LOCAL - Teacher Punished for Student Broadcast
from WDIV Channel 4 Detroit
A St. Clair Shores teacher was escorted from her classroom Tuesday because of a controversial segment warning students about the dangers of a popular Web site. Lakeview High School students produced a newscast showing some controversial content from MySpace.com during a broadcast class. The student report showed clips and images from MySpace.com, but were edited and blurred out.
The student producers said the teacher does not deserve to be punished. They said they believe the message of the newscast was important.
School officials confirmed the incident in a statement, but did not comment on the status of the teacher. The following is the statement released:
On Tuesday morning, February 28, 2006, a student-produced video was aired over the internal cable system at Lakeview High School. The piece was part of the "Silver and Blue" television show produced by the television production class. Unfortunately, the message of the piece (safe use of the internet) was lost because of the selection of photographs, language and music that were included.
Lakeview administrators have initiated an investigation into concerns about the content. We apologize to any students or staff who may have been offended by what was aired. At this time there is no comment about the teacher's status.
1 comment:
I don't understand really what happened here. I published the story because I think that it is further evidence of the direction that myspace is heading; a path similar to Napster.
I never saw the video in question, but there would have to be something offensive in order for the school to have punished the teacher.
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