Ethics

Digital Citizenship This site is full of good information about copyright and what digital citizenship really is. We have taught good citizenship in school for soooo long, but now there is a whole new aspect of being a g good citizen that needs to be addressed and it needs to be addressed early in schools so kids become engrained with the ideas just like with the general idea of good citizenship. This site is good because it defines digital citizenship in 9 simple, easy to read ways that could even be blown up and printed out to make a poster for the library. The site also offers articles on copyright and good digital citizenship that are updated regularly (it seems) and are pertinent to this conversation. The link follows: []

10 Big Myths about Copyright Explained This article actually contains 11 myths explained but they are explained in a very easy manner that is simple to read and understand. In a time when copyright is quite confusing due to the many changes in technology, this would be an easy thing to email out to all teachers and have them read or even just to present at a faculty meeting for a few minutes. It also has a link at the bottom to a discussion of linking issues with copyright. It’s a basic site, but I think that might be what makes it beneficial. []

Cyberbee How cool is this? It’s an interactive site run off Flash to teach kids about copyright. You simply click a kid and then he/she asks a question about copyright. Then the cyberbee answers and you can click another kid. It’s basic info and there isn’t anything more on the site that that (which is a drawback), but it is fun to play with so kids might like it more. It would be a good tool to use in elementary classes before doing a multimedia project. A simple quiz could be given after the kids play with it enough and a good way to hold kids accountable would be to not let them do the project until they can pass the quiz. It would also maybe help the teacher out with covering her tracks if there was an issue down the road. Then at least it could be proven that the kids did understand copyright before they infringed upon it. http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf