Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues
Only one thing is impossible for God:
To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.
(Mark Twain)
The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if
he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be
made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows
already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him.
(Leo Tolstoy)
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
(Martin Luther King, Jr.)
OBJECTIVE
Student will create a resource page that could potentially contain various social, legal, and ethical issues and concepts.
Student will complete Intellectual Property (Module).
ASSIGNMENT
Minimums for the Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues Assignments:
Visit and familiarize yourself with the resource sites (listed below RESOURCES section)
Complete Intellectual Property (Module) includes a copyright quiz
Create a resources page off of your website that contains a minimum of four (4) resources
Acceptable resources can be in the form of:
“Add File” content:
Text file
DOC(X) or other
Audio (mp3/pod cast)
Video
Other specific files
Link
Raw
Descriptive
Image
Text
Image
INSTRUCTION
RESOURCES
COVID-19
Digital Divide (Wikipedia)
The Disparities in Remote Learning Under Coronavirus (in Charts) By Benjamin Herold
Vol. 39, Issue 30, Pages 12-13 Published in Print: April 29, 2020, as The Disparities In Remote Learning Under Coronavirus
Original: https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/04/10/the-disparities-in-remote-learning-under-coronavirus.html
Fake News
Students Have 'Dismaying' Inability To Tell Fake News From Real, Study Finds
Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online Reasoning (The study referenced in the above article.)
"The Problem with Fake News (and how our students can solve it)"
Asheville City Schools
Buncombe County Schools
Search on BCS for "Bullying" click here
Henderson County Schools
Madison County Schools
Digital Citizenship (Hosted by LinkedIn)
Wikipedia
"involves the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group, that is intended to harm others."
Cyberbullying
(National Crime Prevention Council compiled list)
[Resources] to learn more about preventing cyberbullying:
www.ncpc.org provides information about stopping cyberbullying before it starts.
Stop Cyberbullying Before It Starts (PDF) provides useful information for parents.
Cyberbullying.us provides cyberbullying research, stories, cases, downloads, fact sheets, tips and strategies, news headlines, a blog, and a number of other helpful resources on their comprehensive public service website.
www.stopcyberbullying.org has a fun quiz to rate your online behavior, information about why some people cyberbully, and how to stop yourself from cyberbullying.
www.wiredsafety.com provides information about what to do if you are cyberbullied.
www.stopbullyingnow.com has information about what you can do to stop bullying.
General guidelines and fair use guidelines for multimedia by North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
The source. Official U.S. web site on copyrighting from the Library of Congress.
Creative Commons
Wikipedia
Creative Commons (CC) "is [...] devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons licenses for free to the public. These licenses allow creators to communicate which rights they reserve, and which rights they waive for the benefit of recipients or other creators. Wikipedia is one of the notable web-based projects using one of its licenses."
OPTIONAL CONTENT
Pirates and Sing a Song of Sixpence (IF you click and read the last link THEN it is required that you click and read the next link!!!) False Authority
So... are embedded YouTube videos a copyright violation? IF the video content is in proper standing with the copyright law in its current form on YouTube then the right to embed is granted by the YouTube TOS section Your Content and Conduct:
Rights you Grant
You retain ownership rights in your Content. However, we do require you to grant certain rights to YouTube and other users of the Service, as described below.
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Duration of License
The licenses granted by you continue for a commercially reasonable period of time after you remove or delete your Content from the Service. You understand and agree, however, that YouTube may retain, but not display, distribute, or perform, server copies of your videos that have been removed or deleted.
Lies My Teacher Told Me
Description
James W. Loewen Is... A sociologist who spent two years at the Smithsonian surveying twelve leading high school textbooks of American history only to find an embarrassing blend of bland optimism, blind nationalism, and plain misinformation, weighing in at an average of 888 pages and almost five pounds. A best-selling author who wrote Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your High School History Textbook Got Wrong and Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong. A researcher who discovered that many, and in many states most communities were "Sundown Towns" that kept out blacks (and sometimes other groups) for decades. (Some still do.) An educator who attended Carleton College, holds the Ph.D. in sociology from Harvard University, and taught race relations for twenty years at the University of Vermont.
Achievement Gap to Education Debt and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
Description
Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings is the Kellner Family Chair in Urban Education and Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is an eminent scholar on culturally relevant pedagogy and cultural competence. Her background is in cultural studies, critical race theory, multicultural education, and educational anthropology.
Catching Up or Leading the Way
Description
Featuring Dr. Yong Zhao, distinguished professor at Michigan State University, and Executive Director of the Confucius Institute. Dr. Zhao is the author of the blockbuster book Catching Up or Leading the Way, addressing global education. He writes that US education systems are moving increasingly toward standardization and conformity while the Chinese system is aggressively moving toward innovation and knowledge application. He offers a non-Western and non-myopic perspective on global education.
Blood Done Sign My Name
Description
Featuring Author Timothy Tyson – Professor of African-American Studies University of Wisconsin Madison his father Rev. Vernon Tyson and Mary Williams – Gospel Vocalist
Shame of Nation
Description
Featuring National Book Award-winning Author Jonathan Kozol. Kozol’s passionate work over the past 40 years directly confronts the chilling effect of the virtual dismantling of Brown vs. the Board of Education. He offers a humane dramatic and head-on challenge to fulfill the educational promise made 50 years ago to all the youngest citizens of our nation.
Accessibility to Universal Education to All Students
Description
Featuring Florence Akua Mensah, Fulbright Visiting Scholar Education is widely accepted to be a fundamental resource, both for individuals and societies. Over two decades, Ghana has offered support service through Unit Centers to students with special needs and others alike who have gained admission to study. This presentation highlights the services offered by the various Centers to students with special needs at University of Education, Winneba.