Wakefield staff

School Law and Technologyfor the

Minden Staff

Karen Haase(402) 804-8000

[email protected]

KSB School Law

@KarenHaase

This is not your Grandmas Inservice

Social Networking Examples

Facebook Twitter Instagram Snapchat Vine Kik

Teacher Use Causes for Concern

Drug/Alcohol Use Sexual Inappropriateness Inappropriate Communication

with Students Inappropriate Communication

about Students Selling School Property

Nebraska Law NEB. REV. STAT. 79-824, 79-827 Reasons for Termination and/or

Cancellation: Unprofessional Conduct Immorality Other conduct which

interferes substantially with the continued performance of duties

My Suggestions Make a professional page separate

from your personal page Dont friend students or parents

on your personal page Dont let yourself be depicted

behaving unprofessionally Ask: will this affect my classroom?

Social Media is Here to Stay

Ed. Professionals are using social media 85% of Americans use social media

monthly Twitter grew over 500% in the last year More video is uploaded to YouTube in 60

days than big 3 networks created in 60 years

Facebook dominates social media 500 million users as of July, 2010 50% of active users log on daily Average user has 130 friends Largest group of users aged 35-54

Cyberbullying of Staff

J.S. v. Blue Mountain Sch.

Middle School Student made fake MySpace profile for principal

Included photo from school website Initially public; then limited Students could only access off

campus Student suspended for 10 days;

parents sued

Layshock v. Hermitage Sch.

High School Student made fake MySpaceprofile for principal

Included photo from school website Other students created similar and

more offensive profiles Students only accessed off campus Student suspended for 10 days;

placed in alt. sch, banned from extracurriculars, no commencement

J.S. and LayshockInconsistent

Third Circuit granted en banc rehearing Oral Argument June 3, 2010 Decision issued June 13, 2011 The Bottom Line?

Schools lost both cases

J.S. and Layshock Key legal points

School cant punish off-campus speech because it is vulgar, inappropriate or even criminal

School can only punish off-campus speech that is substantially disruptive

Yik Yak

Rumor/Confession Accounts

Rumor/Confession Accounts

Anonymous Twitter feeds Allow other Twitter handles to

submit private messages to the owner of the rumor account

Messages are tweeted anonymously for anyone to read

Some mention specific people, others are general

Poof

Hide it Pro

Poof/Hide It Allows users to select apps that will be hidden on phone

Sometimes appears as innocuous app (e.g. audio player, calculator)

Whisper

WhisperUsers can post confessions anonymously, using images

Searchable by topicSearchable by locationLot of photos of scantily clad men and women with a/s/l

Down (Bang with Friends)

Down/BWF Users can look through Facebook

friends If any of them also have the app

then you can anonymously pick the ones would like hook up with

If the other person also picks you then the two of you are notified

Then app serves as a chat system

School Law and Technologyfor the

Minden Staff

Karen Haase(402) 804-8000

[email protected]

KSB School Law

@KarenHaase