Information_Literacy_7-8

=Appropriate and Ethical Use of Information and Technology 7-8=

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In May we the committee came up with the following Curriculum **// Appropriate and Ethical Use of Information and Technology Curriculum //** The student will be able to: Resources: 1. Vermont Information Security, Education Division: @http://itsecurity.vermont.gov/parents_and_educators/educators 2. [] (about software copyright) 3. [] 4. 7th and 8th Grade Language Arts texts 5. OGSD Computer Ethical Use Quiz 6. 7th and 8th Grade Language Arts texts 7. OGSD Computer Ethical Use Quiz
 * understand intellectual copyright and fair use laws
 * explain identity theft and hackers and how it effects them
 * understand the issues surrounding peer-to-peer file sharing
 * explain lawful and unlawful use of copyrighted works
 * describe positive and ethical behavior (behavioral integrity) in their use of technology

The Assessment for this test was



At our December 15th meeting we began discussing the curriculum we saw online. We agree that we would continue to look online and add to the wiki page curriculum we thought was appropriate for 7-8th grade.=== By the Third week of January we will begin writing questions for the questionaire on the areas of copyright, fair use, downloading and social networking. Each person will use the discussion area to write place the questions and to write their thoughts on the curriculum. Each person will write 4 questions. Jim will consolidate these and put them in a Word document on this page.

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====Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) o  ==== o Schools and libraries must also certify that, as part of their Internet safety policy, they are educating minors about appropriate online behavior, including cyberbullying awareness and response and interacting with other individuals on social networking sites and in chat rooms. o Schools subject to CIPA are required to adopt and enforce a policy to monitor online activities of minors. onitor online activities of minors.

Fair(Y) use
http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey

Copyright video appropriate for Teacher Education
http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
Primarily put in place to limit liability for Internet Service Providers in areas of circumvention of antipiracy measures. Relates to schools mainly in the area of "fair use" in regards to what can be done in the educational realm, primarily college, to use as a teaching tool. the DMCA will not really be that important considering the scope of what we are trying to accomplish at the K-8 level in my opinion, but if you would like some "light reading, here is a link to it. [|Digital Millennum Act pdf] I believe that the most important thing that we are clear on and that we relate to our students is the component of Copyright law that deals with "fair use" which is section 107. Jim links to fair use in a video above, however here is the link to the law in pdf. Just skip down to section 107. [|Copyright Law (full text in pdf)]

[|CTAP 4 links to Copyright Intellectual Property]
CTAP 4 has the links to site plus there is some curriculum. Take a look at the curriculum can we use some of this?= = =

Lesson Plans with student worksheets.
**Cyber Smart** (K-8) contains age appropriate lessons and plans, including needed black line masters for the three areas of Cyber Citizenship, Ethics and Property, and Netiquette. Not all grade levels are represented in all areas as some are not appropriate for younger grades. This is a well developed curriculum. = =

Interesting scenarios for students to discuss
**Cyberethics** (3-8) has real life situations where students make a decision and then find the consequences of their choice. It also has rules for the internet, both things you can do and things should not do. It also tells of consequences that real life hackers have received after being caught. = =

[|Cyberbee copyright]
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 * Cyberbee** (3-8) has an interactive page where the user clicks on a student who asks a question about copyright and then gets an answer. This would be used to gather information on copyright laws.

[|Copyright Kids]

 * Copyright Kids** (6-8) has a test that the user can take to see how much they know about copyright laws. There are several areas that contain information about specific parts of copyright law. Students can gather information by exploring the different areas of the site.=

[|Netiquette]

 * 10 rules for Online behavior** - contains more adult oriented terms and language. Builds a good foundation for 10 basic rules to consider for when students are online. Contains the golden rule, consideration of bandwith use, avoiding confrontations (flaming), and empathy.