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Passing Notes in Cyberspace: Electronic Communication and Privacy in the Workplace
By Caylen Tichenor

As a modern education professional you pride yourself on taking every advantage of technology. One example: you keep your students' parents informed of their children's performance and behavior via Email, telling both the positives and the negatives. You believe these electronic messages are "private correspondence" sent in good faith and could not possibly have any repercussions. Don't be so sure. Another example: using the school's computer in your free time you constantly surf the Web seeking sites relevant to your lessons. But, being human, you sometimes find yourself at sites that are not so relevant. Oh, well, no one will be the wiser, right? Again, don't be so sure. In this case, what you don't know - about privacy-related issues - can hurt you....

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