We currently use a powerpoint presentation to explain to students about internet safety but are also starting the use techSteps lesson in K-8. As for copyright violations, we just explain to students what it is and why it is wrong/illegal. I think the interactive site we looked at would be great at the elementary level.
Our acceptable use policy is here : www.hancockschools.org/aup.html
Like I mentioned before on the discussion, our school has a policy that students and parents must read a handout given and sign the agreement. The handout states all the concerns, consequences, and gives them an idea of sites they are to avoid. As far as in my classroom , I think that I will be going over the cyberbee site that was introduced to us in this section. I think that is a good interactive site to show children. I also think that I am going to start teaching them a little on copyright issues as well, because I have them to do a few reports in my class.I also plan on giving a quiz in the beginning ion all the information they have been given and all that we have went over as a class. There are so many dangers that students face and they have no idea. I think that it is very important to take every precaution that we can think of to help protect them and ourselves. At the same time though, I realize that no matter what we teach them or how often, the scare is still out there. The key to success is to monitor your students and never assume anything!
I agree with Crystal about the dangers that are out there on the Internet. In the past our school counseler has done a short workshop for parents and students on Internet safety in the fall. I think I will be using the Cyberbee site with all of the students this year on the white board. I go over copyright at the beginning of the year by having the students write a short paragraph. Then I ask them how would they feel if their neighbor copied it and turned it in for a grade. Most response that it wouldn't be fair. Then we go on and discus what copyright is and how it effects everyone.
I have attached link to the county's new AUP policies. One is for students and parents to sign and the other is for the staff to sign. Thse will need to be done each year.
https://www.edline.net/pages/WCS/Dept/MIS then click on AUP policies
Because I work in an Elementary school, I will take the advise from our readings and plan to give simple, concrete rules. For teaching safety, I also liked - as Crystal & Kathy mentioned - the cyberee site for terminology instruction. I think I could also utilize the video by microsoft for students and parents. Maybe it should be played in the Distance Learning Lab on parent- back to school night. I liked the list "Ten things to teach your child". They were very clear and concise. The most important thing I will change in the future is providing more supervision monitoring and being sure of an educational use to all internet use - no more, 'let me show you this cool game I play at home, etc. As for copyright issues, I will explain in very simple, concrete language about what belongs to each of us and what rights we have to use someone else's things. Then, I will have them question me for specific examples - as needed - regarding use of other's materials online. Due to younnger age students, this will not come up much in my work. As a professional, however, I appreciated the sites for information about specific amounts of material that be used.
C. Cole The steps that our school takes to make students knowledgeable about copyright concerns are: 1. At every grade level, teachers acknowledged, citing, the works of others. 2. Pre-K through 2nd the teachers demonstrate and model acknowledgment, citing the work of others, when opportunities present themselves. 3. 3rd Grade – teachers as well as doing steps 1 & 2 explain the process (using opportunities) of students acknowledging citing the work of others as the students begin giving reports, (oral – written - visual). 4. 4th – 12th Grades – teachers as well as doing steps 1-3, correct procedures of citing as well as the legal & school requirements and consequences of failure to cite is incorporated into the English curriculum. 5. 4th – 12th Grades – teachers as well as doing steps 1-4, teach that citing is not just for English Class, or reports (oral- written – visual), citing encompass into other aspects of the students life, computers, cell phones, ipods, music, etc. 6. Pre-K – 12th Grades – All students take a course on Situational Ethics Class, the class is grade appropriate. There is a lesson contains several sections concerning copyrights – one section deals with complexities of citing that involves items from the Internet.
The steps that our school takes to make students and parents knowledgeable about safety concerns of students using the Internet are: 1. We list our Internet policy on our school’s webpage 2. Included in our application forms a copy of the Internet policy which requires parent/guardian and student’s signatures. 3. On Orientation Night we explain in an assembly format our Internet policy; we inform them where the policy is posted on the school’s webpage and make available the form for them to sign (if they misplaced theirs). 4. On Orientation Night we give a presentation of the dangers of using the Internet incorrectly and accessing inappropriate sites or posting inappropriate data/information/pictures, etc. and we inform them of the consequences that could occur. 5. On Orientation Night we also include in the presentation of the dangers of posting personal data/information/pictures, etc. and we inform them of the consequences that could occur. 6. On Orientation Night we can outline the precautions that we have in place, but remind them nothing is full proof. As technology progress new ways to infiltrate inappropriate material onto appropriate sites is happening daily. 7. If a parent/guardian is unable to attend Orientation Night all the data presented in is written format and are available in the office. They must obtain a copy, read, sign and return the form to the office prior to their child being allow to access any Internet device (school’s and/or personal).
C. Cole What steps will be taken to ensure students’ safety while using Internet access and Web 2.0 tools.
1. No student is allowed to access any Internet accessible device (school’s and/or personal) until the form is signed, returned, and on filed. 2. Students are not allowed to access any Internet accessible device (school’s and/or personal) until they have attended an Internet Safety Course. 3. Students are not allowed to access any Internet accessible device (school’s and/or personal) until they have passed the Internet Safety Course. 4. Students are inform of the consequences that can occur if they violate the Internet protocol/rules in an additional to not being permitted to access any Internet accessible device (school’s and/or personal) for the duration of the school year. 5. No students are permitted into the school’s computer labs or allow to access school’s computers (in the classroom/library/etc.) unless a teacher is on duty. 6. Students must have a teacher’s permission before using their personal Internet device in the classroom/library/school’s computer labs/during school hours/etc. 7. All school’s computers will be monitored with blocks, if a student accesses an inappropriate site it will register with the IT department and immediate precautions measures will be taken.
I like Jennifer's idea with the powerpoint. Maybe our school should create one of these and on the first or second day of school every teacher could run through it during their first period class and then again on the first day of each 9 week cycle as a refresher course. We send the acceptable use forms home to be signed, but like I said in my discussion post I have not yet been a teacher in dire need to emphasize the copyright use in my class. However, if I am going to go through with this health fair idea with my students, I am going to have to review the copyright laws and how to cite things with them. I even know stories from when I was in college about people I knew who automatically failed classes for not citing things in reports and papers that I can tell them about. Surely by me knowing people who have personallly been affected by not following the proper procedures of copyrighted materials would strike a cord with them. Anything to make them see the importance and seriousness of it would be beneficial. Our county's policy is here: http://mingoboe.us/files/613_00.pdf
The way I would handle this is fairly simple and would make use of the Web 2.0 idea. I would start a blog posing the question: "What are the dangers of the internet?". I would post this to on of the sites that shares projects among teachers; I would do essentially the same thing on the topic of copyrights.
Like others have mentioned on the blog, the readings for this lesson are very helpful. I plan to teach a lesson on copyright use and how to properly cite Internet sites. In the lesson, I will include the information in the techLearning article, “Kindergarten Copyright” and use the Cyberbee website on the whiteboard. I also hope to introduce the Microsoft video on Internet safety to my parents. This will definitely be a great addition to my lesson plan on how to evaluate Internet websites.
The schools were I have taught have all had Acceptable Use Policies. And, I have always tried to stress to my students the importance of citations and copyright infringement and plagiarism. However, after reading some of the posted information, I realize that regulations have changed over the last few years, especially governing cyber usage. The web seems to be a muddy issue and can get very complicated. I would like to establish a blog for my students to use, but I will have to be careful about what we post! If students have enhanced projects with graphics, they might be able to be viewed in class, but not posted to the web.
Like Marsha, I will be using the Cyberbee website. I especially like the one on copyright where you point on students and get a question and answer. This will be great for my special needs students. At the HS level we sometimes forget KISS!
I also think we need to stress the use of MySpace, blogging, and any number of other personal websites being used by teens. We need to stress posting is forever and can be seen by all . Also the issue of liable. We have a lot of conflict at the HS level due to postings on websites and then coming to school mad over what has been said. I want to take advantage of some great podcasts that I found that address cyber stalking and how to report and the laws governing.
I think teens can often be very gullible about giving out personal information to cyber predictors. I don't think they are even aware of how easy information can be elicited from them. This is another area that I would like to especially stress to my students.
As I mentioned on the discussion board, my county has parents sign an acceptable use form before their child can have access to the Internet at school. I plan on using the cyberbee website since it is geared towards younnger students and it would be the most appropriate for them to understand what it means to copyright something. As mentioned by C.Cole i like how their school presents to their parents the acceptable use policy and they are fully aware of what the consquences if their child does not follow the policy. It is very important for teacher to constantly monitor what their students are doing on the computer and to check their history randomly so they know what website the students have been on. I agree with Linda also on the importance of not using MySpace for social networking at school and not to give out personal information because once something is posted it can be viewed by anyone.
I am concerned over copyright issues. I plan on making the rules about fair use and citing works a priority in the first few days of class. Information on the consequences of plagiarism will included in sylabi and will be shared with parents.
The copyright issues will be addressed at the beginning of the lesson. They will be give a list of how to correctly cite each work that they use. The safety of the students on the computer will be monitored closely. I will assign a certain computer to each student and make a daily log each session of who sat where. They have to use only this computer during the session. I will continously walk around the lab and monitor. This will bug them, but oh well! The user policy has to be on file and signed by both parent and student. If not on file, they are denied use of the computers. An updated list is given to teachers from the librarian. The consequences need to be told the students at the beginning. Everything is traceable, and the will be punished! Examples of previous infractions, and the consequences, need to be known by all. Linda is correct. The students are gullible.
I will use our existing county policy on citing and safe use of the internet. I will remind students that not citing is just like stealing. I will go over this in class, then send copies home and require both parents and students to sign and return. I will teach students to never reveal personal information on the web, or plan to meet anyone that they met online. I have young students; I plan to keep it pretty basic.
Like I stated in my discussion, internet safety and copyright violations are an important issue when dealing with music. It is important for students to understand that simply stealing someone else's work is not only wrong, but it shows a lack of musicianship in themselves and the consequences of their actions can result in serious repercussions. This element of recreating an original arrangement takes time, thought and effort, so the must not fall in the trap of plagiarism. They must also understand for copyright rules, that their arrangements can only be published through proper channels such as music publishing company like Jalen Publishing co., Martrix Publishing or Arranger's Publishing co. They can not just market their own arrangements to the public from home. Before they start arranging music, there is an extensive discussion that I have with my students to help them understand the edict/musicianship and procedures. They must also understand the possible repercussions of copyright infringements. This is a very important issue when it comes to arranging music. I ask that students come to me first with all arrangements before they go off and distribute them to the general public.
For right now I plan on spending the first week or so of school talking with the students and working on safety and what is expected of them on the Internet and with the use of their cell phones in class. This is going to be a focus of mine this year, not only for the students but also for the teachers. In this changing world many people do not realize the issues that are right in front of their face.
For copyright, I tend to just not deal with it. I avoid it at all costs. I am not saying I do what ever I want, I just make it a point to use material that I have created. I do like to spent time with the students and show them how to do the same. I will use digital cameras and editing programs to creat something so the students are using their own material and not something some else created. I also feel that it gives a project a more personal feel.
Like everyone else we have the student and their parent read and sign the acceptable use policy before the students user accounts are activated each year. Also during the first day of school assemblies the school technologist discuss internet safety and any change to the policy. I personally believe the best way to protect students while they are on the computer is to be constantly observing them. If students know the teacher is watching them like a hawk they will make no attempt to login on to social networking sites or view inappropriate material on the web. I have seen too many teachers take a day in the computer lab as a chance to grade papers or read the newspaper online. Students see this and take full advantage of it. I really like the discussion about the power point presentation. It reminded me of a power point the technologist from Charleston Catholic presented at a conference I attended. He did a excellent job of presenting the dangers of social networking sites by using his student Myspace pages to show them what information they are putting out there for anyone to read.
I enjoyed reading everyone's comments about how to keep parents and students informed. I am a substitute teacher and do not work in any particular school regularly. I know how Cabell County handles their policy because my kids bring home consent forms for me to sign before they are permitted to use the computers. I agree with C Cole that students must bring their parents to orientation night or sign the form in the office before students are permitted to use the computer. Parents must be notified of dangers as well as copyright issues. I think that most parents are very aware of internet dangers but not as knowledgeable about copyright concerns.
Our school's present plan for student safety on the Internet is the AUP plan that educates students and their parents of the do's, don'ts, and safety issues regarding computer usage in our school. I really like Jennifer's idea for using a powerpoint presentation explaining internet safety to the students. I also liked MarkDean's idea for using a blog posing the question of internet dangers. As for the copyright issues, I liked, as well as several others including Kimberly, Crystal and Kathy, the idea of using the Cyberbee site. I know this is aimed for the younger students, but I feel it would be a good review/refresher for the older ones too.
Much of what I am going to say has been stated numerous times above. Our school also has an Acceptable Use Policy. The student and the parent are required to sign the form and return before they are permitted on the computers. I too like the cyberbee and plan to use this on my smartboard at the begining of the year. In addition, our school councelor has in the past done a lesson on internet safety towards the end of each year. I am going to see if she can maybe get that lesson in September. Another great tool would be to set up a blog about internet safety to ensure students know the boundaries and consequences. As with anything though, the teacher needs to be on their feet monitoring, monitoring, monitoring.
As most have already said it is nessecary for the students and parents to understand the importance of making good choices on what the children are looking at online. I am sure most schools have everyone sign an Acceptable User Policy for and make sure that the students know that if they break that policy that they loose all of the privleges. Most students that is enough to scare them but for the others we as teachers need to make sure that all screens are visible to us when the students are using them and we must also stay on our toes to make sure that nothing crucial gets slipped past us. Most sites that we would not allow our students one should probaly already been blocked at the county level though.
I have enjoyed reading all the posts on the discussion board very much--as someone else noted, this one has probably been the most interesting to me. It's always great to hear how other places are handling these issues. I really liked how some schools are linking WVEIS with Gradequick so that the teacher can quickly tell who has returned a AUP. I also liked the school that assigns particular computers/secure logins to each student; there's no better way to track usage. I liked that some schools have a monitoring system for being able to see what's up on each student's screen. Every school should have this--otherwise you are inviting abuse from the tech savvy kids. There really should be some governing body at the state department who makes recommendations for tech purchases and then makes sure they are implemented...hmmm am I inviting more state dept oversight...let me think about it. Well, OK, if it's a proven best practice to do all these things, then yes, it would be good if each school system adopted it. For the people who stated in the posts that they didn't have those systems in place, maybe they can be the inciting force to get it done.
I have learned that I am remiss in not doing more with internet safety education. I will definitely incorporate some of these great sites and resources into my next computer basics class for adults.
Just a thought here...since what we are doing in class is--in effect--a discussion group where people post ideas and comment on other ideas, I feel this blog is a bit redundant. I understand its purpose in a web 2.0 class, but I think the discussion part of our class already serves to demonstrate the function of a blog-type site.
My plan for student safety on the Internet for this year will include showing students, during orientation to the media center, the online web page that I plan to add to our school web page concerning items they need to know, copyright-wise and safety-wise, to be successful at our middle school. Before I decided to take this online course, I was contemplating adding an Internet procedures page to our website. As a result of taking this course, I feel that such a page is absolutely necessary at this period in time.
Since I became a secondary media specialist, I’ve created many lessons concerning citing sources, bibliographies, copyrights, and public domain. Every year I try to create activities that are more engaging than the year before. Individualizing these lessons to the subject that the students are studying makes them so more meaningful. I’ve had students drag and drop pictures of items in the public domain to one side of an Intelliboard screen labeled “Public Domain,” and then drag and drop copyrighted items to “Copyright.” They did this after they worked in groups and traveled to different stations around the room which gave them a copyright question with a set of instructional guidelines, and at which they had to decide if an item(poem, song lyrics, video, book, etc.) fell in the public domain or not. In other words, we went from low tech to high tech in the same lesson. They were engaged! The times are changing so rapidly that I think it is most often necessary to keep changing these lessons to reflect current needs.
It is amazing how students are using technology in and out of the classroom that are negative in nature. While all of us love technology and realize that it is a great way to reach students and help them achieve their goals, what we are finding out is that many students are using these social sites as a basis for bullying and anti-social conduct. Schools are doing what they can to block these sites, but students are accessing the site with their cell phones and during the evenings/weekends. Of course, the remnants of the arguments and conversations carry over to the school.
We currently use a powerpoint presentation to explain to students about internet safety but are also starting the use techSteps lesson in K-8. As for copyright violations, we just explain to students what it is and why it is wrong/illegal. I think the interactive site we looked at would be great at the elementary level.
ReplyDeleteOur acceptable use policy is here : www.hancockschools.org/aup.html
Like I mentioned before on the discussion, our school has a policy that students and parents must read a handout given and sign the agreement. The handout states all the concerns, consequences, and gives them an idea of sites they are to avoid.
ReplyDeleteAs far as in my classroom , I think that I will be going over the cyberbee site that was introduced to us in this section. I think that is a good interactive site to show children. I also think that I am going to start teaching them a little on copyright issues as well, because I have them to do a few reports in my class.I also plan on giving a quiz in the beginning ion all the information they have been given and all that we have went over as a class.
There are so many dangers that students face and they have no idea. I think that it is very important to take every precaution that we can think of to help protect them and ourselves. At the same time though, I realize that no matter what we teach them or how often, the scare is still out there. The key to success is to monitor your students and never assume anything!
I agree with Crystal about the dangers that are out there on the Internet. In the past our school counseler has done a short workshop for parents and students on Internet safety in the fall. I think I will be using the Cyberbee site with all of the students this year on the white board.
ReplyDeleteI go over copyright at the beginning of the year by having the students write a short paragraph. Then I ask them how would they feel if their neighbor copied it and turned it in for a grade. Most response that it wouldn't be fair.
Then we go on and discus what copyright is and how it effects everyone.
I have attached link to the county's new AUP policies. One is for students and parents to sign and the other is for the staff to sign. Thse will need to be done each year.
https://www.edline.net/pages/WCS/Dept/MIS
then click on AUP policies
Because I work in an Elementary school, I will take the advise from our readings and plan to give simple, concrete rules. For teaching safety, I also liked - as Crystal & Kathy mentioned - the cyberee site for terminology instruction. I think I could also utilize the video by microsoft for students and parents. Maybe it should be played in the Distance Learning Lab on parent- back to school night. I liked the list "Ten things to teach your child". They were very clear and concise. The most important thing I will change in the future is providing more supervision monitoring and being sure of an educational use to all internet use - no more, 'let me show you this cool game I play at home, etc. As for copyright issues, I will explain in very simple, concrete language about what belongs to each of us and what rights we have to use someone else's things. Then, I will have them question me for specific examples - as needed - regarding use of other's materials online. Due to younnger age students, this will not come up much in my work. As a professional, however, I appreciated the sites for information about specific amounts of material that be used.
ReplyDeleteC. Cole
ReplyDeleteThe steps that our school takes to make students knowledgeable about copyright concerns are:
1. At every grade level, teachers acknowledged, citing, the works of others.
2. Pre-K through 2nd the teachers demonstrate and model acknowledgment, citing the work of others, when opportunities present themselves.
3. 3rd Grade – teachers as well as doing steps 1 & 2 explain the process (using opportunities) of students acknowledging citing the work of others as the students begin giving reports, (oral – written - visual).
4. 4th – 12th Grades – teachers as well as doing steps 1-3, correct procedures of citing as well as the legal & school requirements and consequences of failure to cite is incorporated into the English curriculum.
5. 4th – 12th Grades – teachers as well as doing steps 1-4, teach that citing is not just for English Class, or reports (oral- written – visual), citing encompass into other aspects of the students life, computers, cell phones, ipods, music, etc.
6. Pre-K – 12th Grades – All students take a course on Situational Ethics Class, the class is grade appropriate. There is a lesson contains several sections concerning copyrights – one section deals with complexities of citing that involves items from the Internet.
The steps that our school takes to make students and parents knowledgeable about safety concerns of students using the Internet are:
1. We list our Internet policy on our school’s webpage
2. Included in our application forms a copy of the Internet policy which requires parent/guardian and student’s signatures.
3. On Orientation Night we explain in an assembly format our Internet policy; we inform them where the policy is posted on the school’s webpage and make available the form for them to sign (if they misplaced theirs).
4. On Orientation Night we give a presentation of the dangers of using the Internet incorrectly and accessing inappropriate sites or posting inappropriate data/information/pictures, etc. and we inform them of the consequences that could occur.
5. On Orientation Night we also include in the presentation of the dangers of posting personal data/information/pictures, etc. and we inform them of the consequences that could occur.
6. On Orientation Night we can outline the precautions that we have in place, but remind them nothing is full proof. As technology progress new ways to infiltrate inappropriate material onto appropriate sites is happening daily.
7. If a parent/guardian is unable to attend Orientation Night all the data presented in is written format and are available in the office. They must obtain a copy, read, sign and return the form to the office prior to their child being allow to access any Internet device (school’s and/or personal).
C. Cole
ReplyDeleteWhat steps will be taken to ensure students’ safety while using Internet access and Web 2.0 tools.
1. No student is allowed to access any Internet accessible device (school’s and/or personal) until the form is signed, returned, and on filed.
2. Students are not allowed to access any Internet accessible device (school’s and/or personal) until they have attended an Internet Safety Course.
3. Students are not allowed to access any Internet accessible device (school’s and/or personal) until they have passed the Internet Safety Course.
4. Students are inform of the consequences that can occur if they violate the Internet protocol/rules in an additional to not being permitted to access any Internet accessible device (school’s and/or personal) for the duration of the school year.
5. No students are permitted into the school’s computer labs or allow to access school’s computers (in the classroom/library/etc.) unless a teacher is on duty.
6. Students must have a teacher’s permission before using their personal Internet device in the classroom/library/school’s computer labs/during school hours/etc.
7. All school’s computers will be monitored with blocks, if a student accesses an
inappropriate site it will register with the IT department and immediate
precautions measures will be taken.
I like Jennifer's idea with the powerpoint. Maybe our school should create one of these and on the first or second day of school every teacher could run through it during their first period class and then again on the first day of each 9 week cycle as a refresher course.
ReplyDeleteWe send the acceptable use forms home to be signed, but like I said in my discussion post I have not yet been a teacher in dire need to emphasize the copyright use in my class. However, if I am going to go through with this health fair idea with my students, I am going to have to review the copyright laws and how to cite things with them. I even know stories from when I was in college about people I knew who automatically failed classes for not citing things in reports and papers that I can tell them about. Surely by me knowing people who have personallly been affected by not following the proper procedures of copyrighted materials would strike a cord with them. Anything to make them see the importance and seriousness of it would be beneficial.
Our county's policy is here:
http://mingoboe.us/files/613_00.pdf
The way I would handle this is fairly simple and would make use of the Web 2.0 idea. I would start a blog posing the question: "What are the dangers of the internet?". I would post this to on of the sites that shares projects among teachers; I would do essentially the same thing on the topic of copyrights.
ReplyDeleteLike others have mentioned on the blog, the readings for this lesson are very helpful. I plan to teach a lesson on copyright use and how to properly cite Internet sites. In the lesson, I will include the information in the techLearning article, “Kindergarten Copyright” and use the Cyberbee website on the whiteboard. I also hope to introduce the Microsoft video on Internet safety to my parents. This will definitely be a great addition to my lesson plan on how to evaluate Internet websites.
ReplyDeleteThe schools were I have taught have all had Acceptable Use Policies. And, I have always tried to stress to my students the importance of citations and copyright infringement and plagiarism. However, after reading some of the posted information, I realize that regulations have changed over the last few years, especially governing cyber usage. The web seems to be a muddy issue and can get very complicated. I would like to establish a blog for my students to use, but I will have to be careful about what we post! If students have enhanced projects with graphics, they might be able to be viewed in class, but not posted to the web.
ReplyDeleteLike Marsha, I will be using the Cyberbee website. I especially like the one on copyright where you point on students and get a question and answer. This will be great for my special needs students. At the HS level we sometimes forget KISS!
I also think we need to stress the use of MySpace, blogging, and any number of other personal websites being used by teens. We need to stress posting is forever and can be seen by all . Also the issue of liable. We have a lot of conflict at the HS level due to postings on websites and then coming to school mad over what has been said. I want to take advantage of some great podcasts that I found that address cyber stalking and how to report and the laws governing.
I think teens can often be very gullible about giving out personal information to cyber predictors. I don't think they are even aware of how easy information can be elicited from them. This is another area that I would like to especially stress to my students.
As I mentioned on the discussion board, my county has parents sign an acceptable use form before their child can have access to the Internet at school. I plan on using the cyberbee website since it is geared towards younnger students and it would be the most appropriate for them to understand what it means to copyright something. As mentioned by C.Cole i like how their school presents to their parents the acceptable use policy and they are fully aware of what the consquences if their child does not follow the policy. It is very important for teacher to constantly monitor what their students are doing on the computer and to check their history randomly so they know what website the students have been on.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Linda also on the importance of not using MySpace for social networking at school and not to give out personal information because once something is posted it can be viewed by anyone.
I am concerned over copyright issues. I plan on making the rules about fair use and citing works a priority in the first few days of class. Information on the consequences of plagiarism will included in sylabi and will be shared with parents.
ReplyDeleteThe copyright issues will be addressed at the beginning of the lesson. They will be give a list of how to correctly cite each work that they use.
ReplyDeleteThe safety of the students on the computer will be monitored closely. I will assign a certain computer to each student and make a daily log each session of who sat where. They have to use only this computer during the session. I will continously walk around the lab and monitor. This will bug them, but oh well!
The user policy has to be on file and signed by both parent and student. If not on file, they are denied use of the computers. An updated list is given to teachers from the librarian.
The consequences need to be told the students at the beginning. Everything is traceable, and the will be punished! Examples of previous infractions, and the consequences, need to be known by all.
Linda is correct. The students are gullible.
I will use our existing county policy on citing and safe use of the internet. I will remind students that not citing is just like stealing. I will go over this in class, then send copies home and require both parents and students to sign and return. I will teach students to never reveal personal information on the web, or plan to meet anyone that they met online. I have young students; I plan to keep it pretty basic.
ReplyDeleteLike I stated in my discussion, internet safety and copyright violations are an important issue when dealing with music. It is important for students to understand that simply stealing someone else's work is not only wrong, but it shows a lack of musicianship in themselves and the consequences of their actions can result in serious repercussions. This element of recreating an original arrangement takes time, thought and effort, so the must not fall in the trap of plagiarism. They must also understand for copyright rules, that their arrangements can only be published through proper channels such as music publishing company like Jalen Publishing co., Martrix Publishing or Arranger's Publishing co. They can not just market their own arrangements to the public from home. Before they start arranging music, there is an extensive discussion that I have with my students to help them understand the edict/musicianship and procedures. They must also understand the possible repercussions of copyright infringements. This is a very important issue when it comes to arranging music. I ask that students come to me first with all arrangements before they go off and distribute them to the general public.
ReplyDeleteFor right now I plan on spending the first week or so of school talking with the students and working on safety and what is expected of them on the Internet and with the use of their cell phones in class. This is going to be a focus of mine this year, not only for the students but also for the teachers. In this changing world many people do not realize the issues that are right in front of their face.
ReplyDeleteFor copyright, I tend to just not deal with it. I avoid it at all costs. I am not saying I do what ever I want, I just make it a point to use material that I have created. I do like to spent time with the students and show them how to do the same. I will use digital cameras and editing programs to creat something so the students are using their own material and not something some else created. I also feel that it gives a project a more personal feel.
Like everyone else we have the student and their parent read and sign the acceptable use policy before the students user accounts are activated each year. Also during the first day of school assemblies the school technologist discuss internet safety and any change to the policy. I personally believe the best way to protect students while they are on the computer is to be constantly observing them. If students know the teacher is watching them like a hawk they will make no attempt to login on to social networking sites or view inappropriate material on the web. I have seen too many teachers take a day in the computer lab as a chance to grade papers or read the newspaper online. Students see this and take full advantage of it.
ReplyDeleteI really like the discussion about the power point presentation. It reminded me of a power point the technologist from Charleston Catholic presented at a conference I attended. He did a excellent job of presenting the dangers of social networking sites by using his student Myspace pages to show them what information they are putting out there for anyone to read.
I enjoyed reading everyone's comments about how to keep parents and students informed. I am a substitute teacher and do not work in any particular school regularly. I know how Cabell County handles their policy because my kids bring home consent forms for me to sign before they are permitted to use the computers. I agree with C Cole that students must bring their parents to orientation night or sign the form in the office before students are permitted to use the computer. Parents must be notified of dangers as well as copyright issues. I think that most parents are very aware of internet dangers but not as knowledgeable about copyright concerns.
ReplyDeleteOur school's present plan for student safety on the Internet is the AUP plan that educates students and their parents of the do's, don'ts, and safety issues regarding computer usage in our school. I really like Jennifer's idea for using a powerpoint presentation explaining internet safety to the students. I also liked MarkDean's idea for using a blog posing the question of internet dangers. As for the copyright issues, I liked, as well as several others including Kimberly, Crystal and Kathy, the idea of using the Cyberbee site. I know this is aimed for the younger students, but I feel it would be a good review/refresher for the older ones too.
ReplyDeleteMuch of what I am going to say has been stated numerous times above. Our school also has an Acceptable Use Policy. The student and the parent are required to sign the form and return before they are permitted on the computers. I too like the cyberbee and plan to use this on my smartboard at the begining of the year. In addition, our school councelor has in the past done a lesson on internet safety towards the end of each year. I am going to see if she can maybe get that lesson in September. Another great tool would be to set up a blog about internet safety to ensure students know the boundaries and consequences. As with anything though, the teacher needs to be on their feet monitoring, monitoring, monitoring.
ReplyDeleteAs most have already said it is nessecary for the students and parents to understand the importance of making good choices on what the children are looking at online. I am sure most schools have everyone sign an Acceptable User Policy for and make sure that the students know that if they break that policy that they loose all of the privleges. Most students that is enough to scare them but for the others we as teachers need to make sure that all screens are visible to us when the students are using them and we must also stay on our toes to make sure that nothing crucial gets slipped past us. Most sites that we would not allow our students one should probaly already been blocked at the county level though.
ReplyDeleteI have enjoyed reading all the posts on the discussion board very much--as someone else noted, this one has probably been the most interesting to me. It's always great to hear how other places are handling these issues.
ReplyDeleteI really liked how some schools are linking WVEIS with Gradequick so that the teacher can quickly tell who has returned a AUP. I also liked the school that assigns particular computers/secure logins to each student; there's no better way to track usage. I liked that some schools have a monitoring system for being able to see what's up on each student's screen. Every school should have this--otherwise you are inviting abuse from the tech savvy kids. There really should be some governing body at the state department who makes recommendations for tech purchases and then makes sure they are implemented...hmmm am I inviting more state dept oversight...let me think about it. Well, OK, if it's a proven best practice to do all these things, then yes, it would be good if each school system adopted it. For the people who stated in the posts that they didn't have those systems in place, maybe they can be the inciting force to get it done.
I have learned that I am remiss in not doing more with internet safety education. I will definitely incorporate some of these great sites and resources into my next computer basics class for adults.
Just a thought here...since what we are doing in class is--in effect--a discussion group where people post ideas and comment on other ideas, I feel this blog is a bit redundant. I understand its purpose in a web 2.0 class, but I think the discussion part of our class already serves to demonstrate the function of a blog-type site.
My plan for student safety on the Internet for this year will include showing students, during orientation to the media center, the online web page that I plan to add to our school web page concerning items they need to know, copyright-wise and safety-wise, to be successful at our middle school. Before I decided to take this online course, I was contemplating adding an Internet procedures page to our website. As a result of taking this course, I feel that such a page is absolutely necessary at this period in time.
ReplyDeleteSince I became a secondary media specialist, I’ve created many lessons concerning citing sources, bibliographies, copyrights, and public domain. Every year I try to create activities that are more engaging than the year before. Individualizing these lessons to the subject that the students are studying makes them so more meaningful. I’ve had students drag and drop pictures of items in the public domain to one side of an Intelliboard screen labeled “Public Domain,” and then drag and drop copyrighted items to “Copyright.” They did this after they worked in groups and traveled to different stations around the room which gave them a copyright question with a set of instructional guidelines, and at which they had to decide if an item(poem, song lyrics, video, book, etc.) fell in the public domain or not. In other words, we went from low tech to high tech in the same lesson. They were engaged! The times are changing so rapidly that I think it is most often necessary to keep changing these lessons to reflect current needs.
It is amazing how students are using technology in and out of the classroom that are negative in nature. While all of us love technology and realize that it is a great way to reach students and help them achieve their goals, what we are finding out is that many students are using these social sites as a basis for bullying and anti-social conduct. Schools are doing what they can to block these sites, but students are accessing the site with their cell phones and during the evenings/weekends. Of course, the remnants of the arguments and conversations carry over to the school.
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