Susan Milovich
Webliography for Social,
Ethical, Legal and Human Issues
Lesson Plan Websites for Using the Internet
Properly
For a wide
variety of readings and lessons on cheating, plagiarism and copyright
infringement teachers of secondary students can link to About.com’s page. The site included links to web games for the
students, a unit entitled I Search about an alternative to writing formal
papers, discussions about paraphrasing and proper citing, and additional links
to other topics of value to teachers.
http://712educators.about.com/cs/plagiarism/a/plagiarism.htm
CyberSmart
contains a curriculum that aligns to technology standards, lessons, worksheets
and other teacher resources that focus on using the Internet safely and
responsibility for K-12 students. Lessons
are divided by age group and include discussions about giving out personal
information, evaluating websites, effective Internet searches, proper
etiquette, chat rooms and email, online bullies, and how advertising affects
the Internet. http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/home/
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current APA formatting techniques, check out
Resources for Downloadable Materials
that follow Legal Guidelines
Creative
Commons is a free non-profit organization that provides licenses for authors,
artists, and educators that offers a flexible range of copyright options from
"all rights reserved" to "some rights reserved" to public
domain that allows anyone to use someone else’s work. This is
a good site for educators and students to access when researching. Addition work on the Internet may often have
a Creative Commons reference that alerts the user as to what rights the author
maintains. http://creativecommons.org/
Partners in
Rhyme contains downloadable royalty-free music and sound effects that may be
reproduced in any way for teacher or student presentations. These works should be cited when utilized. http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/
United
Streaming is a service available to educators that offers over 4000 movies and 40,000
movie clips that can be downloaded for teacher to show in their class or for
use in student presentations. Annual site license for one school building is $1,495. http://www.unitedstreaming.com/index.cfm
Assistive Technology Websites
CAST’s
"About Bobby": Is your Web site accessible? Visit CAST’s site (www.cast.org/Bobby/AboutBobby313.cfm)
for information about making your site accessible.
The American
with Disabilities Act www.jan.wvu.edu/links/adalinks.htm for laws, resource
guides and jobs training and opportunities.
"Basic
Questions to Ask when Purchasing Technology" for Assistive technology,
plus many excellent resources
http://www.orclish.org/4_orclish_serrcs_ode/resources.pdf
"Accessible
Educational Technology"—AccessIT:
http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf/2000/proceedings/0065Temkin.htm
Office of
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. Go to Quick Click and click on a
topic of interest (such as
Where to Find Current Research and
Technology Trends
Innovate http://www.innovateonline.info, TechLearning http://www.techlearning.com/ and T.H.E.
Journal http://thejournal.com/ are
online newsletters and magazines that contain articles about utilizing technology
in education, including articles about security and privacy, school policies,
copyright, and plagiarism as well as hardware and software reviews.