Education, Teaching and Ethics

New technology brings new questions to the table about what is appropriate communication between students and their teachers. Should they communicate online? And if so, what are the guidelines?

There is an ethical issue arising over how students and teachers should communicate online. On social network sites where oftentimes, inappropriate information gets shared publicly, a lot of incriminating things can be said. A student could divulge their partying habits, or their academic dishonesty.

And likewise, a teacher could get caught up in the fun too. When teachers can watch their students' social lives, and students and teachers have a forum to communicate privately after school, what are the dangers?

Our A2Ethics.org September Local Resource of the Month is the Ann Arbor District Library. Aside from the fact the Ann Arbor District Library has a good collection of books and other media on our favorite ethics topics,  the Ann Arbor District Library and libraries in general, highlight several current ethical issues.
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Social workers are teachers, therapists, advocates, and police all rolled into one. They are in the trenches at the center of the school system, caught between the faculty, administration, students, parents, and school board. Join Bart and Jeanine in their hour-long discussion with Jennifer Cotter of the Livonia Public Schools.

February is a short month. So, before it flits by, we want to talk about a local resource on ethics that a2ethics.orgers should know about. No, it is not unethical if you don't want to know, but we think it is a resource that will increase your ethics knowledge and enthusiasm for ethics talk.

The a2ethics.org local resource of the month is: The Center for Ethics in Public Life at the University of Michigan.

Originally submitted by: Barton Bund, The Blackbir

Strangely enough, I have been requested to speak to the fifth grade students graduating from Burns Park Elementary School, on Jun 13 2008. Here is a transcript of my speech. [file name=Commencement_Address__Burns_Park.doc size=31744]http://www.a2ethics.org/images/fbfiles/files/Commencement_Address__Burns_Park.doc[/file]