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=Additional Actions by the Teacher=

In addition to responding to the student who received inappropriate comments, the teacher needs to be prepared to take additional actions in order to insure students' safety. The following actions were considered by the group. As you can see, there is not general agreement on each action. It would be a valuable activity for all teachers to consider their individual response, yet come to an agreement on school policy in these situations.

Inform YouTube administrators
//I agree with this one~julie Definitely~Mike S.// Without a doubt. Kathy

//I don't think you have to. Once you inform UTUBE they will take it off. ~julie Do you need to remove the student's video or just the comment that has the videos attached? ~ Mike S.// //Good point, Mike. I would like to just remove the questionable comment.-tom// I would remove the video for sure as I would be afraid she would attract more comments of a similar nature - Kathy
 * Remove the one video from YouTube**

//I think it is a great experience to learn from. I am a fan of teachable moments~julie Censor the questionable material and use the example to demonstrate the appropriate steps to turn in questionable comments or content ~ Mike S.// //This may lead to a good discussion on censorship. What exactly is "freedom of speech"? - tom// I would remove all of the class videos from YouTube. I really do not think all student work should be publicized. kathy
 * Remove all class videos from YouTube**

//If this is possible I agree~Julie Definitely a good idea to leave the student's video and restrict the access// //I would not want to restrict to class. That defeats the purpose of the activity.- tom Providing an e-mail address might not prevent such comments. I think many kids know how to create untraceable addresses.- tom// See comment above. I thinkthe videos should be posted only for students within the class or the school district to view. Kathy
 * Leave videos on YouTube but restrict access to class or to those providing e-mail address**

//Not, yet. I would wait. If it is delt with. ~Julie Probably a situation you can handle - especially if you restrict access and have a rss feed when comments are made. You can monitor all in coming material.~ Mike S.// //If you don't let the administrators know right away, it will come back and bite you for sure when parents call-tom// I agree with Tom. You might need administrative backup on this one and there is little administrators dislike more than to be blindsided by a parent or school board member without any refrence point. Kathy
 * Inform school administrators and let them make decision**

//Maybe~Julie I probably would call so they know you are on top of things~ Mike S.// //Gotta tell the parents. They will find out, anyway-tom// Gotta tell parents but in a tactful way and really mean that it will not happen again - which is why I would definitely remove all of the videos fromYouTube. Kathy
 * Inform parents that the situation is being handled so that students will be protected in the future**

//We are blocked from the UTUBE site at our school, unless you know how to sneak in using other languages and through Dogplie. This would result in the loss of an effective learning tool.~ Mike S.// //I support the policy "don't ask, don't tell" when it comes to the IT department - tom// YouTube was voted a learnable site and is not blocked from our school but facebook is. Kathy
 * Ask network support area to block access to the offensive Web site**

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Possible discussions with students
//This is possible~Juli//
 * Have a class discussion about the response and let class decide what to do.**