2015-09-24 Cybertraps for Educators: The Rising Cost of Digital Misconduct from Frederick Lane A presentation delivered on September 24, 2015 in Cape May, NJ, to school business officials from around the state. If you are interested in discussing a presentation or professional development program for your organization on this topic (with or without cowboy hats…
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…
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…
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…
2015-08-19 Cyberethics for Educators from Frederick Lane I had the pleasure of returning to lecture in San Bernardino approximately six months after my first visit. During that time, the name of the organization, Southern California School Risk Management, has been shortened by dropping the “Southern,” to reflect that the fact that the organization is now…
On May 27, a federal lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, NY by the parents of an unnamed female high school student who formerly attended Lev Bais Yaakov High School. The lawsuit (see below) alleges that the student was accused by an unnamed parent of sending a naked photograph of herself…
Tuesday night (5/19), The Dr. Phil Show will air an interview by Dr. Phil McGraw of Jennifer Caswell, a 29-year-old former Oklahoma teacher who is charged “with three counts of second-degree rape, two counts of enticing a child, and one count of forcible sodomy.” Earlier today, I defended Louis C.K.’s unequivocal right under the First…
Me n my deputy dogg 🔫🌟✨ A photo posted by snoopdogg (@snoopdogg) on Mar 20, 2015 at 11:03am PDT An pretty innocuous photo taken at this year’s South by Southwest music festival has landed a state trooper in hot water. Pictured above is Trooper Billy Spears, who posed for a photo with rapper Snoop Dogg…
What did the staff and administrators in the Jefferson County Public Schools know, and when did they know it? That’s the essence of a lawsuit filed by the father of a 13-year-old boy who was assaulted by a 26-year-old middle school teacher named Jessica Boyer over a 3-month period, from February to April 2013. The…
2015-03-26 Cybertraps for Educators: The Rising Cost of Digital Misconduct from Frederick Lane Presented during a day-long event at the Southern California Schools Risk Management Joint Powers Authority on March 26, 2015. If you are interested in discussing a presentation or professional development program for your organization on this topic, please contact me for information…
