Matter of Ethics Lesson Plan
Target Learners
Teachers, parents, and higher level learners. People/students who are able to read higher level texts and navigate through the Internet/computer.
Educational Objectives
To teach students basic information of when it is okay to copy information from another source.
To teach students when to cite sources.
To give students a source of how to properly site courses.
To teach students when to cite sources.
To give students a source of how to properly site courses.
Assessment
Students will need to show 2 pictures copied and cited, 2 texts copied and cited, and 2 instances when it is not appropriate to copy the source.
Teaching Strategies
The students will listen to a lecture on when it is okay to copy images and/or text from the Internet. They will look at a handout/page on the computer of when it is appropriate and not to copy images and/or text from the Internet. They will then watch the video "A Tale of Two Fish." Students will then learn how to cite and look at citationmachine.net to show how to properly cite in a document. Students then show examples of when to and when not to copy resources from the Internet and how to cite them.
Time & Resources
This lesson will take approximately one 45 minute class period.
In order to teach this lesson as planned, the teacher will need:
~a computer for at least every 2 students
~Internet connection to those computers
~handout/page of when appropriate to copy images and/or text from the Internet
~a way to turn in assignment [blog, wiki, document (Word, Open Office)...]
~[to easily get to the sources]- links to www.citationmachine.net, "A Tale of Two Fish," and www.google.com
In order to teach this lesson as planned, the teacher will need:
~a computer for at least every 2 students
~Internet connection to those computers
~handout/page of when appropriate to copy images and/or text from the Internet
~a way to turn in assignment [blog, wiki, document (Word, Open Office)...]
~[to easily get to the sources]- links to www.citationmachine.net, "A Tale of Two Fish," and www.google.com
Learning Activities
Step 1: Pass out this handout published in Technology & Learning (2002-vol. 10) Chart on Fair Use & Copyright. Teach students when it is okay to copy images and/or text from the web and when it is not okay. When citing webpages for a document/article/paper you are writing, make sure that you have permission from the person who created it. If there is no way to get permission, go to any lengths you can to find out how to get hold of the person who created it. When you get permission, make sure to cite them.
Step 2: Watch the video, "A Tale of Two Fish ." This video will simply state when it is okay to use images and when it is not okay to use images in websites, documents, and papers.
Step 3: Teach students how to cite pictures/text from Internet. When borrowing pictures/text, make sure to go to the orginial source that made the picture and/or text. After receiving permission, or seeing that they are cc (some rights reserved), make sure to tell the website that you found the image/text. If you are simply placing this inside a website you are creating, or inserting a resource into your document, copy and paste the ORIGINAL website from which you found the image/text.
Step 4: Citing the source in your bibliography can be a bit tricky sometimes. We will go into depth with bibliographies in a later lesson, but for the general idea of how to cite a website in a bibliography, go to www.citationmachine.net . This website will ask for the basics of the website you are citing (author, last updated, title of website...). Simply plug the information into the website and it will tell you what to copy and paste into you bibliography.
Step 5: Assign the students to show 2 images copied and cited, 2 texts copied and cited, and 2 instances when it is not appropriate to copy the source. Students can turn this in by posting it to a blog, wiki, discussion board, or writing it on a writing document and either emailing it to you (the teacher) or printing it off and handing it in.
Step 2: Watch the video, "A Tale of Two Fish ." This video will simply state when it is okay to use images and when it is not okay to use images in websites, documents, and papers.
Step 3: Teach students how to cite pictures/text from Internet. When borrowing pictures/text, make sure to go to the orginial source that made the picture and/or text. After receiving permission, or seeing that they are cc (some rights reserved), make sure to tell the website that you found the image/text. If you are simply placing this inside a website you are creating, or inserting a resource into your document, copy and paste the ORIGINAL website from which you found the image/text.
Step 4: Citing the source in your bibliography can be a bit tricky sometimes. We will go into depth with bibliographies in a later lesson, but for the general idea of how to cite a website in a bibliography, go to www.citationmachine.net . This website will ask for the basics of the website you are citing (author, last updated, title of website...). Simply plug the information into the website and it will tell you what to copy and paste into you bibliography.
Step 5: Assign the students to show 2 images copied and cited, 2 texts copied and cited, and 2 instances when it is not appropriate to copy the source. Students can turn this in by posting it to a blog, wiki, discussion board, or writing it on a writing document and either emailing it to you (the teacher) or printing it off and handing it in.