Netiquette My Online Code
Post date: Mar 15, 2017 2:08:59 PM
Essential Questions:
What does it mean to do the right thing online?
Lesson Objectives:
Understand the concept of online ethics as it applies to four key areas
Define digital citizenship and identify their online responsibilities
Explore online ethics by analyzing a mock social networking page.
Key Vocabulary
Ethics: a set of principles and morals governing people’s behavior, including honesty and respect toward others Online ethics: a set of principles and morals governing people’s behavior as it relates to the Internet and digital devices Digital citizenship: navigating the digital world, safely, responsibly and ethicallyWhat are examples of people behave unethically:Lying to someone who trusts you. This is both dishonest and disrespectful.Spreading rumors about people and joining in bullying even when you know its wrong or not true.
Being unethical in your community:
A student cheating on a test. This is dishonest and violates a community honor code.
A politician lying to voters. This is both dishonest and disrespectful toward the community he or she represents.
A company polluting the environment. This shows disrespect toward the community that shares the planet.
Being unethical online.
Posting information about people at school that they would never want to be shared. Pretending you are someone else in an online chat room or posting as them in social media. Starting a cruel social network page about members of the community. Copying and pasting parts of someone else’s work into your own without giving them credit.
Let's review some examples by looking at the assignments content block.
Digital Citizenship:
A good citizen of the digital online world........Respects other people's privacy online
Represents himself/herself honestly online
Post things that won't harm himself/herself on others
Properly cites the work of others for assignments as well as personal and professional work.
What are some ways to behave ethically when you are online?
Protecting your privacy and respecting that of others.
Presenting yourself sensibly and appropriately.
Treating others with respect and kindness.
Getting credit for your work and citing that of others.
What are examples of unethical online behaviors?
Sharing embarrassing information about someone in an online forum.
Creating a profile with false information and tricking people with it.
Posting a cruel remark about someone on a social network.
Using the work of someone else in a mash-up without citing it.
1. Was it appropriate for Al to post personal information about Matt on Jeff’s profile? Is there any potential benefit or harm in having Matt’s story shared online?
2. When you see Matt at school tomorrow, will you treat him any differently? What effect might seeing his personal information online have on how you think about or treat him offline (i.e., face-to-face)?
3. Are there any other ways that Al could have used digital technology in trying to help his friend Matt? 4. What would you have done if you were in Al’s place? What would you do if you were Jeff? How would you react if you were Matt?
1. Why do you think Lisa may have chosen a new “Goth” profile picture? Is there any harm in her presenting a different identity online?
2. Imagine that Lisa’s online friends had never met her face-to-face and that once they did, they discovered she doesn’t actually dress Goth. How do you think they would react?
3. Why might Rosy and Tori be reacting negatively to their friend’s new picture? Is it right for them to respond the way they did?
4. What would you have done if you had seen a profile picture like Lisa’s, that didn’t seem real? How would you react to Rosy and Tori’s postings if you were Lisa?
1. What do you think of Pat and his friends’ creating such a page?
2. Do you think Jeff has a responsibility to address or comment on Pat’s post? What are some things he might do?
3. How would you react if you really liked Mr. Garrett, and you saw this post from Pat? Would you do anything about it? If so, what would you do? 4. How would you react if you saw a page like this created about you? What would you do if you saw a page like this about a friend or a teacher?
1. What do you think of the student work on the right? Do you think Jeff’s work inspired the other artist, or that the other artist plagiarized his work?
2. What if the comic artist on the right had included a credit line that said “Based on a concept by Jeff,” and asked Jeff’s permission to use it? Would that still be plagiarism? Would it be ethical?
3. Clearly, Jeff is bothered that someone “ripped off” his comic. What if, in a written entry about music, he provides a link for downloading a new album for free? Do you think the two things are similar or different? Why?
4. What would you do if you were in Jeff’s situation and someone else had plagiarized your work? What if you knew about an instance in which someone else’s work had been plagiarized?
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