1. Naughty or Nice?
Ethical concerns with
technology
Fall 2012

2. Ethical concerns?
What is ethics, anyway?
• Ethics is two things
– Ethics refers to well based standards of right
and wrong that prescribe what humans
ought to do, usually in terms of rights,
obligations, benefits to society, fairness, or
specific virtues.
– Ethics refers to the study and development
of one’s ethical standards.
• What is Ethics?
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3. Ethics in Education?
National Education Assocation:
– Commitment to the Student
– The educator strives to help each student realize
his or her potential as a worthy and effective
member of society. The educator therefore works
to stimulate the spirit of inquiry, the acquisition of
knowledge and understanding, and the thoughtful
formulation of worthy goals.
– Commitment to the Profession
– The education profession is vested by the public
with a trust and responsibility requiring the
highest ideals of professional service.
• NEA Code of Ethics
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4. Ethics in Technology?
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5. Ethics for librarians?
Code of Ethics of the
American Library Association
II. We uphold the principles of intellectual
freedom and resist all efforts to censor
library resources.
III. We protect each library user’s right to
privacy and confidentiality with respect to
information sought or received and
resources consulted, borrowed, acquired or
transmitted.
IV. We respect intellectual property rights and
advocate balance between the interests of
information users and rights holders.
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6. Ethics for 21st-century learners
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http://www.aasl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/
learningstandards/AASL_Learning_Standards_2007.pdf

7. 21st century skills and responsibilities
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8. You better watch out!
Acceptable use
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http://www.i-safe.org/imgs/pdf/education/AUPs.pdf

9.  Nine Themes of Digital
Citizenship
– Digital citizenship can be defined as the norms of appropriate,
responsible behavior with regard to technology use.
1. Digital Etiquette: electronic standards of conduct or procedure.
2. Digital Communication: electronic exchange of information.
3. Digital Literacy: process of teaching and learning about technology
and the use of technology.
4. Digital Access: full electronic participation in society.
5. Digital Commerce: electronic buying and selling of goods.
6. Digital Law: electronic responsibility for actions and deeds
7. Digital Rights & Responsibilities: those freedoms extended to
everyone in a digital world.
8. Digital Health & Wellness: physical and psychological well-being in
a digital technology world.
9. Digital Security (self-protection): electronic precautions to
guarantee safety.
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10. KY Guidelines
• Best practices for appropriate use of technology
• Generally, employees and students think of best practices
only in the sense of electronic mail and internet use. It
must be understood that any Acceptable Use Policy also
extends to: computer hardware and peripherals;
software; network access; storage devices: databases, files,
and other repositories of information in electronic form.
Best practice applies to use while onsite and when using
remote access (from home, conferences, while traveling,
etc.).
• Published: 9/24/2012 10:00 AM
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11. 3 aspects of acceptable use
1. Access to “objectionable materials”
– How do you define “objectionable” or
“inappropruate”
– What sanctions do you put in place to
“punish” or as a deterrent?
– Is blocking and filtering censorship?
2. Use of intellectual property
– Copyright vs. “fair use”
– Plagiarism vs. citing sources
3. Misuse of communication
– Cyberbullying
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12. Internet filtering
What Are We Protecting
Them From?
– No one disputes the need to protect kids from
the harm that lurks online. What's at issue is
whether or not mandated internet filters are
the best way to achieve those safeguards-or
whether the filters aren't up to the task and
are actually interfering with the educational
mission by obstructing use of important Web
2.0 tools.
• Villano, M. (2008, May 1). What are we protecting
them from? THE Journal
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13. Copyright and Fair Use
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14. Copyright vs. Fair Use
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15. Plagiarism vs. Proper Citation
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http://www.linworth.com/pdf/lmc/reviews
_and_articles/featured_articles/Lehman_
October2010.pdf

16. Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying
– They may not call it cyberbullying.
Students may say they got “dissed” on
Facebook or that someone flooded
their phone with mean texts. Even little
kids have been known to hack into
Club Penguin to sabotage each other’s games.
– The answer isn’t forbidding technology, say
experts, so much as teaching kids right from
wrong. As a teacher, you can be a powerful force
in promoting a climate of respect. Educate
yourself and be on the lookout for signs that
cyberbullying is taking place, because you may be
the trusted adult a student turns to for help.
• Adams, C. (2010). Cyberbullying: What Teachers and Schools Can Do.
Instructor, 120(2), 44-49.
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17. Some internet safety
organizations
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18. A Resource from the Feds
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19. A Kentucky resource
Internet Safety
– The Internet is a wonderful tool which puts the world and all
its information at our fingertips. Much of this information
has been available for a long time through public library
access or other means. Indeed, many of these sites have been
in operation for a number of years. However, this ease of
access is paving the way for massive growth in Internet-
based crime such as identity theft and predators. However,
most of these sites also provide an opt-out feature for you to
remove or manage what information is available, though it
may take some clicking around to locate it. The Kentucky
Center for School Safety has compiled information on a
number of them and provides a Protecting Your Personal
Information: Opt Out procedures flier.
– NEW! Make Facebook more private-Video
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20. Who you gonna call?
Your school librarian
can help you with:
1. Encouraging intellectual
freedom in a filtered
environment
2. Preventing plagiarism made easier through
digital resources
3. Growing concerns over privacy and
confidentiality because of networked
information
4. Need for information evaluation skills of
materials on the "free" Internet
5. Closing the ongoing digital divide
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21.  Inspired by Taylor Mali and his poem What Teachers Make
 Read also Valenza’s blog, What librarians make, posted on Nov. 27th, 2010:
a response to Marc Bernstein, What Cuomo can do to improve schools.
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22. How do you teach all this?
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23. Have a safe holiday!
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