1. A Middle
School Guide
to Becoming a
Better Digital
Citizen
Digital Citizenship,
Copyright and
Fair Use Guidelines
Jackson Heights Middle School
Created by: Erin Wasson

2. Digital Citizenship
Plagiarism
Copyright
Fair Use
Creative Commons
School Policies
Topics to be Covered

3. Digital Citizenship

4. “the norms of appropriate,
responsible behavior with
regard to technology use.”
-Mike Ribble
www.digtialcitizenship.net
Defining Digital Citizenship

5. 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

6. 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

7. Examples of online learning environments
where digital citizenship is important:
online presentations digital storytelling
video mash-ups picture collages
social media podcasts
blogging online posting
website authoring video publishing
Types of Online Learning Environments

8. Click on each link below to
learn more about digital citizenship:
Digital Citizenship:
Using Technology Appropriately
Brainpop Spotlight on Digital Citizenship
Digital Citizenship Resources

9. Plagiarism

10. to steal or pass off the ideas
or words of another as your own
to use another's work
without crediting the source
to present another’s work
as new and original
From Merriam-Webster Dictionary,
quoted on www.plagiarism.org
Defining Plagiarism

11. 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

12. 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

13. Explore the link below to
learn more about plagiarism:
The Types of Plagiarism
Plagiarism Resource

14. Bainbridge State College
Plagiarism Video

15. 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

16. Copyright

17. 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

18. “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

19. Copyright Basics
To learn more about copyright,
view the video linked below:
Copyright Basics
-Video by Copyright Clearance
Center, posted on Youtube

20. Explore the links below to
learn more about copyright rules:
Copyright Kids
Taking the Mystery out of Copyright
Copyright Resources

21. Fair Use Guidelines

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26.  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

27. Articles
Essays
Poems
Pictures
Sample Fair Use Content
Diagrams
Illustrations
Short stories
Book chapters

28. Creative Commons

29. 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

30. 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

31. Jackson Heights
Policies

32. 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

33. 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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