Madi+Wilkinson

Discipline for Social Networking by Madi Wilkinson





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Guiding research question: Should high school students get in trouble at school for something posted online outside of school? I am interested in the topic of internet speech because I recently witnessed two high school girls inlove themselves and others attending Byrnes High on a twitter page making fun of people attending our school. The twitter page was made at home, but affected some students and the issue was taken to administration. The two girls did not get in trouble. I am sure that the same thing has happened at many other high schools, but I am curious to find out wether or not children have to face the consequences of their online actions while they attend school. Since the internet is restricted from particular programs at school, students use their access to non-restricted internet in their homes outside of school. The topic also involves the school faculty members. Should a teacher and or principal be able to follow a student on twitter or facebook?

Should Internet Access Be Restricted in Public Libraries and Schools?" //Salt Lake City and Utah Breaking News, Sports, Entertainment and News Headlines//. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Dec. 2012. "The Advantages & Disadvantages of The Internet:." //The Advantages & Disadvantages of The Internet//. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Dec. 2012.

all students from viewing programs and photos that would get them into any sort of trouble. || Restricting certain internet programs can "deny access to constitutionall protected and educationally important materials that schools and libraries would otherwise provide". || sure that students in the school are staying focused on their school work instead of being destracted. || Some say that restricting certain programs is breaking the law. || from the first amendment. || Having an unrestricted internet program allows anyone to view anything.. even children. Children shouldn't be able to view or read anyting inappropriate on the internet such as foul language and or pornography cites. || Court Cases //J.S. v Blue Mountain School District-// J.S. was a former middle school student who created a fake MySpace profile of her current principal. She created the profile outside of school, but the things she posted on it was what she got in trouble for. J.S. posted bad language and sexually explicit things supposedly coming from the school principal. She got suspended from school and her parents sued the school for violating her first amendment rights.
 * =Pros= || =Cons= ||
 * Having a restricted internet program at your school prevents
 * Social networking cites are blocked from schools so make
 * The Internet not only provides universal access to free speech, it also promotes the basic concept of freedom of speech

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//Wilson v Lee Summit School District//- The two Wilson brothers attending high school created a blog for themselves and their fellow classmates to vent about different situations occuring at school. The blog was meant to be a secret between them and a few of their friends, but within days the entire school knew about it. They made it to where it couldn't be axcessable through google.. you had to know the exact URL. The blog had racist and sexual comments about students attending the school. The brothers were suspended for 180 days until the court granted them permission to return school withouth serving their suspension.======

What I Think When we were first assigned a 10 page research paper I didn't really know what to do with myself. I had no clue what I could possibly talk about for 10 pages and make it sound good at that. As I thought and researched around I came across several different cyber cullying cases. I wasn't necessarily interested in the cyber bullying topic itself, but the punishment that the students had to face for their actions on the internet. As I researched and read different court cases almost all of the outcomes were the same. It didn't matter if a student was at school, home, the mall, or at the park if they made the mistake of cyber bullying another individual from their school they were bound to be suspended or expelled. As some will argue that doing so to kids violates their first amendment rights of free internet speech, but if one puts another in harm it has to be stopped. I learned a lot about cyber bullying throughout my research. What stuck out to me most is the fact that there is a possibility of expulsion for tweeting a bad word. I thought that was pretty crazy.

District." Third Judicial Circuit, n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2012.
"The Pros and Cons of Implementation the Internet in TheClassroom - Advantages and Disadvantages." //The Pros and Cons of Implementation the Internet in TheClassroom - Advantages and Disadvantages//. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Dec. 2012

"WILSON v. LEE SUMMIT SCHOOL DISTRICT." //,// //No. 12Ã¢Â// // Â“1727., October 17, 2012 //. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2012. .