How should the law deal with cases like the suicides of Tyler Clementia and Phoebe Prince?
Page One: Read the following articles:
Article from Room for Debate in the New York Times
Article from The Chronicle of Higher Education
How should the law deal with cases like the suicides of Tyler Clementia and Phoebe Prince?
From Cyber bullying – "All of the Supreme Court’s student speech cases have involved speech occurring on school grounds or during school-sponsored activities. As a result, there is no clear indication of whether schools can punish cyber bullying occurring outside of a school context. The Supreme Court must confront the issue of whether a school violates a student’s free speech rights by punishing them for creating, on their own time and using their own computers, electronic material that mocks or insults school officials or classmates. Until they do, lower courts will continue to struggle with the resolution of this issue."
Respond to part A and part B:
A. Have you thought about your own digital footprint? Have you posted photos, videos, or comments you would like to erase. Google your name and see what comes up. What level of privacy did you expect as an Internet user?
B. "Do colleges and schools have any authority when students misuse electronic devices both on and off school property? If there are cases of cyber bullying involving computers, cellphones, and social-network sites like Facebook and Twitter, does an institution have a legal basis to step in? Or is it stepping on free speech?"
In order to earn the full points for this assignment, you must:
Directly and completely answer the questions.
Clearly and accurately explain your answer based on factual information.
Include examples, quotes and/or paraphrases in your answer.
Compose a unified paragraph using effective sentence structure, word choice, and grammatical correctness.
Respond to another student’s post explaining the reason for your agreement or disagreement.
Reminder: Please make sure to comply with all Netiquette Guidelines listed in the Getting Started module.
Page Two:
click on links to hear/see: Bob Dylan Bob Marley The Last Poets
What is your favorite song that presents a strong message for social change? Why? What is the message? Who is the artist or group? If you can, provide a link to the song on Youtube or another site.
Use the song title as your subject.
Do not select a song if another student has already selected it,
Listen to a few of your classmate’s song selections and comment.
In order to earn the full points for this assignment, you must:
Directly and completely answer the questions.
Clearly and accurately explain your answer.
Compose a unified paragraph using effective sentence structure, word choice, and grammatical correctness.
Respond to another student’s post.
