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Facebook, YouTube & Student Free Speech: What Educators Need to Know
Audio Conference Recording Price: 199.00 (U.S. Dollars) -
SUMMARY
Facebook, YouTube and cell phones- many students have turned to these technologies to express criticism of their school & their classmates, as well as faculty & other school officials. Cyberbullying, sexting and online harassment are ever increasing threats to your school. How can you balance the 1st Amendment rights of students and the need to maintain a safe, secure, and effective learning environment? Join us for a 60-minute audio conference where you and your colleagues will discover:
- Cyber-Speech & the First Amendment: Legal Guidelines for Educators
- Keys to handling Inappropriate & offensive student-created Web sites
- Specific examples of how to distinguish between protected speech and threats
- Internet use from school or home- what you can & cannot address
- What authority do you have for disciplining cell phone issues?
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PROGRAM BENEFITS
This practical 60-minute audio conference will provide you with legal guidelines for handling tricky situations involving the internet and the 1st amendment.
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- Cyber-Speech & The 1st Amendment- Know the Law & Limit Your Liability
- How to distinguish between protected cyber-speech & online threats
- Guidelines to address cyber-speech from school & from home
- Key court cases- lessons learned from Tinker, Fraser, & Hazelwood
- Legal standards you can use to regulate student speech
- Cyberbullying & Sexting: Free Speech Considerations for Your School
- Discipline for Cyberbullying- without violating the 1st Amendment
- "Sexting" & exploitation- when can you legally intervene?
- Responding to hostile online behavior- what's legal, what's not
- What you can and can not do to curb inappropriate online conduct
- How Technology is being misused at School: Steps to Take Now
- Policies that protect your school & student free speech
- Online interaction with students- when educators cross the line
- 1st Amendment Considerations for school district websites & e-mails
- How to Respond to student expression that is hostile but not illegal
- Live question and answer session - Have your specific questions about the internet and the 1st amendment answered by our expert speaker.
- Cyber-Speech & The 1st Amendment- Know the Law & Limit Your Liability
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SPEAKER
John Borkowski practices in the area of trial and appellate litigation, with emphasis on education law issues arising under the U.S. Constitution, state constitutions, and federal statutes and regulations. He also actively advises public school districts, universities, and private companies in the education sector about a wide variety of matters. Since joining Hogan & Hartson in 1988, John has worked primarily on litigation matters involving education law and civil rights issues. He became a partner in the firm in 1996.
- John currently works primarily with Hogan & Hartson's education group, both litigating and advising clients. He has worked extensively on a wide-range school desegregation, voting rights, and reverse discrimination cases for educational institutions, as well as a variety of litigation matters for other clients.
- He has handled such matters before a variety of federal trial and appellate courts, including arguing appeals before the Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Eleventh Circuits and the U.S. Supreme Court. His areas of substantive experience include the No Child Left Behind Act, Title VI, Title VII, and Title IX compliance, the rights of English language learners, voting rights, school desegregation, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, school finance, affirmative action, reverse discrimination, and the design and defense of measures to promote equal access.
- In addition, John has served in a variety of professional and community activities related to his practice. For example, as an adjunct faculty member at Loyola University School of Law for eight years, he regularly taught a course titled Educational Policy and the Law. He frequently writes articles and speaks at conferences concerning education law and civil rights issues for groups such as the National School Boards Association (NSBA) and the American Association of School Administrators.
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PROGRAM MATERIALS
The speaker's PowerPoint presentation slides are included with your audio recording purchase. All materials are accessible through the Internet and can be downloaded as a PDF file.
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PRICING
$199.00 for audio conference recording (CD or DVD) and program materials.
This is an outstanding program and therefore we offer purchasers a Money Back Guarantee. We are so confident that you will find the conference valuable that we offer a 100% money back guarantee from now until 30 days after the audio recording is shipped, making this a risk-free investment. Audio recordings will be received approximately three weeks after the live conference.
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