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Summary
Summary
When students start using computers and networks, they start operating in a new, virtual world. Suddenly, behavioral lines blur: is it OK to download text from a website right into a term paper? What should you say about computer chat rooms or copying software programs? This new thoughtful and carefully written book helps you--and your students--understand today's information technology ethics, from downloading explicit pictures to guessing passwords to respect for privacy, property, and the law.
* Help students explore the ethics of digital technology
* Includes the Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics with key moral imperatives for students of all ages
Author Notes
Doug Johnson is director of Media and Technology at I.S.D. 77 Mankato Public Schools in Minnesota.
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School Library Journal Review
Johnson's "3 P's of Technology Ethics," Privacy, Property, and a(P)propriate use, are effectively and excitingly addressed through both discussion and instructional scenarios. An introductory overview contrasts similar ethical situations encountered in the physical and digital world, highlighting how easily we can fool ourselves into rationalizing online behavior we would never countenance in our daily life. Sidebar exercises focus on necessary considerations, such as online codes kids use, need-to-know terminology, and vital vocabulary differentiations of loaded and legal terms. Johnson's Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics set the stage for the three main chapters, each of which focuses on one of the 3 P's and includes a section defining and presenting ethical and legal considerations, followed by 12 scenarios as well as discussion questions. Combined, the 36 one-page scenarios provide a wide range of situations, questions, and comments. The final section zeroes in on what teachers and parents must do to promote ethical behaviors and includes sample guidelines and rules, 16 detailed suggestions for designing LPP projects (Low Probability of Plagiarism), and a research question rubric. The 40 pages of appendixes include discussion-provoking ethics questionnaires, sample policies and use agreements, Web-page creation guidelines, and plagiarism guidelines.-Mary R. Hofmann, Rivera Middle School, Merced, CA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
