Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Let's be legal, safe and ethical.

Throughout the exploration and experimentation of the content and tools presented throughout the last six weeks one of the common threads that has linked it all is the consideration of legal, safe and ethical practices. Browsing back through my blog now I see that I have only put a caption on some of the images mentioning that the photos were all taken by me and I have the permission from each subject to include them within my blog. This provoked further thought on the issues and the realisation that it is so important that this legal, safe and ethical practices are implemented at all times. I would like to reiterate that ALL images/videos/content that has been included within this blog and its links have been either referenced appropriately or permission has been given for the posting of the content. 

This exercise has re-enforced my opinion that students need to be made aware of the correct legal, ethical and safe practices that are required to participate as a courteous and moral member of the world of technology. As outlined in my previous blog 'Whether wikis work?' there are numerous reliable sources that provide guidance on these matters.

Provided below are several links that will take you to a range of resources, each one aimed at either teachers, students or parents to ensure the legal, safe and ethical interaction with technology.

1. The Department of Education Queensland - this site will provide a series of links that will take you to further research on the topics, as well as Education Queensland's stance on legal, safe and ethical practices within the classroom. .
2. All Right to Copy? is an interactive game teaching students appropriate behaviour in regards to technology. This is also created by Education Queensland.
3. UNESCO has published a document detailing some issues involved with the implementation of ICTs within education.
4. The Children's Partnership is an organisation that has provided a document, primarily aimed at parents, teaching them how to ensure a safer learning environment around technology. This document also provides a range of links to further resources.  
5. Google Documents have sourced a power point from slide share that has interesting ideas on how to teach students internet safety.

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