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Cyberbullying, Illicit Music Sharing, and Other Non Tech Issues…
Posted by sjtaffee on June 24, 2008
We’ve been discussing a number of topics during today’s Summercore session about copyright infrigement, potentially hurtful blog and other internet posts by students, and related issues of ethical behavior among the so-called digital natives.
This is not a technical issue. This is not a Technology Department issue. This is an issue of ethical behavior that needs the same attention paid to it as we devote to other issues such as environmental sustainability, social justice, poverty and – as we discuss them at Castilleja School – our five C’s: Conscience, Courtesy, Character, Courage, and Charity (sorry, Heather, if I did not get them in the right order.)
This does not mean that the tech department doesn’t play an important role in the discussion of these issues. Indeed, we have an important role to play. It’s just that these issues are not under our exclusive purview. We co-own these issues with the entire faculty and administration – and the larger school community.
Thoughts, anyone?
June 25th, 2008 at 7:01 am
regarding your words, Steve, of
This is not a technical issue. This is not a Technology Department issue.
they echo what I have said to NUMEROUS administrators over the last 25 years … the number of incidents of “student mischief” is huge .. each and every time I would say to the administrator involved … “I am glad to think this thru with you but it is NOT a technology issue even though it involved passwords or e-mail accounts or Web sites” .. winning over administrators and getting them to understand this is CRUCIAL … in fact the success in a school with many tech issues sometimes correlates with the degree that the key tech person has an ongoing partnership with a key administrator .. I did an NAIS workshop that emphasized this theme .. it is posted, Steve, at http://www.summercore.com/denver/
Steve
p.s. loved hearing your comments yesterday at 5:15 in the open discussion
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