Assignment 1 8/25/13 Technology and Education

1. Megan Tubby
Technology and Education
August 25, 2013

2. Netiquette
an online etiquette for behaving properly on-line and to help new comer’s to the world
wide web minimize their mistakes
Rules of Netiquette
1. Remember the Human
2. Adhere to the same standards of behavior online that you follow in
real life
3. Know where you are in cyberspace
4. Respect other people’s time and bandwidth
5. Make yourself look good online
6. Share expert knowledge
7. Help keep flame wars under control
8. Respect other people’s privacy
9. Don’t abuse your power
10. Be forgiving of other people’s mistakes

3. Copyright
Learning about Copyrighting-Topics on the Home page
 Search Records
 Publications
 How to Register
 How to Record a document
 Licensing
 Budget
 Law and Regulations
 Congressional Testimony (Online Privacy)
 Related Links

4. Fair Use Policy
 Section 107 of the copyright law allows various
purposes of reproduced work such as criticism,
comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and
research.
Four ways to determine whether or not a particular use is
fair:
1. Purpose and character of the use
2. Nature of copyrighted work
3. Amount used of the portion used in relation to the copyright work as
a whole
4. Effect of use upon the potential market, or value of copyright work

5. Plagiarism
Webpage Outline
 What is Plagiarism?
 What and how to cite sources
 Questions for expert help
 Tools- helpful sites, news, student material, etc.
 A way to check for plagiarism

6. Safety on the Web
This website discusses how to keep children and teens
safe when using the internet. It keeps the age of under
age people who use the site private until they are 18.
Then, the person has a choice of keeping it private or
not. It is a good, safe site for children, and it is parent
approved.

7. Security on Personal Computers
This site discusses best practices that one expert shares
on the best ways to protect your computer. He teaches
about back-up disks, limiting applications, laptop
security, etc.

8. Reference Page
1. Albion.com, Ross, Seth T.(1990-2001) The Core Rules of Netiquette.
Retrieved from: http://www.albion.com/netiquette/
2. Bruce Schneier. (2004, December 14) Safe Personal Computing [Web
Log Comment]. Retrieved from:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2004/12/safe_personal_c.ht
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3. Magid, Larry. (August 23, 2013) ‘The Kids Are (mostly) All Right’
when it comes to privacy and bullying. Retrieved from:
http://www.safekids.com
4. The Library of Congress. (2013) Copyright. Retrieved from:
http://www.copyright.gov/
5. The Library of Congress. (2012) Fair Use Policy. Retrieved from:
http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html
6. 2013 Plagiarism. Retrieved from: http://plagiarism.org