Student Speech Updates

8th period-Today we finished the chart about online speech cases in class. We'll be working on the following in class on Friday.
1st period, we did the following activity today in class (Jack B and Dani will be partners and comment on each other's posts).

Today in class we are going to continue to explore and discuss the current state of the law as it applies to student speech both inside at outside of school.  Thus you have a few tasks to complete today.

First, choose three of the following stories to read (you should read one from each group)
Group (A)

• Student claims she was disciplined for facebook post...
• How far may schools go in restricting student speech in the interest of school safety?
• Supreme Court declines to hear student internet speech cases

Group (B)

• Court upholds expulsion for off-campus threat of school violence
• Cyber-bullying: Disruptive conduct or free speech?
• NY top court says cyberbulling law violates free speech

Group (C)

• Censorship of "boobies" bracelets continues
• When Students protest abortion can schools draw the line?
• High School basketball player sues after getting cut from the team

Next, write a blog post that does the following for each article:Titles it Student Speech Updates; Defines the issue raised in the story;  Identifies the key facts; Lists the potential legal questions that exist;  Suggests your opinion about the issues raised in the story;  Asks an open-ended question about the article and the issues it raises.

When each member of your group is finished write a comment to their posts that responds to the questions they raise.

This activity does NOT count as your blog post for this week.
If you are looking for something to write about for your weekly post-check out  this article:
Denver Area Students Walkout in Protest.