This is a past event.

If you are interested in attending this event, contact Rachelle Gariepy by Friday (Oct. 14) or by filling out this form.

This presentation provides an overview of the legal issues associated with technology in the K-12 schools. Discussion topics include: cyberbullying, inappropriate use of the Internet by students, teachers and staff, school policies, procedures and contracts, and ethical issues. In this interactive session, participants will discuss legal cases involving social networking (including student and teacher misuse of social networking sites and school disciplinary actions that arguably cross the line) and the role of schools in those cases. Participants will also discuss other technology-related scenarios, with an eye toward developing strategies and averting legal problems should an issue arise in their school.

Bissonette is a lawyer, teacher and writer. She has written extensively for trade publications and conducts training sessions for corporate, educational and nonprofit groups (nationally and internationally) on the topics of copyright, rights negotiation and licensing, and the legal issues associated with technology in schools. She has written web site copy for two web sites on intellectual property and copyright law and has written and co-produced a satellite broadcast for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities titled "Copyright Considerations for Higher Education." She practices law with Little Buffalo Law & Consulting in Minneapolis, MN. 

A light dinner will be served. This is the first of a series of 7 presentations. Teachers who attend 6 of the 7 seminars will qualify to receive 25 SCECH’s.

This event is being sponsored by Michigan Tech’s Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences, Department of Humanities, and the Copper Country Reading Council. Partial funding is provided by the Visiting Women & Minority Lecture/Scholar Series (VWMLS) which is funded by a grant to the Office of Institutional Equity and Inclusion from the State of Michigan's King-Chavez-Parks Initiative.