Technology Ethics:
Recognizing Right From Wrong in a Digital Age*

An Online Resource

CURRENTLY-- UNDER CONSTRUCTION
* Acknowledgement
Much of the information for this web page and the material in the companion booklet are used through the generous permission of  Mr. Doug Johnson.

Materials used  are from the Book: Learning Right From Wrong in the Digital Age,
Doug Johnson- © 2003 Linworth Publishing  and the Seminar Handouts for the presentation of the same name as found on the web site:  "Doug Johnson- Writing, Speaking and Consulting on School Technology and Library Issues" www.doug-johnson.com. (accessed April 13, 2006). Mr. Johnson and Linworth Publishing retain all rights to their materials and therefore permission is expressly denied to copy in whole or part the material on this web page and the material in the companion booklet without the expressed permission of Doug Johnson and Anthony A. Luscre.
Introduction
The information presented on this page are part of inservices I have presented at various conferences and districts.
If you are interested in having me present this material at your next half-day or full-day inservice, please contact me.
Materials
Booklet-
In addition to the information, exercises and links on this page, participants are encouraged to print a hard copy of the companion booklet: Technology Ethics. The booklet is provided free of charge as a PDF file and users are permitted to print one copy for personal use. If you need to print more copies or use copies in a classroom or inservice, please contact the author via e-mail for permission (mo_luscre @ mogadore.net).

To print the booklet follow these instructions:
  1. Download and open the file: Workbook as PDF
  2. Print all the pages on legal sized paper (8½ x 14"). Depending on your printer use method a or b.
    • a. print two-sided pages using a printer with duplex tray capability
    • b. print single-sided pages then use a copier with duplex capability to create two sided copies.
  3. To assemble- arrange pages in order
  4. Fold all pages in half resulting in an 8½ x 7 booklet
  5. Saddle staple along the fold
The Cliff and the Fence-
a fable based on the poem- A Fence or an Ambulance by Joseph Malins (1895).
Click here to view an online PowerPoint of the fable
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) Materials
Link to our district's AUP & Related Policies and Rules
What makes up an AUP? (an excerpt from Technology Ethics: Recognizing Right From Wrong in a Digital Age booklet.)
  • District Tech Regulations
    • Policies/Admin. Guidelines
    • Board Approved
    • Legally binding, with all the inherent "legalese"
    • Meet CIPA requirements
  • AUP- created from Board Policies Guidelines & District/ Building "Computer Rules"
    • For both Students & Staff
    • Contains a "Signed User Agreement"- document. Requires users to read AUP regulations and sign, signifying their agreement to follow all regulations.
  • AUP should also include
    • Scope of Coverage, clearly defining what devices are included under AUP
    • Disclaimers of Liability & Notice of User's Privacy Expectations (usually none)
    • Computer "Rules"
  • Building / Classroom Level rules for computer use
    • Easier to change to meet the computer use challenge du jour (does not require lengthy B.O.E. action)
    • Written to match age level of covered students
    • Comprehensive enough to cover the "gray areas"
  • Schematic Diagram of a comprehensive AUP 
aup diagram
Resources & Links
    
Doug Johnson's Web Site

 www.doug-johnson.com
Learning Right From Wrong in the Digital Age

 Doug Johnson, Linworth Publishing ©2003
Doug Johnson's The Blue Skunk Blog

 http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/
FCC's Children's Internet Protect Act (CIPA) Page

 www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/cipa.html
For the complete text of the CIPA www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/ Orders/2001/fcc01120.txt
Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab) on Plagiarism http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/ research/r_plagiar.html
Mogadore Local Schools Web Portal-  "Research & Writing" Page www.mogadore.net/research
Mogadore Local Schools-Technology Regulations- AUP, Guidelines, Computer Use Rules, Disclaimers, etc www.mogadore.net/aup
Rubistar- Free Online Rubric Creation Tool

 http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
Graphic Organizers- a Large Selection of Printable Graphic Organizers http://gotoscience.com/Graphic_Organizers.html
Follow-up- Questions, Comments  and/or Suggestions
Please feel free to contact the author with any problems or questions you may have. Above all I value your comments and suggestions, these often result in revisions that make the tutorial better for future users. I can be contacted via e-mail at mo_luscre @ mogadore.net


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