Monitoring web use at school - 19 views

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  #1 Jeff Ratliff on 27 Sep 09

   

  Does a school have a right to monitor students' use of the school network?
  
  What rights does the school have?
  
  Do students have any rights to privacy at school?
  
  Suppose the school has a rule against using Facebook at school and a teacher sees a student on Facebook. Does the teacher then have a right to browse through that student's Facebook? Why or why not?

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Does a school have a right to monitor students' use of the school network? <br /> <br /> What rights does the school have? <br /> <br /> Do students have any rights to privacy at school? <br /> <br /> Suppose the school has a rule against using Facebook at school and a teacher sees a student on Facebook. Does the teacher then have a right to browse through that student's Facebook? Why or why not?</div>

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  #2 Rafae Wathra on 29 Sep 09

   

  Yes the school has the right to monitor students' use of the network because they are paying for the service and if everyone kept downloading a lot of stuff then the network would be slow for everyone.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Yes the school has the right to monitor students' use of the network because they are paying for the service and if everyone kept downloading a lot of stuff then the network would be slow for everyone.</div>

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  #4 Bassel Kanj on 04 Oct 09

   

  I disagree,
  
  The teacher only has the right to view his history, or view the page he is currently on. Not continue viewing his Facebook, because they are taking advantage of him/her being logged in at the time. Yes, they have access to monitor them remotely, but to monitor, not control and do actions that may harm the user.
  
  Monitoring was only intended to see if the student has been browsing/staying off task.
  
  @Sung: That's a good assumption.
  
  @Rafae: How is downloading relevant to this topic?

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I disagree, <br /> <br /> The teacher only has the right to view his history, or view the page he is currently on. Not continue viewing his Facebook, because they are taking advantage of him/her being logged in at the time. Yes, they have access to monitor them remotely, but to monitor, not control and do actions that may harm the user. <br /> <br /> Monitoring was only intended to see if the student has been browsing/staying off task. <br /> <br /> @Sung: That's a good assumption. <br /> <br /> @Rafae: How is downloading relevant to this topic?</div>

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