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Federal Acts of Legislation
- CIPA - Children's Internet Protection Act, 2001
- The Children's Internet Protection Act of 2001 is a law that protects our youth from predators, inappropriate webpages, and prevents the manipulation of children and their work on the Internet. This section will inform you of what this law is, some of its requirements, and how it affects everyone in the classroom today.
- COPPA - Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
- Websites that are directed to children under the age of 13 must have parental consent before any child can use the website.
- Congress considers children under the age of 13 to be considered vulnerable to marketers.
- The law was created to enforce the privacy of minors and not to prohibit what websites a child may visit.
- If a parent gives permission for a child to use a website that collects personal information then that company promoting the website and that child are outside the rules of COPPA and are no longer protected unless the parents wants to remove the child from the use of those websites.
Ethics is a very important moral standard in the world of technology. We have to be aware of how we use technology not only for ourselves but for others as well. What we do online can be awarding or devastating depending on how we communicate information with other people. This section will show you some important concepts you need to know to be a good citizen in today's digital era.
"Let's Fight it Together" - award winning documentary addressing the issue of cyberbullying.
CyberSmart Ethics K-12 Curriculum
CyberSmart Lessons by Grade Level
Stay Safe Online Ethics Materials
Staying safe is one of the main goals we must try to achieve everyday when it comes to internet use. We have to realize as adults that we are the constant learners as our students will always know more about how to use technology than we will. Technology is truly a backwards learning experience when it come to 21st Century Learning. However, we must try to accept technology and understand that it can be very beneficial and very harmful to our students. In this section you will find out how to protect our students online and in the classroom.
Stay Safe Online Safety Materials
Stay Safe Online Security Materials
U.S. Department of Education- Net Cetera: Chatting with Kids About Being Online
Copyright is probably the most difficult process of online security. Just because we see a picture does not mean we can take that picture and do what we want with it. We have to recognize when work is published on the web that it is someone else's work. It is not something we can just take and call our own. This section is going to go over copyright law and how it can and cannot be applied in the classroom. This is the most confusing section but it will also be the safest section when it comes to legal issues and fines.
Learning how to cite your work is one of the most tedious but easiest things to do to prevent you from breaking copyright law. When you cite someone else's work you acknowledge that someone else made the product and you are using their work to provide proof to a critical thought. There are several websites available that will let you cite someone's work without having to remove the cobwebs from your old english book.
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Tech Citizen by Alan Warren is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
Created for Iredell-Statesville Schools and the Technology Department.
Please contact Alan Warren at awarren@iss.k12.nc.us or visit my portfolio at http://alanwarren.pbworks.com
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