5.+Ethics+and+Safety

__**Ethics and Safety Plan for Online Courses**__

**Basic Rules for Safety ** 1. Do not post personal information, such as your phone number, address 2. Do use anti spyware/malware/virus protection software, and keep it updated. 3. Do make sure your firewall in your OS is activated. 4. For your online accounts, such as email, change your password at least every three months, and create a strong password. 5. Do not answer emails asking for personal information, or emails from unknown sites. 6. Keep your chat room activities to people you know personally. 7. No personal attacks, foul language, or antagonistic behavior. You should not publish on line anything that you would not say to someone’s face.



** ﻿ ﻿ Copyright and Plagiarism ** Copyright is the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 50 years after his or her death. Generally speaking, if you use text, a picture or other online content in an assignment, you should cite the source in this manner: //“Retrieved on from ” //

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Here is a site for information] on all media formats, and how they can be legally used. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Click here for a quiz] to test copyright knowledge.

Creative Commons <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">The idea of universal access to research, education, and culture is made possible by the Internet, but our legal and social systems don’t always allow that idea to be realized. Copyright was created long before the emergence of the Internet, and can make it hard to legally perform actions we take for granted on the network: copy, paste, edit source, and post to the Web. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">To achieve the vision of universal access, someone needed to provide a free, public, and standardized infrastructure that creates a balance between the reality of the Internet and the reality of copyright laws. For indepth information, click on the creative commons graphic.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">//retrieved on June 8, 2011 from [|http://creativecommons.org/about]//

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ﻿ Fair Use Guidelines ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Adapted from the Consortium of College and University Media Center's Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia. //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Medium // || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Limits // ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Video || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Up to 10% or 3 minutes (whichever is less) ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Audio || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Up to 10% or 30 seconds (whichever is less) ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Text || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Up to 10% or 1000 words (whichever is less) ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Poetry || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Up to 250 words (or entire poem if work is less than 250 words) ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Images || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Up to 5 complete images from one artist or 15 from a single collected work ||

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ﻿ Academic Dishonesty ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Plagiarism means submitting work as your own that is someone else's. For example, copying material from a book or other source without acknowledging that the words or ideas are someone else's and not your own is plagiarism. If you copy an author's words exactly, treat the passage as a direct quotation and supply the appropriate citation. If you use someone else's ideas, even if you paraphrase the wording, appropriate credit should be given. You have committed plagiarism if you purchase a term paper or submit a paper as your own that you did not write. //

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Retrieved on May 15, 2011 from the PDF Document __Tools for Teaching__ by Barbara Gross Davis; Jossey-Bass Publishers: San Francisco, 1993.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ﻿ Statement of Academic Integrity ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Inherent in the mission of Milwaukee Public Schools is the strong belief in the principle of academic integrity. All students are expected to recognize and to abide by the policy on academic integrity found in the student handbook. Cheating and plagiarism will be treated on an individual basis, and may include removal from a course. Any use of another person’s work or ideas must be documented.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ﻿ Internet Security Resources ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|CyberBee] This site offers many free resources for younger learners. Does not require registration. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Safekids] This site offers many free resources for all ages. Does not require registration. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|ConnectSafely]This site offers a discussion board and blog specific tips. Registration optional <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">[|OnGuard Online] Great information, games and videos on a wide variety of topics <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Parents Guide to Online Kids Provides statistics on internet use, describes various programs that kids may be using online, discusses risks, and offers tips on internet safety <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|PasswordChecker]<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Password Checker Test the strength of your passwords <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Safe Netting and Ethics in a Digital World] - From Joe Showker <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Stop Bullying Now]! Resources, games and webisodes about cyberbullying

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ﻿ Right to Privacy ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">According to the **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Children’s Internet Protection Act ( **CIPA) Milwaukee Public Schools will set filters to block any objectionable content including but not limited to pornography and obscenity, and are in place whether the mode is e-mail, chat rooms, and other electronic forms of communication. Unauthorized access (hacking) by minor children will result in loss of Internet and Network Access through Milwaukee Public Schools.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">FERPA The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> is an act that gives families specific rights to student’s educational records. Under this act: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Families can inspect their child's educational records as kept by the school. However, the school is not required to furnish a copy, and they can charge a fee if they do furnish a copy to the family. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Families have the right to request that incorrect or misleading records be amended. They have the right to a hearing, should there be a discrepancy between the school and the family. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Schools must have written permission to release records. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Schools can release information without consent, under the following circumstances:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">School officials with legitimate educational interest;
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Other schools to which a student is transferring;
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Specified officials for audit or evaluation purposes;
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Appropriate parties in connection with financial aid to a student;
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Organizations conducting certain studies for or on behalf of the school;
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Accrediting organizations;
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To comply with a judicial order or lawfully issued subpoena;
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Appropriate officials in cases of health and safety emergencies; and
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">State and local authorities, within a juvenile justice system, pursuant to specific State law.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">Here is the Student Acceptable Use Policy :