, 2008
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