"Digital law deals with the ethics of technology within a society. Unethical use manifests itself in form of theft and/or crime. Ethical use manifests itself in the form of abiding by the laws of society. Users need to understand that stealing or causing damage to other people’s work, identity, or property online is a crime. There are certain rules of society that users need to be aware in a ethical society. These laws apply to anyone who works or plays online. Hacking into others information, downloading illegal music, plagiarizing, creating destructive worms, viruses or creating Trojan Horses, sending spam, or stealing anyone’s identify or property is unethical."
- public domain -- work belonging to the public as a whole--government documents and works, works with an expired copyright or no existing protection, and works published over 75 years ago;
- permission -- prior approval for the proposed use by the copyright owner;
- legal exception -- use constitutes an exemption to copyright protection--parody, for example; or
- fair use -- use for educational purposes according to certain restrictions.
If we as teachers do not follow these conditions, then we could get into a mess of problems.
1. Information processing- teach people to organize information, add value, move on.
2. Work globally- teach people to work with others all over the world to solve problems. GLOBAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS.
3. Be self-directed- we do not need a boss to tell us what to do. Become more disciplined.
Unfortunately, American schools are not really teaching these skills, and that is why many students are returning home after college and not becoming self efficient. When our students become more self-directed and do not always need a "boss" to tell them what to do, they will truly own the learning and become much more successful.
It made students more enthusiastic but did not necessarily raise test scores, much more positive feedback in classrooms, students seem understand material better, it prepares students for the work world, attendance rates raised and detention rates dropped, and writing test scores did improve.
Even though this program costs nearly 90 million dollars, should Ohio look into it? I believe so. If students are enjoying school more and are more actively engaged in the classroom, then it is worth it. If students are happy, then teachers are going to be much happier.