Chapter Seven is the internet safety guide of this text book. We read about internet safety and what strategies parents and administrators are taking to ensure that their child or student has an enjoyable and safe experience utilizing the internet. With that being said, I was quite surprised at the percentages that I read, for example 94% had taken steps to try to ensure their children’s online safety. ¾ (75%) of that group limited home internet to an open space in the room. To be honest, we don’t hear about that. W/ so many teens having their own laptops, I thought that actually monitoring a child’s internet use had become taboo. I have never had my own computer growing up, and did not get a laptop until I was almost 21 years old, and I’m just about to be 25, so having full internet privacy is still a fairy new thing for me as well. I was also not aware that more than 55% of parents were installing software to limit or block their child’s online activities.
This was a tough one to find a paragraph to say I identified with more than others so I won‘t state a particular one. This will be more of a rambling of the facts displayed in this chapter. To answer the question. Is it okay to download music on a file sharing program just because it is available? The answer is no! I remember seeing a commercial way back w/ several artists contributing to the commercial stating that taking music you did not pay for is STEALING! To download a full album on a free P2P file sharing software is the same as going to a music store and stealing the album. According to poll conducted in the spring of 2006, while many teachers admit that downloading music or DVD’s for free is illegal, they do not feel the same way about making copies of these products to share with friends and family. To that I have to respond that if it were truly okay, major companies (SONY anyone) would not have had put copy protection software on their albums. I am not sure if they are still doing this or not, but from 2004-2006, Sony was putting this software on their CDs that would hinder one from easily making a copy of these albums. For example, they would not play in certain computers or certain media players. Which brings me to what come of the copy protection was. The software would appear in the form of this music player called mediamaxx, which was not a very good player, it was quite slow and nearly impossible to close, it’s said that this would alter the format of some of your other media files, disabling them from operating the way that they should, killing your dvd drive. In some cases, CD and DVD drives literally disappeared. Spyware was installed, and this caused many to boycott the company. It was believed that they cared more about their product than their consumer, even though as a consumer you are legally allowed to have a backup copy of an album for your car, however, that was almost never the case. Another complaint was that this software made the album completely useless to those who like to rap music to their iPods or mp3 players.
The code of ethics such as testing accuracy y of information and identifying sources should be common sense, in my opinion. Giving credit to wherever you get your information is necessary in order to avoid copyright issues. Even in video blogs where you may have a song playing in the background can result in an accusation of infringement.
My Own Commentary
One never knows who they are fooling with online or who is watching. Don’t think just because you have a page blocked that nobody can retrieve what you post, if someone really wants to see what you have stated, they are going to find it by any means necessary even if it means hacking. Also, if a webcam is not in use, do NOT leave it plugged! There is always the risk that it can be turned on from a remote location. Even w/o hacking, w/ products like Skype, iChat or ooVoo one may easily access a camera and catch one w/o their knowledge. If you get a message from someone you don't know, that's obviously inappropriate, please report it!
National Educational Technology Standards for Administrators (NETS*A)
VI. Social, legal, and Ethical Issues—Educational leaders understand the social, legal, and ethical issues related to technology and model responsible decision making related to these issues. Educational leaders:
- Ensure equity of access to technology resources that enable and empower all learners and educators.
- Identify, communicate, model, and enforce social, legal and ethical practices to promote responsible use of technology.
- Promote and enforce privacy, security, and online safety related to the use of technology.
- Promote and enforce environmentally safe and healthy practices in the use of technology.
- Participate in the development of policies that clearly enforce copyright law and assign ownership of intellectual property developed with the district resources.
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