Labels

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Rank 'em

Hello Geeks,

1 = Totally acceptable and appropriate
2 = Possibly wrong, but no action needs to be taken
3 = Wrong, and school authorities or Internet service providers should take action
4 = Wrong, and civil action could be taken by the target or the target’s parents
5 = Wrong, and criminal charges should be pressed


1. A student posts a negative review of a concert given by another student’s band. The review focuses on the band members’ skill as musicians and the quality of their music.

1 = Totally acceptable and appropriate

2. A student posts a story making fun of a teacher, suggesting that he is unqualified to teach. The teacher’s name is not used, but he is clearly recognizable to anyone who knows him.
3 = Wrong, and school authorities or Internet service providers should take action

3. A student uploads to YouTube a video of his band performing a song that makes fun of teachers. No specific teacher is named or is identifiable from the song.

2 = Possibly wrong, but no action needs to be taken


4. A student writes a letter to the school administration stating that a teacher has used improper discipline in class.
1 = Totally acceptable and appropriate

5. A student finds that photos of her, which were taken by her (now ex) boyfriend have been uploaded to his Facebook page. Then they were copied and reproduced in many more places, including photo-sharing sites. Her ex-boyfriend says that he is not responsible for what was done with the photos after he uploaded them.
3 = Wrong, and school authorities or Internet service providers should take action

6. A teacher asks students in her class to help write holiday greetings in a variety of languages for the school’s Web site. Without the teacher’s knowledge, one of the students’ contributions is a false and insulting statement against another teacher.
3 = Wrong, and school authorities or Internet service providers should take action

7. During an instant messaging session with several participants, a student accuses her boyfriend of cheating on her.
1 = Totally acceptable and appropriate

8. A student creates a Web site in which she criticizes school policies and suggests that several teachers, whom she names, are overly strict in their discipline.
3 = Wrong, and school authorities or Internet service providers should take action


9.    A student creates a Facebook group in which he states that one of his teachers is a space alien who is scheming to abduct students and take them to her home planet.
1 = Totally acceptable and appropriate


10.  A teacher discovers that students are being pressured by a popular student to remove an unpopular student from their Facebook “friends” lists.
2 = Possibly wrong, but no action needs to be taken

Nicole (:

No comments:

Post a Comment