After a brief break in posting (I worked all weekend), it is time to resume taking a look at the Julie Amero transcript. Seeing as I go home tomorrow for the weekend (no class Friday), I should be able to write the rest of the posts, and then just schedule them to be posted.

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Once you get past the preliminary stuff (how long he had been teaching, why he was not in the building that day, etc.), Mr. Napp testified to the fact that when he logged onto the computer in the morning, before any students were in the class, there were no popups of any kind, and that he did not remember ever seeing any popups on the computer. The only interaction he had with Ms. Amero lasted about two minutes, just a “here are the lesson plans” kind of thing.

Q: At some point on October 19th, 2004, did you learn information about what may have occurred in your classroom?
A: That night. Earlier in the year, I had given the kids as a way of extra contact my screen name for instant messages for either parents’ questions or their questions for work. And it was about 6:00 or 7:00, I go an instant message from one of my students stating that –

The defense then objected (hearsay), and the objection was sustained.

Commentary:
Umm…he gave his students his screen name? Guess the Master’s program he was in didn’t have a CYA 101. See, the problem with most instant messengers back in 2004 was that there wasn’t a built in function to log the sessions. Just imagine if a student claimed that he sent sexual messages - he would have no firm evidence to show otherwise. This is why you give the students an email address, preferably one provided by the school. I never had the screen name of any school employee, teacher or otherwise, until the summer going into my Senior year, and then it was a tech guy that was serving as content consultant for my senior project.

He then went on to testify about how he went into work early the next day, and took a look at the history, and visited some of the pages to confirm what exactly they were. He then emailed the principal for further instructions. Later that day, they both went through and looked at content, and then called in the IT professional for the district. The IT professional then took a look at things, and printed some things out (logs and such, not the websites).

During cross examination, Mr. Napp testified about how the room was set up. The teacher computer was situated so he could be using it, and still see when kids came in. He mentioned that the room was set up in such a way that only a few row of students were able to see the monitor.

Transcript