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- March 17, 2022 — “Cybertraps for Educators 3.0” [Keynote Presentation]
- March 17, 2022 — “TikTok!! It’s 10 p.m.! Do You Know What Apps Your Kids and Teachers Are Using?” [Breakout Session]
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“Cybertraps for Educators 3.0”
Recent Cybertraps Headlines:
- Canada: “Teacher Put on Leave for Promoting Segregating Classrooms by Mask Choice” (14 March 2022)
- National: “Exclusive: iboss Issues School District Cybersecurity Warning” (14 March 2022)
- Global: “Cyber bullying is a different animal and can’t be taken lightly” (14 March 2022)
- Sweden: “Video of language teacher lashing out at class of Muslim women students in Sweden sparks outrage” (13 March 2022)
- Pennsylvania: “Elizabeth Forward High School teacher faces sex assault charges for inappropriate contact with student” (11 March 2022)
- Arkansas: “Lawsuit filed on middle school teacher who was charged with rape of a student” (10 March 2022)
- India: “Mumbai: Cyberfraudsters dupe 44-year-old teacher of Rs 3.45 lakh on pretext of sending morphed pictures to her family members” (9 March 2022)
- Kansas: “Former Parsons students accuse teacher of inappropriate messages” (10 March 2022)
- New Jersey: “Board Member’s Social Media Posts Called Racist” (9 March 2022)
- Australia: “Chilling footage shows teacher at an $37,350-a-year private school giving a speech about ‘kindness in the classroom’ – before he’s charged over alleged child abuse ring” (9 March 2022)
- Oklahoma: “Holdenville teacher aid charged with rape and solicitation of a minor” (8 March 2022)
- Ohio: “Teacher arrest leads to more charges in Ohio human trafficking case” (8 March 2022)
- Louisiana: “Ex-teacher’s aide arrested on new pornography counts involving students, sheriff says” (7 March 2022)
- Indiana: “Indiana teacher arrested after video shows him slapping student in hallway” (4 March 2022)
- Pennsylvania: “‘Indefensible’ social media posts cited as Derry Area School Board asks member to step down” (4 March 2022)
- National: “Schools Would Receive Funding for Cyber Education Programs Under Bipartisan Bill” (3 March 2022)
- South Dakota: “Teacher resigns after LGBTQ+ post backlash” (1 March 2022)
- New York: “Police: Teacher arrested after camera found in bathroom” (14 February 2022)
- Iowa: “Former Center Point-Urbana teacher arrested for sexual exploitation of student” (10 February 2022)
Model Code of Ethics for Educators
“TikTok!! It’s 10 p.m.! Do You Know What Apps Your Kids and Teachers Are Using?”
Statistical Information on Child Smartphone and Social Media Use:
- “Teen Social Media Statistics 2022 (What Students and Parents Need to Know)” (14 February 2022)
- “Most popular social networks among children in the United States aged 11 years or younger according to their parents as of March 2020, by age group” (2022)
- “Sharing too soon? Children and social media apps” (21 October 2021)
- “It’s A Smartphone Life: More Than Half Of U.S. Children Now Have One” (31 October 2019)
- “Teens, Social Media and Technology 2018” (31 May 2018)
Positive Examples of Educator TikTok Use:
- Illinois:“Illinois teacher uses TikTok to teach Black history” (17 February 2022)
- Minnesota: “High school teacher astounds TikTok with video explaining what ‘once removed’ actually means on a family tree” (15 February 2022)
- Louisiana: “New Orleans teacher inspires and entertains millions on TikTok” (30 December 2021)
- Indiana: “The Chemistry Teacher Who Went Viral on TikTok” (18 November 2021)
- Nevada: “Las Vegas teacher uses TikTok to inspire millions” (27 August 2021)
Student First Amendment Rights:
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969)
- Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. (2021)
Tyler Ray Johnson, Tully High School:
- “School Leaders lie to silence gay teen, face no accountability” (18 February 2022)
- “Social Media and Student Activism” (The Cybertraps Podcast, 24 January 2022)
- “NY Public High School Silences Gay Student and Role Model” (8 January 2022)
- Tyler Johnson on TikTok (6 January 2022)
Misuse of Power and Student Mistakes:
- Florida: “Teen jailed after TikTok video shows gun sticking out of pants at school, FL cops say” (10 March 2022)
- Virginia: “Frederick Co. teen in custody after school receives a mustard gas threat on TikTok” (3 March 2022)
- California: “‘1,000 male students for one toilet’ | ‘Devious Lick’ Tik Tok trend causing trouble at Lincoln High School” (10 February 2022)
- England: “Teachers are ‘quitting their jobs’ after being falsely labelled ‘paedophiles’ by students in TikTok videos” (25 November 2021)
- Global: “TikTok video shows students how to cheat using this sneaky iPhone feature” (15 October 2021)
- Global: “The ‘devious licks’ TikTok challenge has students stealing toilets and vandalizing bathrooms” (18 September 2021)
- Location Unknown: “TikTok Unearths “Gross” Story Behind a Teacher Hugging a Student From Behind” (12 September 2021)