This article does a great job of articulating all of the concerns we have heard many times over. Misuse of the net is a problem that seems to be growing at a rapid rate. Teachers and parents together can educate students on what is acceptable use of the net. For some of the younger students they may not understand the meaning and repercussions of plagiarism for example. It is up to us as educators to teach them about topics such as plagiarism.
The article Cyber Ethics has informative pointers as to what educators can do to help their students use the in the Internet in the most responsible way. Included in these are 1. Initiate a CyberEthics Curriculum 2. Teach CyberEthics in the classroom 3. Use the Internet as tool to teach CyberEthics in the classroom. These are all great ideas, but we still have no control over the use of the Internet that occurs when these students are outside of the school.
After reading this article and applying our previous knowledge one may wonder...
Can we ever really protect and be sure that our children are using the Internet responsibly???
Here are some corresponding links:
http://www.cybercrime.gov/rules/kidinternet.htm
http://www.cybercrime.gov/rules/lessonplan1.htm
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech055.shtml
http://www.ed-u.com/cyber-ethics.htm
Kyla Thibeau
