TeacherSource | PBS: The Julie Amero in All of Us

[jason]

The Julie Amero in All of Us talks about the case of Julie Amero, the substitute teacher who was found guilty of child endangerment because her students saw a flood of adult-oriented popup ads flood her computer screen. And the news coverage is causing a lot of educators to say to themselves in horror: It could have been me.” [see also: Julie Amero - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia].

I wonder why it is that the school and the people responsible for the computers are not under scrutiny. And of course the articles note that no one checked to see if the computer itself was properly set up to block popup windows or to check for malware or spyware. It *sounds* like scapegoating a co-victim, and is troubling.