Copyright+and+Fair+Use

Copyright and Fair use

Website: Digital Citizenship []

Summary:
 * 1) Cyber Bullying -- this section explains to teachers how to educate their students on proper netiquette. For example, students need to keep passwords private, and not talk to people they do not know on the Internet. Teachers need to be available to students to talk about bullies and any other problems he or she may be facing.
 * 2) Copyrighting -- defined as "a form of protection grounded in the U.S. Constitution and granted by law for original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression. Copyright covers both published and unpublished works." This part talks about all the ways that teachers can copyright without even thinking about it.
 * 3) Fair Use -- a doctrine that permits educators and students to use copyrighted work in a fair and responsible manner.
 * 4) Friending -- Teachers should limit their friends to former students. NO current students should be Facebook friends. Teachers should make sure content on Internet sites is appropriate and professional. Consult school's policy on Facebook rules.
 * 5) Backing up your data -- back up all data so if your computer was to crash, no important information would be lost. External hard drives are a great way to ensure backups. Emailing yourself files will ensure that you can access data from any location.
 * 6) Face-hate groups -- there have been a lot of instances where there have been hate groups directed towards teachers. There has been debate on whether schools should take action and penalize these students.
 * 7) Game Addiction -- Parents have noticed their children becoming addicted to video games, which causes a lack in schoolwork. This addiction has been compared to alcoholism and is proven to be very serious. Parents and teachers need to monitor the student's behavior and make sure that it doesn't get too serious.
 * 8) Acceptable Use Policies (AUPs) -- from an education standpoint, acceptable use policies are rules set by the school or school system that restrict the ways that computers and other technologies may be used by staff and students. Most often, all staff and students must sign an acceptable use policy before they are allowed to use computers connected to the system’s network. AUPs should be clear and concise by listing actions that are allowed as well as actions that are prohibited.
 * 9) Internet privacy -- teachers need to be ever more vigilant in protecting student information. The issue of student privacy and safety encompasses numerous aspects of cyber security such as dissemination of student information on websites, online predators, and protecting private information on school servers. This is something that all teachers needs to be aware of.
 * 10) Creative Commons -- Creative Commons is a non-profit organization created to help increase creative works for others to add to and legally use. Rather than having an “all rights reserved” copyright, Creative Commons licenses create “some rights reserved” copyrights. An example of a product from a Creative Commons license is Wikipedia.

All of these are great examples of ways to keep information safe and legal. I will use these by doing more research and getting very prepared before I become an educator.