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A Middle School Guide to Becoming a Better Digital Citizen

Digital Citizenship,

Copyright and Fair Use

Guidelines

Jackson Heights Middle SchoolCreated by: Erin Wasson

◼Digital Citizenship◼Plagiarism◼Copyright ◼Fair Use◼Creative Commons◼School Policies

Topics to be Covered

Digital Citizenship

“the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to technology use.”

-Mike Ribblewww.digtialcitizenship.net

Defining Digital Citizenship

Themes of Digital Citizenship

Respect Your Self/Respect Others- Etiquette- Access- Law

Educate Your Self/Connect with Others- Communication- Literacy- Commerce

Protect Your Self/Protect Others- Rights and Responsibility- Safety (Security)- Health and Welfare

www.digitalcitizenship.net

Always be a good digital citizen!

You need to exercise digital citizenship when learning in all online or digital environments.

When to Practice Digital Citizenship

Examples of online learning environments where digital citizenship is important:

online presentations digital storytellingvideo mash-ups picture collages

social media podcastsblogging online postingwebsite authoring video publishing

Types of Online Learning Environments

Click on each link below to learn more about digital citizenship:

Digital Citizenship: Using Technology Appropriately

Brainpop Spotlight on Digital Citizenship

Digital Citizenship Resources

Plagiarism

◼to steal or pass off the ideas or words of another as your own

◼to use another's workwithout crediting the source

◼to present another’s work as new and original

From Merriam-Webster Dictionary, quoted on www.plagiarism.org

Defining Plagiarism

Always give appropriate credit when:

◼using another person’s idea, opinion, or theory

◼using information, facts, statistics, graphs and drawings that aren’t common knowledge

◼paraphrasing another person’s words

◼quoting another person’s words

From the “Plagiarism”page on www.Indiana.edu

How to Avoid Plagiarism

It is very easy to plagiarize with all of the information readily available online.

It is important to be extra careful by citing all of your sources when paraphrasing or quoting what you read online and when you use an image, sound, video or any other online content.

Plagiarism in the Digital Age

Explore the link below to learn more about plagiarism:

The Types of Plagiarism

Plagiarism Resource

Bainbridge State College

Plagiarism Video

To learn how to properly give credit to your sources, visit one or both of the following citation guides:

APA Format Guide

MLA Format Guide

Citing Sources

Copyright

◼Copyright is a form of intellectual property law

◼It protects original works of authorship or expression

◼If someone uses another’s original work without permission or without any references to the work, they are violating copyright.

Defining Copyright

“Copyright protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic,

musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and

architecture.”

“Copyright does not protect facts, ideas, systems, or methods of operation, although it

may protect the way these things are expressed.”

- U.S. Copyright Office

Copyright Protections

Copyright Basics

To learn more about copyright, view the video linked below:

Copyright Basics

-Video by Copyright Clearance Center, posted on Youtube

Explore the links below to learn more about copyright rules:

Copyright Kids

Taking the Mystery out of Copyright

Copyright Resources

Fair Use Guidelines

◼Fair use is an exception to the copyright laws

◼It allows some one to use copyrighted materials without permission under certain conditions.

Fair Use Defined

1. The purpose of the use.

2. How much of the work will be used

3. The potential effect of the use

Some Conditions for Fair Use

◼Are you using the work in a new or transformative way?

◼Is it intended for educational, personal or other non-commercial purposes?

Condition 1: The Purpose of Use

◼You should avoid copying all of the work or a large portion of the work

◼You should always cite the work you are using.

Condition 2: The Amount of the Copyrighted Work

◼You should try not to make the new work available to many others.

◼You do not want to take away profit from the original creator.

◼Think about who you are letting have access to your new work and avoid posting it on the Internet, if possible.

◼Ask the author for permission to use the work whenever possible.

Condition 3: The Effect of Use

◼Articles◼Essays◼Poems◼Pictures

Sample Fair Use Content

◼Diagrams◼Illustrations◼Short stories◼Book chapters

Creative Commons

CC

◼A Creative Commons license can be added to a copyrighted work.

◼This allows people to share, use, build upon or edit someone else’s work.

◼There are different types of Creative Commons licenses available.

Creative Commons Defined

Click on the links below to explore additional information and resources related to Creative Commons content:

Search Creative Commons

Video: Copyright and Creative Commons

Creative Commons Resources

Jackson HeightsPolicies

◼All students must adhere to teacher rules and guidelines related to plagiarism.

◼All students make every effort to avoid plagiarizing the work of others.

◼Any conscious effort to copy the work of another will result in disciplinary consequences.

◼Consequences may include the failure of any plagiarized assignment and academic suspension.

Plagiarism Policies

Ribble, M. (2014). Nine Themes of Digital Citizenship. Retrieved from http://digitalcitizenship.net/Nine_Elements.html

Plagiarism 101 (n.d.) Retrieved January 27, 2014, from http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/overview/

Indiana University Bloomington. (n.d.). Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It. Plagiarism. Retrieved January 27, 2014, from http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml

Bainbridge State College. (2010, January 5). Plagiarism: How to avoid it. YouTube. Retrieved January 28, 2014, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q0NlWcTq1Y

U.S. Copyright Office. (n.d.). Copyright. U.S. Copyright Office. Retrieved January 25, 2014, from http://www.copyright.gov/

Copyright Clearance Center. (2010, September 24). Copyright Basics. YouTube. Retrieved January 28, 2014, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uiq42O6rhW4

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