The Internet and the law : what educators need to know / Kathleen Conn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conn, Kathleen, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet--Law and legislation--United States.

Internet.

School administrators--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

School administrators.

Educators--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Educators.

Teachers--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Teachers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (130 p.)

Place of Publication:

Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A handbook for educators offers advice to guide public school policies governing the use of the Web, e-mail, and other computer technologies.

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Part 1: The Foundations of School Internet Law""; ""Decision 1: Expressive Conduct and Its Bounds""; ""Decision 2: Sexy Speech Not Passing Muster""; ""Decision 3: The Pen Not So Mighty as the School""; ""The Legal Standard of Conduct""; ""Standards for Technology Literacy""; ""Federal vs. State Law""; ""Interpreting Case Citations and Legal References""; ""The Bottom Line""; ""Afterword: School Violence and September 11""

""Part 2: Freedom of Expression and the School Internet""""What the First Amendment Protects� In General""; ""What the First Amendment Protects� In Public Schools""; ""Regulating Expression on the Internet in Schools""; ""Limiting Students� In-School Internet Access""; ""Filtering or Blocking Pictures""; ""Removing Books from the Internet Library""; ""Limiting Teachers� In-School Internet Access""; ""Out-of-School Internet Expression""; ""Students� Internet Communications""; ""Student Hacking""; ""Teachers� Personal Internet Expression""

""The Legal Significance of Student Codes of Conduct""""Recommendations for School Districts""; ""Acting with Care""; ""Reprising the Legal Standard""; ""District Guidelines and Acceptable Use Policies""; ""Reporting School-Related Web Sites""; ""Responding with Reason and Caution""; ""Keeping Parents in the Loop""; ""Responding to Hacking""; ""Annotated Legal References""; ""Statutes""; ""Court Decisions""; ""Part 3: Privacy and the School- Sponsored Internet""; ""Protecting Children Under 13""; ""Cookies�More Than Just Calories""; ""Privacy on District and School Web Sites""

""The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act""""Directory Information""; ""Parents� Rights to Access School Internet Logs""; ""State Privacy Laws""; ""Defamation in Internet Communications""; ""Suing for Defamation""; ""Liability for Defamation""; ""Privacy Issues in E-mail""; ""Recommendations for Schools""; ""Policies, Not Paranoia""; ""Cookie Policies""; ""Centralizing Control to Comply with FERPA""; ""Deciding What Is Directory Information""; ""Getting Permission to Post""; ""State Privacy Laws""; ""Forestalling Offensive Communications""; ""Annotated Legal References""; ""Statutes""

""Court Decisions""""Part 4: The Basics of Copyright Law""; ""Conflicting Copyright Goals""; ""Copyright vs. Plagiarism""; ""Copyright: How It Works""; ""Copyright Notice Not Required""; ""What Is and Is Not Copyrightable""; ""Government Documents""; ""Copyright and Technology""; ""The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998""; ""School Districts as ISPs""; ""Other DMCA Provisions Important for School Districts""; ""Copyright Infringement""; ""Assigning Liability""; ""Browsing and Downloading""; ""Recommendations for Schools""; ""Mounting a Program of Copyright Education""

""Developing and Adopting a Board Copyright Policy""

Notes:

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ISBN:

9786610931286

9781280931284

1280931280

9781416601241

1416601244

9780871208941

0871208946

OCLC:

51520163