Ethics of Media and Technology Use

College Bound ChemistryKaren Hicks

EDET 620

Why?

ITSE Standard 4. - Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility:

to advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources

guidelines depend on the intended use of the project:personal use – assignment for a class for profit

we will look at personal use (science fair presentation, element project, environmental paper)

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Plagiarism Copyright Common knowledge Public domain Fair use Specific areas for your project

Plagiarism

using someone else’s work as your own not giving proper credit to the original author

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Copyright protection under US law for original work

bookarticlemusicwebsitevideomovieartwork

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Common Knowledge

facts that are ”common” to a culture or group

no documentation needed EX: Carbon has 6 protons and an average

atomic mass of 12.01 amu

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Public Domain

most government documents material published before 1923

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Fair Use using copyrighted material for your

presentation in a classroom setting you must follow certain criteria:

purpose – why are your using the material?nature – what are you using it for?amount – small quantities (vary by type)effect – no harm to original author, no profit

for you

Other Necessary Info

your title slide needs to state that material in the presentation was prepared under the US fair use exemption law and that further use is restricted

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Areas for Your Papers

Text Direct quote Paraphrase

Pictures Video/Film Music More Information

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Text direct quote

up to 1000 words or 10% of the workproper citation

“The Roanoke River runs through 16 counties,

6 cities …….” (Brown 95).

paraphrase in your own words proper citation

The optimal pH for a river or stream is between

6.5 and 8.0 (Brown)

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Pictures illustrations photos a maximum of 5 images from one source cite the source free clip art will be labeled as free assume it copyrighted unless it specifically

states otherwise

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Video

10% or 3 minutes of a video

cite the source

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Music music lyrics music video up to 10% or 30

seconds cite the source

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Need More?

This is a link to an interactive online tutorial for proper research protocol:

You Quote It, You Note It! http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism

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Bibliography

"Copyright Brief Notes." December 2006. Heartland Area Education Agency. 7 Nov 2008 <http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/tech/BriefNOTESprint.pdf>.

"Plagerism & Copyright Facts for Students." Lonestar College. 7 Nov 2008 <http://cyfair.lonestar.edu/29196>.