MA+TECH+ETHICS

__**Ethics, Decisions, Persuasions, and Questions**__ I have so many concerns regarding tech ethics. Currently our school does not permit the use of Blogger. The justification is quite opaque though. Mostly, Neandratech (NT for short) states "its about Child Protection Laws" even though we can make Blogs private and secure. We DO have our own class sites (but only five of us) because we have an umbrella Google acct. It is quite frustrating that all of the teachers do not have sites especially when they WANT THEM! He declares it will take a five hr training session. That's not true...most staff are very savvy and also are security concerned. We would just need to collaborate on security and students safety.

It is so important to be safe. Kids think they are invincible...IT won't happen to them. BUT If we all collaborate in order to make sure safety measures are taken, then it is like any other school activity.

Decisions regarding use of documents, images and other content is tough. I want instant gratification and it takes time to see if something is available for public use. Creative Commons is a good resource to peruse stuff for public use. Our tech agreement states only that students will use technology appropriately, nothing specific though.

=The Fair Use Working Group at UFVA: Spreading The Word About Fair Use!= http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/blog/fair-use/fair-use-working-group-ufva-spreading-word-about-fair-use This article was great for different topics regarding fair use in the classroom and beyond.