Internet_Ethics

Internet Ethics - Relate the privilege of cyber citizenship to the responsibility of adhering to an acceptable use policy.

If you use the Internet, you’re a citizen of a global community—a cyber citizen. You’re also a citizen of your country and a member of your school community. Each form of citizenship has responsibilities. Each has rules about how to behave in cyberspace. In school, you agree to follow those rules when you sign an acceptable use contract.

Compare the student situations below with the rules in your school handbook. Is the behavior of the student in your assignment acceptable according to the rules? Use quotes from the handbook to explain your answers. Be Prepared to defend your answer. Power & Responsibility Handout.

Duane sends an E-mail from school to his friend in another school. In it, he repeats a joke containing rude language that he heard on a TV show.

Anthony has started a math tutoring business. Knowing that many teachers have younger children, he advertises his services and fees on a personal Web page that is displayed only on the school network.

Julia gets angry when Jennifer, in a crowded lunchroom, repeats something Julia told her privately. Julia goes home and writes Jennifer a threatening E-mail intended to scare her.

Randy, playing a joke, creates an official looking E-mail saying tomorrow is a half-day and sends it to the whole school.

NECC Atlanta Gallery Walk 2007

Johns Hopkins University & ISTE

Safe in Cyberspace?

Internet Ethics - Relate the privilege of cyber citizenship to the responsibility of adhering to an acceptable use policy.