Ethical and Legal Issues with Technology
When you think about ethical and legal issues, usually what comes to mind is not technology. However, because technology in education has become more and more popular and increasing tremendously it is now a subject matter that needs to be addressed. Teachers must lead by example in this case also. It is very important that educators remember to follow netiquette and teach netiquette to students especially if they are requiring them to use technology for any assignments; it becomes the responsibility of the teacher. In most cases when students plagiarize with technology is because they are unaware of the ethics and legal aspects for using technology as a source for research and to explore different ideas and to trigger a creative side in their learning process.
It seems that you must first remember that the Fair Use Guidelines do not extend to the World Wide Web. Secondly, and one of the most important, in my opinion, is ALL documents, handouts, articles, etc either print or digital must be cited. Furthermore, it is important for teachers to remember to emphasize that there are programs that can detect plagiarism; so if a student is not sure check it. Also, the there is a flip side to that meaning, the student needs to be aware that if he/she attempts to plagiarize that there are ways available to detect it and the consequences are major. Lastly, students need to realize that just because it is on the internet does not make it credible or fact. Educators need to inform students on ways to determine if a website is a good source to use for their research. Also, a teacher must “engender respect for others and their property by discussing with your students the effects of spam, computer viruses, and other inappropriate uses of the internet’s capabilities” (Create).
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