Category Archives: Policies and Procedures

ABC Nightline Shines Light on Practice of “Passing the Trash”

By Educators, Employees, Legislation, Liability & Litigation, Passing the Trash, Policies and Procedures, Sexting, Sexual Assault, Solicitation & Seduction, Teacher Misconduct, , ,

[Updated 2017-04-12] The video from last night’s broadcast is embedded at the bottom of the page in two separate segments. April 11 — Barring any sudden dramatic developments in the Middle East or elsewhere, the ABC news show “Nightline” will run a special edition this evening on the phenomenon known as “passing the trash.” The…

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Cybertraps for Educators [Lecture]

By Acceptable Use Policies, Cyberbullying, Cybersafety, Cybersecurity, Cybertraps for Educators, Digital Investigations, Disciplinary Proceedings, Educators, Electronic Sexual Assault, Employees, Endangering the Welfare of a Child, Evidence, Failure to Report, Fourth Amendment, Lectures, Lewd & Lascivious Conduct, Liability & Litigation, Photographs & Videos, Policies and Procedures, Production, Professional Development, ,

2017-03-09 Cybertraps for Educators from Frederick Lane A presentation delivered at the Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES in Yorktown Heights, NY on March 9, 2017. This event was organized by Anonymous Alerts, which produces a school safety app to facilitate the anonymous reporting of various types of incidents. [Disclosure: I am a member of the Board of…

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Cybertraps for Administrators & School Boards [Lecture]

By Acceptable Use Policies, Cyberbullying, Cybersafety, Cybersecurity, Cybertraps for Educators, Digital Citizenship, Digital Investigations, Disciplinary Proceedings, Educators, Electronic Sexual Assault, Employees, Endangering the Welfare of a Child, Evidence, Failure to Report, Fourth Amendment, Lectures, Lewd & Lascivious Conduct, Liability & Litigation, Photographs & Videos, Policies and Procedures, Production, Professional Development, Public Relations, School Boards, School Districts, Search and Seizure, Social Media, Teacher Certification & Training, Teacher Misconduct, Voyeurism, ,

2017-02-19 Cybertraps for Administrators and School Boards from Frederick Lane A presentation delivered at the Alaska Society for Technology in Education 2017 Annual Conference on February 19, 2017. 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…

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Cybertraps for Educators: The Legal and Professional Risks of the Digital Age [Lecture]

By Cyberethics, Cybersafety, Cybertraps for Educators, Educators, Employees, Ethics, First Amendment, Lectures, Policies and Procedures, Pornography, Professional Development, School Districts, Social Media, Teacher Certification & Training, Teacher Misconduct, ,

2016-09-26 Cybertraps for Educators from Frederick Lane A presentation on educator misconduct presented to the New York State Council of School Superintendents in Saratoga Springs, NY on September 26, 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…

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Cybertraps for Librarians [Lecture]

By Censorship, Cyberethics, Cybertraps for Librarians, Employees, Ethics, First Amendment, Lectures, Legislation, Librarians, Libraries, Obscenity, Policies and Procedures, Pornography, Professional Development, Social Media, ,

2016-06-21 Cybertraps for Librarians from Frederick Lane A presentation delivered via GoToMeeting on June 21, 2016 to the “Intellectual Freedom and Censorship” class at Simmons College, Boston, MA. Feedback from Dr. Laura Saunders, Assistant Professor at the Simmons School of Library and Information Science: Thank you for a fantastic lecture on the history of decency…

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Teaching Cyberethics to Millennials [Lecture]

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2016-06-07 Teaching Cyberethics to Millennial from Frederick Lane A presentation delivered at the 2016 NASDTEC Annual Conference in Philadelphia, PA on June 7, 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.

Media Devices, Social Media, and Ethical Lapses [Lecture]

By Cyberethics, Cybertraps for Educators, Digital Investigations, Disciplinary Proceedings, Educators, Employees, Ethics, Lectures, Policies and Procedures, Professional Development, Social Media, Teacher Misconduct, ,

2016-05-27 Mobile Devices, Social Media, and Ethical Lapses from Frederick Lane A presentation delivered jointly with Catherine Slagle at the 2016 Inspiring Public Confidence Conference of the Ontario College of Teachers in Toronto, Canada on 27 May 2016. If you are interested in discussing a presentation or professional development program for your organization on this…

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TX Teacher’s Aide Pleads Guilty to Sexting and Improper Relationship with Student

By Acceptable Use Policies, Apps, Cyberethics, Cybertraps for Educators, Educators, Ethics, Policies and Procedures, Sexting, Sexual Assault, Teacher Misconduct, , ,

Sometime during the middle of the 2013-2014 school year, Kearney Day, a 20-year-old teacher’s aid in the Allen Independent School District, used the Kik messaging app to start chatting with an unnamed 16-year-old student. In April 2014, the student told members of the Allen High School administration that she and Day were in a relationship.…

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Digital Investigations [Lecture]

By Cybertraps for Educators, Educators, Lectures, Obstruction of Justice, Policies and Procedures, Professional Development, Tampering with Physical Evidence, Teacher Misconduct, ,

2016-04-06 Digital Investigations from Frederick Lane A 90-minute presentation prepared for the Great Prairie Area Education Association on April 6, 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.

Cyberethics for Educators [Lecture]

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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.