Every so often, one or another of my Facebook friends will post an image or e-card with the cheerful and uplifting admonition to “dance like nobody’s watching.” Some have attributed the sweet sentiment to author William Purkey or even (amusingly) to famously acerbic wit Mark Twain, but the line was actually penned thirty years ago…
2016-04-05 Cyberethics for Educators from Frederick Lane A 60-minute presentation delivered to the Great Prairie Area Education Association in Des Moines, IA on April 5, 2016. If you are interested in discussing a presentation or professional development program for your organization on this topic, please contact me for information regarding my rates and availability.
2016-04-05 Cybertraps for Educators from Frederick Lane A 2-hour presentation on the legal risks arising out of the use and misuse of digital devices, delivered to the Great Prairie Area Education Association in Des Moines, IA on April 5, 2016. If you are interested in discussing a presentation or professional development program for your organization…
2016-03-20 Technology and the Blurring of Boundaries from Frederick Lane A 45-minute presentation delivered on March 20, 2016 during the final general session of the annual conference of the National Association of Community College Teacher Education Programs in Chicago, IL. If you are interested in discussing a presentation or professional development program for your organization…
2016-03-18 Ethics & Social Media from Frederick Lane A 90-minute presentation delivered at the National Association of Community College Teacher Education Programs (NACCTEP) on March 18, 2016 in Chicago, IL. If you are interested in discussing a presentation or professional development program for your organization on this topic, please contact me for information regarding my…
Eighteen months ago, on September 3, 2014, a young woman in Saugus, MA saw four disturbing videos in her Snapchat app. The videos were sent to her by a high school friend, Timothy Cyckowski, and they depicted two people sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in a wooded area. The young woman could hear Cyckowski laughing…
2016-02-23 Cybertraps for Educators from Frederick Lane A 30-minute keynote address delivered at the 2016 Alaska Society for Technology in Education annual conference in Anchorage, Alaska, on February 23, 2016. If you are interested in discussing a presentation or professional development program for your organization on this topic, please contact me for information regarding my…
2016-02-18 Cybertraps for Educator from Frederick Lane A 90-minute presentation delivered to administrators, supervisors, and educators at the Fairbanks North Star Borough District in Fairbanks, AK on February 18, 2016. If you are interested in discussing a presentation or professional development program for your organization on this topic, please contact me for information regarding my…
2016-02-16 Cybertraps for Educators from Frederick Lane A 3-hour presentation delivered on February 16, 2016 to administrators and educators in the Cordova School District, Cordova, AK. If you are interested in discussing a presentation or professional development program for your organization on this topic, please contact me for information regarding my rates and availability.
Senior picture days are a well-established right of passage in American high schools. They are a great opportunity for students to demonstrate school spirit, to capture memories to be laughed over at reunions decades hence, and generally to celebrate the impending transition from childhood to quasi-independent adulthood. The photo at the top of this post,…
