Cyber Ethics

Rating my teachers without permission or notification: Ethical use of the Internet

The need for cyber ethics

Teen's Facebook party cancelled as 200k threaten to show up (Grubb, 2011)

http://www.ratemyteachers.com/

What is cyber ethics?: A code of behaviour

Acceptable, safe and responsible behaviour similar to that of everyday life.

No harmful and illegal behaviour online (Norton, (2007; US DOJ Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (2011).

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What is cyber ethics?: GuidelinesPrivacy

Property

a(P)propriate-use

What is cyber ethics?: A list of dos and don’ts

http://us.norton.com/library/familyresource/article.jsp?aid=pr_cyberethics

http://www.justice.gov/criminal/cybercrime/rules/rules.htm

Cyber ethics for whom?Web designers and website owners

Users of websites and applications

How should cyber ethics be taught in schools?

Case studies (Endicott-Popovski, 2009)

Internet safety sites (Fredrick, 2010)

Collaboration between a teacher librarian and teachers to deliver classroom activities (Bell, 2002)

How should cyber ethics be taught in schools?

Internet Use Policy (Starr (2003)

Modelling appropriateBehaviour

Alternatives to cyber ethics

Bans?

Filtering?

Conclusion

Draw parallels between the real world and the electronic world.

Make direct comparisons between what students do on the Internet and how they behave in their everyday lives.

Discussion questionsShould online ethics be a matter of individual choice or should it be the law? (Schwartau, 2011).

What should be the consequences of unethical behaviour online? (Schwartau, 2011).

How can parents and educators know what students are doing on the Internet?

Recommended readingsBell, M. A. (2002). Kids can care about cyberethics! Ed media world conference on educational media, hypermedia and telecommunications, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, Available from: http://www.shsu.edu/~lis_mah/documents/TCEA/brightideasportal.html

Endicott-Popovsky, B. (2009) Seeking a balance: Online safety for our children. Teacher Librarian, 37(2), 29-34.

Fredrick, K. (2010) Teaching the rules of the road online. School Library Monthly, 26(8), 35-36.

Norton. (2007, February 19). Cyberethics. Available from: http://us.norton.com/library/familyresource/article.jsp?aid=pr_cyberethics

United States Department of Justice Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, Cyberethics. (2011, March 17). Retrieved from: http://www.justice.gov/criminal/cybercrime/cyberethics.htm

Slide Attribution List

Slide 1. Internet police http://www.flickr.com/photos/adamcrowe/4014323612 Slide 2.Cyber bullys http://www.flickr.com/photos/theadamclarke/4866228241Slide 3. Smiling Pam http://www.flickr.com/photos/theenmoy/5504152401 Jacob Frowns http://www.flickr.com/photos/athoos/265329441 Slide 6. Desktop computer http://www.flickr.com/photos/cabinet/53737447 Slide 8. Creative Commons http://www.flickr.com/photos/double-h90/3014588691