Although I believe the main responsibility for teaching kids the appropriate uses of technology lies with the parents, educators hold a great deal of responsibility as well. Unfortunately, parents are allowing their children to have cell phones and use the internet unattended at an increasingly earlier age, and this allows for a culture that normalizes things like sexting and texting cliques.
I think that a discussion about ethical and legal uses of technology should have a place in Health classes (sexting, cyber bullying, etc.), counselling sessions, and classes that rely heavily on technology. If a class has a discussion forum online, for example, the teacher should reiterate that the same rules apply to this forum as they do to the physical classroom (respect for each other's ideas, etc.).
A topic that may have a place in all high school classes is the issue of social media such as Facebook and Twitter and how an inappropriate representation on these sites could have a negative affect on the student's chances of getting jobs or scholarships.
Finally, I think that presentations and assemblies should address the issue of ethical and legal uses of technology. Students should learn about students such as Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers student who committed suicide after having intimate video footage "out" him on the internet. There should be a discussion about tragedies such as Tyler, Hope, and the other teens who have suffered to the point of even taking their own life because of misuse of technology.
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