Bill Status of 2426 - The bill is in the Governor’s hands waiting to be signed…
| 5/22/2008 |
House |
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-001-000 |
| 5/22/2008 |
Senate |
Passed Both Houses |
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Harassing and Obscene Communications Act. Creates the Cyberbullying Law. Provides that the offense of harassment through electronic communications also includes the use of electronic communication for making a harassing statement for the purpose of alarming, tormenting, or terrorizing a specific person on at least 2 separate occasions; or creating and maintaining an Internet website or webpage, which is accessible to one or more third parties for a period of at least 24 hours, and which contains harassing statements made for the purpose of alarming, tormenting, or terrorizing a specific person. Establishes penalties. Effective immediately.
As posted by http://davidormsby.wordpress.com/2008/03/:
… Zap teen “cyberbullying” via the Internet, text messages, and e-mail. The legislation targets iHarassment, iTormenting or iTerrorizing a specific person at least twice, including posting Web site smackdowns.
The cyberbullies would be yanked from their gizzmos for up to one year in the slammer for a first offense. Yikes. Repeat iPests would be staring at 1-3 years in the pokey. Double Yikes.
Hmm… Where do educators in Illinois stand on this bill? What should the punishments of this kind of behavior be? Speak up…
What is the proper degree to get to work as a tech educator in Illinois? Are Illinois schools and Illinois universities on the same page in regards to requirements, needs, and expectations? What program would you suggest is the best in our Illinois universities? When one looks at Illinois’ overall approach, does the word eclectic fit best?
Here is an interesting program from Chicago State University. Based on the description, is this a good program to prepare someone for teaching in Illinois?
The Technology Education program prepares professionals to teach technology related subjects in middle, junior high and high schools. The program qualifies candidates for the Type 09 Illinois High School Certificate in Technology Education for Grades 6-12, and it includes the following specializations:
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Communication
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Energy Utilization
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Production
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Transportation
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With additional course work, the program offers opportunities to complete requirements for the following designations:
- Cisco Certified Network Administrator Certificate
- Illinois State Board of Education Work-based (Cooperative) Education Coordinator Designation
The Technology Education program is approved by the National Council on Accreditation of Teacher Education’s Council on Technology Teacher Education (NCATE/CTTE) and Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
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What do you think?
Hey everyone… Who is going to IL-TCE 2008 “Learning without Boundaries” Feb. 26-29, 2008? This is the biggest Tech Education event in Illinois. Workshops begin February 26th and 27th and the main events take place February 28th and 29th. Organizers of the event want to encourage you all to register asap as they will cancel any workshop that has too small of an enrollment.
There will be over 175 concurrent and poster sessions, including Illinois’ own Steve Dembo, Brad Fountain and Joe Brennan. There are going to be numerous Illinois DEN members on hand and presenting as well.
The general conference day scheduled sessions will be available mid January but here are some important links to get on board with now:
If you are a DEN Member and you will be attendance or you will be presenting, add a comment here to let us know what you are doing. We would love to highlight your participation. Feel free to email Scott Meech: Scott@Smeech.net with a blurb on what you will be presenting on and we will highlight your session here as well.
Look forward to seeing you all at this year’s event…
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