2015-09-21 Cyberethics for Educators: The Rising Cost of Digital Misconduct from Frederick Lane A webinar presented to members of the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification on September 21, 2015. If you are interested in discussing a presentation for professional development or continuing education for your organization on this topic or…
In August, I wrote about the case of Stephanie McCrea, a drama teacher at Evergreen High School in Vancouver, WA. She used a fake Facebook page to communicate with and set up sexual trysts with a 15-year-old student. Among other things, she used the Facebook page to coach her student on how to answer questions…
A couple of days ago, the Times of London published an op-ed by an anonymous female former teacher entitled “I Had an Affair with My 17-year-old Student.” The article, unfortunately, is behind the paper’s paywall, so it will only be accessible to those readers with a Times subscription or those who are willing to sign…
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One of the interesting questions associated with the rise of mobile technology is this: How long it will it take all of us to fully internalize the awareness that our actions can be recorded almost anywhere, at almost any time? That is a question that celebrities, politicians, and star atheletes have had to consider for…
2015-09-10 Cybertraps for Educators from Frederick Lane The Hawai’i Teacher Standards Board, in collaboration with Educational Testing Service and the Hawai’i campus of the University of Phoenix, convened an “Ethics Summit” to discuss the newly-proposed Model Code of Ethics for Educators. The summit was also designed to highlight the technological changes that contribute to ethical…
In April, Charles Clay Dawson, a teacher at Wanette Public Schools in Pottawatomie County, was charged with soliciting nude photos from two female students, one aged 16 and the other aged 15. According to the investigative report, the 43-year-old Dawson solicited the photos from the students using standard text messaging and the KIK messaging app.…
For several weeks over the course of the early summer, former Oklahoma teacher Jennifer Caswell and former Utah teacher Brianne Altice waited anxiously to find out what their punishment would be after entering guilty pleas to charges of sex with underage students. Their wait is now over. Earlier this spring, I wrote about Caswell’s case…
An elementary school teacher in the Bloomfield [NJ] School District has been charged “with possessing, uploading and distributing videos and images of child pornography from his home and workplace.” Nicholas K. Schumacher, 29, had been under investigation since May 4 after the Morris County prosecutor’s office received a tip from the National Center for Missing…
Dorman High School, located in Roanoke, South Caroline (just south of Spartanburg), may now hold the record for fastest termination of a teacher accused of digital misconduct. On Tuesday, 8/18, officials at the school were told by a student that math teacher and assistant cross country coach John Sewell had been sending him sexually explicit…
