[CALIBK12] Query: Teacher's Picture on UTube.

[Blanche Woolls]

Connie, this is pure and simple bullying and you school must have rules 
about bullying students. Just because the person is not a student at the 
school does not mean that they wouldn't come under the same rule. It 
should cover everyone at the school and the same penalities should apply.

Blanche

On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, Connie Moore wrote:

> I was approached by my principal today to ask how I would handle this
> situation and wanted your advice. I told him that I could ask the
> Listserv and he said YES! I will gather any info I get and hand it over
> to my principal. Please respond off list. I am hoping that with many of
> you taking 2.0 this summer, something of this subject may have been
> discussed.
>
>
>
> One of our students took a picture of one of our teachers. He then used
> some type of software to animate the mouth to have the teacher hum along
> with face movement to a song. He then posted this animation on his UTube
> site.
>
> When the principal found out about it, he turned it over to our district
> Technology Department for action. They have reported it to UTube as a
> violation, but have not received any response. The picture is not
> obscene so it wasn't flagged right away. As UTube is blocked by the
> school's filters, this picture can only be viewed via home computers.
>
>
>
> What rights does the school have? Can the school demand that the picture
> be removed?  Is asking that the picture be removed in violation of any
> of the student's rights? Does only the person whose picture it is have
> the right to demand that their picture be removed or can the school or
> district act on their behalf?
>
>
>
> Once this situation is taken care of, the principal wants to write an
> "official" policy for dealing with situations like this in the future.
> Although this is the first (that we know of), we also know it will not
> be the last time we have to deal with this. It will be helpful to have
> many different voices in coming up with this policy.
>
>
>
> Thank you for any and all advice you may send.
>
> Connie Moore
>
> Library Media Technician
>
> Las Colinas Middle School
>
> Pleasant Valley School District
>
> cmoore at pvsd.k12.ca.us
>
>
>
>