digital_citizenship

We're discussing two major topics: digital citizenship and copyright/ethical behavior

[|Podcast is here]

arvind's [|links to copyright resources] I Twittered some of our discussions questions and got an immediate response from Wes Fryer who posted a podcast about digital citizens. [|Listen to it here]. During our session Andy Carvin posted a link to [|Barack Obama's platform on technology] that includes an area for parental controls of tech resources.

Dianne's response from Peter Jaszi, Director, Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic, Professor of Law, American University's Washington College of Law regarding legal length of video or audio clip within the guidelines of Fair Use. "Unfortunately, Dianne, there is no magic number for fair use. It's a matter of context: what kind of project is it, what distribution will it have, how integral is the clip to the project, and so forth. We're working on developing some guidance for situations like this (see http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/publications/the_cost_of_copyright_confusion_for_media_literacy/, but as yet we don't have anything to share."

Andrew's action item, maybe you want to take it too. . . connect/email to schedule meeting with Librarian to talk about information management lessons.

Sean's notes (rough): Roles of technology professionals in school are changing along moral and ethical lines Because we are the most familiar with online environment, it's becoming our responsibility Parents are concerned, what is the school's responsibility? Blocking websites at school doesn't solve anything Legally, ethically, what is our responsibility? Greens Farms: workshops for parents for each grade as laptops are introduced to raise awareness and provide resources for home solutions Hewitt School: home/school boundary--how much to schools teach appropriate behavior, how much is it up to parents? Try to avoid situations where the school is arbitrating citizenship Cybersmart curriculum 8 week unit, teachable moments the rest of the year With more integration, less time for pure technology education Teaching it in advisory Threat is sensationalized with online while crossing the street can be dangerous Have kids tell kids: student government, older kids mentoring younger kids Video remix project with a fair use conversation Produce your own content: have kids choose what license they want to apply to their own product Cite sources for images as well as text; discourage Google images Have students contact the publisher Build a common understanding Read the disclaimers on wikipedia Project-based, conversations in the course of teaching, authentic and constant Educate the faculty as well Old research methods still stand: you're making an argument and you have to defend it As more and more information becomes easier to find, finding the truth becomes more difficult Parents are scared of this already--do we speak to that? Focus on the process as well as the product Habit of mind, critical thinking, discerning the appropriate tool for the task Question your assumptions--ask kids what they really know