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Fri Feb-26-10 05:47 AM
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| 8. I showed that episode of Digital Nation to my students a few days before I heard about |
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Edited on Fri Feb-26-10 05:49 AM by Hissyspit
the Pennsylvania incident here at DU. This is the trailer for the whole episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6PRIGW6pqA |
| -It’s not just Lower Merion!: Bronx school watches unwitting students via Webcam |
maddezmom |
Feb-26-10 02:28 AM |
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Crap, guess what the TV News story will bury Health Care Reform n/t |
upi402 |
Feb-26-10 02:37 AM |
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Tip of the iceberg(s) |
depakid |
Feb-26-10 02:43 AM |
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K&R and |
PCIntern |
Feb-26-10 02:50 AM |
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KnR |
Hekate |
Feb-26-10 02:56 AM |
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Memo to students.. |
SoCalDem |
Feb-26-10 03:41 AM |
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I would amend that to say that if ANYONE gives you any communications device... |
damyank913 |
Feb-26-10 06:28 AM |
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Or just buy your own laptop |
proud2BlibKansan |
Feb-26-10 06:32 AM |
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With all due respect, that is not an option for many students. |
Heidi |
Feb-26-10 06:36 AM |
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We bought a fantastic wifi Dell laptop for $250 |
SoCalDem |
Feb-26-10 07:01 AM |
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That whole thing about not being able to afford one just went right over your head didn't it? n/t |
Raineyb |
Feb-26-10 07:53 AM |
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$250 is a fortune for some parents of students. (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Feb-26-10 09:08 PM |
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Kids at Lower Merion were required to use the school computers. nt |
woo me with science |
Feb-26-10 07:01 AM |
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They were also required to pay $55 for insurance but if they didn't they still got a computer |
proud2BlibKansan |
Feb-26-10 07:02 AM |
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They were prohibited from bringing their own, |
woo me with science |
Feb-26-10 07:04 AM |
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Again. They were also required to pay $55 insurance but got a computer even if they didn't pay it. |
proud2BlibKansan |
Feb-26-10 07:11 AM |
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So what? |
woo me with science |
Feb-26-10 07:19 AM |
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Actually, looks like I started this subthread |
proud2BlibKansan |
Feb-26-10 07:41 AM |
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And then it was pointed out that not all parents have the money to buy a laptop.. |
Fumesucker |
Feb-26-10 07:50 AM |
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And I pointed out that school regulations are not always enforced |
proud2BlibKansan |
Feb-26-10 07:55 AM |
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I guess you missed the part where the kid had his personal laptop confiscated.. |
Fumesucker |
Feb-26-10 08:24 AM |
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Encouraging them to buy their own laptops is breaking the rules? |
proud2BlibKansan |
Feb-26-10 10:08 AM |
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If the rule is no personal laptops then yes indeed |
Fumesucker |
Feb-26-10 10:27 AM |
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HUH? |
BigErnMcCracken |
Feb-26-10 08:24 AM |
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Well said. |
Jamastiene |
Feb-26-10 10:53 PM |
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Yes, not only baseless, but incoherent. nt |
woo me with science |
Feb-27-10 05:09 AM |
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Yes, I recall reading that, too. nt |
woo me with science |
Feb-26-10 08:21 AM |
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That's true, but... |
pipi_k |
Feb-26-10 09:11 AM |
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Lower Merion students were forbidden to use their own laptops |
blogslut |
Feb-26-10 08:40 AM |
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There is no such thing a privacy on a work or school computer |
comrade snarky |
Feb-26-10 03:48 PM |
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Recommend. I'm sure it's more common than we've imagined. |
TexasObserver |
Feb-26-10 04:54 AM |
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Amazing how quickly we've become inured to the erosion of our rights, |
Heidi |
Feb-26-10 06:38 AM |
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Yes. Every generation, it seems, has to fight to retake the Bill of Rights. |
TexasObserver |
Feb-26-10 07:00 AM |
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I knew if one school was doing it, many more would soon be discovered |
old mark |
Feb-26-10 05:45 AM |
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"I am sure this is school administrators looking for cheap sex thrills " |
Hannah Bell |
Feb-26-10 06:35 AM |
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Like clock work Hannah... |
trumad |
Feb-26-10 06:42 AM |
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4:35 on the west coast...wow n/t |
ProdigalJunkMail |
Feb-26-10 07:05 AM |
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time and a half |
elehhhhna |
Feb-26-10 08:54 AM |
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sweet... n/t |
ProdigalJunkMail |
Feb-26-10 09:36 AM |
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heh. . . n/t |
annabanana |
Feb-27-10 06:04 AM |
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5:05 am - wow. |
Hannah Bell |
Feb-26-10 03:14 PM |
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8:05...eastern... n/t |
ProdigalJunkMail |
Feb-26-10 04:16 PM |
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so what? |
Hannah Bell |
Feb-26-10 10:45 PM |
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it's funny, Hannah, because you must |
ProdigalJunkMail |
Feb-27-10 06:06 AM |
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i see. no problem with random accusations of pedophilia; only with mocking such accusations. |
Hannah Bell |
Feb-26-10 03:25 PM |
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HB, I have many relatives, including my late mom and MIL who were educators, and |
old mark |
Feb-26-10 08:21 AM |
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Hannah... |
BigErnMcCracken |
Feb-26-10 08:32 AM |
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i don't even know what person you're talking about. your friend's experience is irrelevant to this |
Hannah Bell |
Feb-27-10 02:10 AM |
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I showed that episode of Digital Nation to my students a few days before I heard about |
Hissyspit |
Feb-26-10 05:47 AM |
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Did you see the special on CNBC about Google... |
damyank913 |
Feb-26-10 06:35 AM |
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I've been watching it, some really interesting stuff |
maddezmom |
Feb-26-10 06:38 AM |
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It is different to watch kids in school via webcams |
Chemisse |
Feb-26-10 07:19 AM |
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Agree. No problem openly video monitoring school common areas. |
TexasObserver |
Feb-26-10 07:38 AM |
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Agreed. |
BigErnMcCracken |
Feb-26-10 08:34 AM |
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Interesting how the little details get in the way, isn't it? |
proud2BlibKansan |
Feb-26-10 07:56 AM |
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This is what happens when schools are like prisons. |
Odin2005 |
Feb-26-10 07:52 AM |
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One thing for sure here... |
pipi_k |
Feb-26-10 09:21 AM |
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Covering up a microphone won't block the sound, just muffle it a bit.. |
Fumesucker |
Feb-26-10 10:15 AM |
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Yeah, I know...I meant cover it with a cotton ball or something |
pipi_k |
Feb-26-10 10:58 AM |
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Right wingers response is: If they aren't doing anything wrong then they have nothing to hide. |
olegramps |
Feb-26-10 10:02 AM |
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right wingers' response is to accuse school personnel of pedophilia, while ignoring the fact |
Hannah Bell |
Feb-26-10 03:28 PM |
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How did these people get the bloody idea that conducting covert, intrusive... |
TheMadMonk |
Feb-26-10 10:39 AM |
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Gear tracking & monitoring software is perfectly legal. |
Xithras |
Feb-26-10 07:33 PM |
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Problems here: |
woo me with science |
Feb-26-10 09:07 PM |
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INTRUSIVE SURVELIANCE. |
TheMadMonk |
Feb-27-10 06:01 AM |
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What a slime |
Echo In Light |
Feb-26-10 03:30 PM |
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Boortz was bemoaning this the other day |
gmoney |
Feb-26-10 03:33 PM |
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This is a truly stupid move by some schools |
comrade snarky |
Feb-26-10 03:46 PM |
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Now all pedophiles are going to apply for IT jobs in school districts, |
Quantess |
Feb-26-10 07:19 PM |
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who says they haven't |
mzteris |
Feb-26-10 08:02 PM |
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there we have it. mzteris spews "pedophiles in public schools". |
Hannah Bell |
Feb-26-10 10:43 PM |
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No, actually, I did. |
Quantess |
Feb-26-10 11:10 PM |
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both of you did. what conditions would those be, quantess? |
Hannah Bell |
Feb-27-10 02:08 AM |
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I had a coworker -- head of IT -- who built an elaborate system |
elehhhhna |
Feb-27-10 11:44 AM |
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Nahhh....some of them will find other means to get close to kids... |
pipi_k |
Feb-26-10 09:16 PM |
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In some places *cough*Gastonia and Charlotte, NC*cough* |
Jamastiene |
Feb-26-10 10:54 PM |
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so was ackerman fired the minute that segment hit the airwaves? my guess is, probably not. |
niyad |
Feb-26-10 09:55 PM |
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no, he wasn't, being as he was using school equipment, on school time, on school grounds. |
Hannah Bell |
Feb-27-10 02:11 AM |
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That is creepy. |
Jamastiene |
Feb-26-10 10:47 PM |
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