1. Cybertraps 2.0:
Now with Ethics!
Frederick S. Lane
NASDTEC
Minneapolis, MN
12 June 2018

2. Introduction and Overview

3. • www.Menti.com
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• Twitter
• @fsl3
• @NASDTEC
• #NASDTEC2018

5. Home

6. The Four Millennials

7. Burlington School Bd.

8. 9 Books

9. Cybertraps for Educators 2.0
• Introduction
• Four Sections of Cybertraps
• Overview
• MCEE Provisions
• Cautionary Tales
• Questions for Reflection and Discussion
• Policies and Procedures
• Appendix with MCEE

10. • June 11 -- Gym teacher charged
with sexting with 14-year-old
girl [Florida]
• June 7 -- White Teacher Makes
Instagram Post Mocking Black
Elementary Student’s Hair
[Canada]
Recent Headlines

11. • June 6 -- 18-year-old man steals
phone of former substitute
teacher turned stripper Mary Beth
Haglin [Iowa]
• May 23 -- Former Minnesota
Teacher of the Year Removed from
Licensing Board Over Trump
Comments
Recent Headlines

12. • May 15 -- Teacher, 32, is shot dead in a
hail of bullets on her family's driveway six
months after being suspended from her
job when it was revealed cops found her
with a 17-year-old boy in a car with
steamed up windows [Pennsylvania]
• May 10 -- Sheriff's deputy's teacher wife,
29, accused of performing oral sex on her
14-year-old student scowls and sobs in
court [New York]
Recent Headlines

13. Trends

14. It’s A Mobile World
• As of 2018: Estimated 306 million
cellphone users in United States
(95%)
• Smartphone percentage: 77%
• Cellphone Usage Among 18-29 yos:
100%
• Smartphone percentage: 94%
• “Smaller, Faster, Cheaper”

15. • No More Landlines? (43.8 )
• Individual Phone Numbers
• Multiple Messaging Channels
• Level Playing Field
• Massive Cultural Shifts
• More Expensive Investigations
Implications

16. So Many Channels, So Little Time

17. • Pew Research, Feb. 2018:
• YouTube: 94%
• Facebook: 80%
• Snapchat: 78%
• Instagram: 71%
• Twitter: 45%
18-24 yo. Social Media Use

18. Cybertraps for Educators

19. What Is a “Cybertrap”?
• A “Cybertrap” is defined as:
• An unintended or
undesirable consequence
• Resulting from
• The use or misuse
• Of a digital device.

20. Main Cybertraps Factors
• Empathy: Generally Too Much
• Stress / Substance Abuse
• Infatuation / Obsession
• Rapidly Shifting Cultural Mores
• Low Barriers to Misbehavior
• Group or Mob Behavior
• Sociopathy

21. Lifestyle Cybertraps

22. Lifestyle Cybertraps
• Ever-Shrinking Zone of Privacy
• Risks of Using Social Media as a Soap Box
• Social Media: It’s a Billboard, Not a Diary
• Risqué Business:
• The Lifestyle Chapter
• The Artist’s Chapter
• The Extra Income Chapter
• The Past or Present Porn Chapter
• The Prostitution Chapter

23. Cybertraps in the Classroom

24. • Cameras Are Everywhere
• Productivity Cybertraps
• Plagiarism & Copyright
• Bringing Inappropriate Materials
to School
• Accessing Inappropriate Materials
on School Property
• Creation of a Hostile Workplace
Cybertraps in the Classroom

25. Cybertraps Involving Students

26. • Distracted Driving and Walking
• Unauthorized Disclosure of Student
Information
• Identity Theft and Spoofing
• Cyberbullying and Cyberharrasment
by Students
• Cyberbaiting by Students
• Online Relationships with Students
Cybertraps Involving Students

27. Criminal Cybertraps

28. • Cyberbullying, Cyberharrasment, and Cyberstalking
• Electronic Sexual Assault
• Possession, Receipt, and/or Distribution of Child Porn
• The Voyeurism Chapter
• Production of Child Porn
• Solicitation and Sexting with Students
• Sexual Assault
• Failure to Report
• Spoliation of Evidence and Obstruction of Justice
Criminal Cybertraps

29. Criminal Misconduct

30. District Exposure

31. Litigation and Liability
• Increased Responsibility = Increased
Exposure
• Perception of Deep Pockets
• Negligence and Gross Negligence
• Actions Outside Scope of Authority
• Rising Legal Fees & Insurance
Premiums
• Impact of Technology Is Significant
and Ongoing

32. Promoting Educator Ethics

33. • Empathy / Shared Humanity
• Family & Community Values
• Social Norms
• Religion
• Policies & Procedures
• Codes of Conduct
• Laws and Regulations
• Ethical Codes

34. Model Code of Educator Ethics
• NASDTEC – Model Code of
Ethics for Educators (June 2015)
• Five Principles:
• Responsibility to the Profession
• Responsibility for Professional Competence
• Responsibility to Students
• Responsibility to the School Community
• Responsible and Ethical Use of
Technology

36. Contact Information
• FSLane3@gmail.com
• 802-318-4604
• @FSL3, @Cybertraps
• www.FrederickLane.com
• http://www.fredericklane.com/the-
cybertraps-blog/
• ww.linkedin.com/in/fredericklane/
• www.slideshare.net/FSL3

37. Cybertraps 2.0:
Now with Ethics!
Frederick S. Lane
NASDTEC
Minneapolis, MN
12 June 2018