9/5/07

EDAD 692 COURSE SYLLABUS FOR FALL 2007
12-Week Schedule
Early Version/ Class to be offered summer 2008

(Subject to change: consult Blackboard for periodic updates and more details)

Content

Week 1/ Sept. 17           

Course introduction/ expectations
History, meaning of the First Amendment
Watson-McKinney video on the First Amendment in schools
Interview with administrator Jan Roland (Gerry video)
Discussion questions
Pre-test/ survey
Homework:  watch “Live Free” video by Alex Capogna

Week 2/ Sept. 24           

Student, teacher, parent and principal attitudes about First Amendment
2-minute drill: short videos with John Siegenthaler, Dautrich/ Yalof, Mark Goodman
Discussion questions
Homework: familiarize yourselves with the new Knight studies; read Quill and Scroll Principals Guide to Scholastic Journalism
                                   
Week 3/ Oct. 1          

The role of student media in a school
Interview with Amy Sorrell
Discussion questions

Week 4/ Oct. 8           

Media law: A look at Tinker, Hazelwood, Bethel, other cases
Ethics, libel discussions
Short supplementary video on Hazelwood
Special interview with Mary Beth Tinker
Discussion questions                       

Week 5/ Oct. 15           

Media Law II: What does ‘Bong Hits’ mean to you?                                   
Video panel discussion on the 2007 case
Interview with Mark Popovich
Discussion questions

Week 6/ Oct. 22           

The principal – advisor relationship in student media
Interview with school Indianapolis principal Evans Branigan
Interview with Dick Johns
Assigned paper: Woodlan, Indiana, issue
Discussion questions: Case Studies: Woodlan

Week 7/ Oct. 29            

School climate and the First Amendment            
Discipline, involvement and partnership
Value of different perspectives                       
Respecting diversity                                   
Discussion questions
           
Week 8 / Nov. 5           

Free speech in the digital era
Challenges of student bloggers, MySpace, Facebook
Internet bullying
Shawn Healy interview
Video: Panel discussion at BSU (45 mins)
Discussion questions

Week 9/ Nov. 12           

Free speech in the digital era: Part II
Interview with Judith Krug on school Internet filtering
Homework: read McCormick Tribune/ J-Ideas booklet on digital free speech
Final paper assigned: topic to involve digital free speech
Discussion questions           

Week 10 / Nov. 19           

Educating for freedom and responsibility
Civic education in schools
Interview with Ted McConnell
Interviews with Sam Chaltain, Molly McCloskey
The First Amendment Schools project
Discussion questions           

Week 11/ Nov. 26           

Final week free-for-all: the class poses the discussion questions!
Discussion questions

Week 12/ Dec. 3           

Leadership and the school principal (Joe video)
Wrapup, course evaluation
Final paper due Dec. 5
                                   
Primary instructors: Joe McKinney, Warren Watson
Video coordinator, adjunct: Gerry Appel
Adjunct: Angela Thomas