MTTS+Standard+III

=MTTS Standard III =


 * Legal, Social, and Ethical Issues **

**Outcome:** Demonstrate an understanding of the legal, social, and ethical issues related to technology use

**Indicators:** Identify ethical and legal issues using technology. Analyze issues related to the uses of technology in educational settings. Establish classroom policies and procedures that ensure compliance with copyright law, Fair Use guidelines, security, privacy, and student on-line protection. Use classroom procedures to manage an equitable, safe, and healthy environment for students

=Artifact=

**Technology Standard III: Legal, Social and Ethical Issues Case Study and Questions ** **//Case Study //** You are a student teacher at Greater Maryland Middle School. Today you are observing Mrs. Jones teaching her social studies class in the computer lab. Her first period is her planning period. She has asked you to assist her with setting up the lab for her lesson plan. She is installing the school's only copy of an atlas software program for a single user license on the 22 computers in the lab. She explains that her lesson will require students to download information about the country that they have been assigned from the atlas program and to also search the Internet for more information for a PowerPoint presentation. Mrs. Jones encourages students to freely use any information from the Internet for their presentation. At the beginning of each class, the students enter and sit where they choose, occasionally arguing over seats. For the four classes with more than 22 students, Mrs. Jones pairs a boy and a girl, assigning the boy to operate the computer and the girl to take notes. Mrs. Jones starts the class by sharing a model of a final product, a PowerPoint presentation. Without guidance, she encourages the students to freely copy any graphics and text from the Internet to brighten up their slides. She explains that they will have one day in the computer lab to complete the assignment and that, if they do not finish in class, they must complete the work at home within two days. She directs them to use the atlas software and to search the web for sites about the country assigned to them. At the completion of class, she gives them time to save their work to the class folder on the local area network and reminds them not to access other folders. During the first class period with students, a few students become distracted with the computer in the first row where Mrs. Jones had been working on her gradebook program at the end of her planning period. They begin reciting aloud the classmates' scores that are still visible on the monitor. She closes the program and puts the students back on task. Several students sitting by the windows complain that they cannot read their monitors due to glare. During the next class, Period 3, several students rush in and sit toward the back of the lab while the teacher does hall duty. As the other students enter the class, they become interested in the stifled giggles from the back row. The bell rings and the teacher enters the room approaching the group of students huddled in the back around a monitor. She disperses the group and finds the monitor displaying a commercial web site for movie videos. She proceeds as she did with the previous class. When the bell rings at the end of class, several students rush out without properly logging out and the backpack of one gets hooked to a monitor cable. Luckily, a student nearby catches the monitor before it falls. Period 4 begins more smoothly than the last, except for a brief delay to locate a workstation for a wheelchair-bound student. One student has already started the assignment at home and has brought his work on disk. He opens the file and continues his work. Several minutes into the 5th period, the guidance counselor brings a student new to the school and introduces her to Mrs. Jones. The counselor explains that her mother is downstairs completing the entrance paperwork. Mrs. Jones briefly describes the assignment and seats the new girl next to another student accessing the Internet. The day concludes with a smooth opening to period 6; however, <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: yellow; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">15 minutes into the class, the power to the lab server goes out. Mrs. Jones calms the excited students and asks them to be patient, assuming the power will be on within a few minutes. The principal makes an announcement that a local power surge affected the server and the lab computers will be down for the remainder of the day. Since there are 35 minutes left until dismissal, he encourages teachers to continue their lessons. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: yellow; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Mrs. Jones mentions to you that she really had nothing else planned and she does not want to begin the next day's lesson, which would put the classes out of sync with each other. She tells the students they will have to complete the project on their own and allows them to talk quietly until the dismissal bell rings. After the final bell, Mrs. Jones dismisses the students and tells you to reflect on the day. **//<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Questions for students to answer. //** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1. Underline or highlight all questionable practices that you noted in the case study. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2. Of those legal and ethical issues (one of which must deal with copyright), identify three different issues that arise from this case study and explain what laws, policies and/or procedures are most applicable to each issue. o <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The group of students that the teacher finds watching videos from a commercial web site. The movies that were being watched were had not been paid for and were not educational. o <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The teacher encouraged the students to freely copy any graphics and text from the Internet to brighten up their slides. This is illegal because before the students can use the graphics or information, they should get permission from the source to use the information o <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The teacher installs the school's only copy of an atlas software program for a single user license on the 22 computers in the lab. The software that the teacher uses should allow her to install it on multiple computers.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">3. Of those health and safety considerations raised in the case study, identify three. Suggest at least one potential way of addressing these types of issues, including classroom management techniques that may facilitate a safe and orderly environment. o <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Within 15 minutes of class, there was an power outage. There should have been back up lights or windows that could be open so the students would be able to see o <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The students rush out without properly logging out and the backpack of one gets hooked to a monitor cable. The teacher should implement a way that students should enter and exit the computer lab in an orderly fashion. Also, Students could leave there book bags in their locker and just bring their books. o <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The group of students huddled in the back around a monitor. There were too many students in one place and could be hazardous. There should be a maximum of two students per computer in the computer lab.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">4. Of those security and/or privacy issues raised in the case study, pick three. For each instance, describe the policies and procedures that may help ensure security and privacy. o <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The counselor explains that her mother is downstairs completing the entrance paperwork. She gave this information while in front of the students. There could have been some private and valuable information that the students did not need to hear. o <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The students begin reciting aloud the classmates' scores that are still visible on the monitor. The students should not be allowed to see the grades of the other students. Therefore, the teacher should input grades in a more private setting or not do it while students are around. o <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Students rush out without properly logging out. It is vital that students log off properly because anybody could come and use their information and give it to someone else.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">5. The case study highlights several advantages and disadvantages of widespread use of, and reliance upon, technology in the classroom. Address the following: o <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Identify one advantage and describe how it impacts technology use in educational settings. Support your answer with examples based upon your prior knowledge and experience. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1. Technology allows students to use and find information quicker and easier. Also, they have more sources available to them through the internet. Students are required to all their research my using books out the library. They are able to use books through different forms of technology. Technology helps students expand their research methods. o <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Identify one disadvantage and describe how it impacts technology use in educational settings. Support your answer with examples based upon your prior knowledge and experience. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1. With the use of technology, students are more at risk of violating copyright laws. If they are not taught the proper way to research and the rules and laws are explained, they could be at risk of getting into trouble.

=<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Reflection = <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Honestly, standard III opened my eyes about the copyright and fair use laws. I was able to see how vital the legal issue are with using technology. Also, I learned to identify the ethical issues that are in technology. As a future teacher, I am glad that I became more aware of theses laws because I will know what I will need to inform my students before placing them on the computer and starting research.