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Respect and Protect YourselfIn order to participate in the Middle School Laptop Program, you will sign a Digital Citizenship Agreement (DCA). In this lesson, we hope you will gain an understanding of what it means to be a good digital citizen. At the end of the lesson, you will sign the SAS Digital Citizenship Agreement and post a photo to your blog.
Read the two sections of the DCA titled "Respect Yourself" and "Protect Yourself".
Let's do a think pair share discussion.
THINK - On your own, take a minute or two to think about what it means to respect and protect yourself online. What does that mean? And what does it look like on an every day basis? Jot down some notes on paper.
PAIR - Share your thoughts with your neighbor.
SHARE - Pair up with another pair and discuss in your group. Do you all agree on what it means to respect and protect yourself? Discuss and write down some examples.
What are the most important things we should remember from this section?
Now in a whole group - One person from each group of four, please share the two top things your group decided are important to remember from this section.
Respecting and protecting yourself means creating a positive digital footprint as you go through middle school.
Watch this video about the digital footprint you are leaving online? As you begin middle school, think about the question asked in the video and discuss with the class.
Respect and Protect OthersStart by watching this video
As a class, briefly answer this question:
On the Venn diagram on the board, answer this question:
The next two sections of the DCA are titled "Respect Others" and "Protect Others".
This part of the DCA is about not being a bully AND about standing up for victims of bullying.
Your teacher will handout one Why Care? Cyberbullying worksheet per group.
Have a class discussion about the following question.
Experts say that standing up for other kids is the best way to prevent cyberbullying. Let's stand up for each other!
Materials adapted from Common Sense Media.
Respect and Protect Intellectual PropertyAs a class, ask yourselves:
This lesson is about copyright: what is it and how can we avoid violating it.
We use copyrighted material every day. We enjoy media as consumers. (We watch videos and listen to songs and read websites.) And we also download and use media for our own creations. (We make blog posts, presentations, and music or art mashups.) On the other hand, everything we produce as creators is also automatically copyrighted material. No one else can take my writing or drawing or music creation and use it without my permission.
Please read the part of the DCA that deals with copyright.
Creative CommonsCopyright is complicated. To help simplify the it, we only use content licensed with Creative Commons. Please read the following information about Creative Commons.
Photo used with permission from Wikimedia Commons.
Creative Commons is a way for people to give permission for other people to use their work while giving them credit. When someone posts a picture online, that person OWNS the copyright to that picture. No one else can use it without that person's permission. Creative Commons means the creator of the work is giving us permission to use it as long as we give him or her credit.
Because there is SO much great content (photos, videos and music) that is licensed with Creative Commons, we want you to use only Creative Commons content when you need to download materials for school projects. It is NOT ok to simply do a Google image search and use any photo that you find.
Use one of the four options on the SAS Guide to Copyright Friendly Media when you need content for your project.
(Click the photo to go to the actual guide where all the links are clickable.)
No matter which of these methods you choose, ALWAYS give credit by providing the creator's name and link for the media.
BUT, what if you REALLY want to use part of a YouTube video or a photo that is not licensed with Creative Commons? What should you do? Why not try contacting the author/creator of the content you want to use and ask permission.
The two most important things to remember from this section of the DCA are:
Only use media you have permission to use and always cite it. (Use Creative Commons content!)
When you purchase music, movies, software etc, do not give it out freely to other people. (And don't use it in school projects!)
Your turn to explore Creative CommonsYou can now open your laptops! Here's your challenge. What is something you are interested in? Sports? Video making? Ice cream? Experiment with the different search methods above and look for photos related to an interest you have.
Respect and Protect PropertyRead this section of the DCA
Much of this section is being discussed in other BootCamp lessons (charging your battery, keeping your laptop in its case, taking care of your laptop, etc.) But there is one other thing you should know from this section. Please watch this video of Mr. Green explaining peer to peer and torrenting software. Share your LearningThe activity for this lesson is to sign the DCA and make a pledge to be a responsible digital citizen at SAS.
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