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The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America guarantees that Congress will make no laws that infringe upon the freedom of speech, press, and religion. Parents, Child Advocacy groups, and lobbyists for Family Values want to make sure that children are protected from online predators and pornography. Other groups, intent on preserving 1st Amendment rights for all citizens want to ensure the unrestricted flow of information to all. These two arguments represent the two opinions on the extremity of what is really a continuum of opinion in answer to the question: Does Liberty Mean Freedom To __________, or Freedom From __________? This site is a collection of essays and resources on the ethical issues of free speech vs. censorship and how they impact three specific situations in K-12 education: acceptable use policies, student web pages, and filtering/blocking software. |
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The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. |
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White Paper History: This is currently the second revision/addendum to the original Free Speech Vs. Censorship White Paper. The original white paper can be found here. The original authors of the white paper were: David Barber, Tammy McLane, and Brian Abeling who were all graduate students in the Curriculum, Technology, and Education Reform (CTER) Masters of Education program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The original project was completed as a part of the Ethical and Policy Issues in Informational Technologies , under the instruction of Dr. Nicholas Burbules class during the 1999 spring semester. The first revision/addendum of this white paper can be found here. The addendum was authored in 2002 by Paulette Wall, Brian Pasero, and Nancy Bogusch all of whom were also CTER students at the University of Illinois. The second revision/addendum focused on updating links, adding new content and streamlining the site to make it more efficient. This revision has also added some new material involving the Patriot Act as well as court decisions involving student websites. This 2005 revision/addendum is authored by Warner Ferratier, James Linnenburger, and Hyung Ro all CTER students at the University of Illinois. |
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2nd Revision by: Warner Ferratier James Linnenburger Hyung Ro |
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Other on-line Educator's Guides dealing with similar topics include: · Credibility & Web Evaluation · Privacy |
