Safe, Legal & Ethical Practices
All students must have ongoing education on the safe, legal and ethical practices when using digital technologies. Fortunately, there are many sites available for all stakeholders in school communities to create safe environments for students to work with digital technologies.
eSmart is a web site that explains and encourages cyber safety as the norm to empower students to make safe, responsible choices when using digital technologies (eSmart, 2010).
Cybersmart is another Australian Government website that explores safe usage of the internet. It contains resources for all stakeholders including professional development for teachers and challenging activities for students to encourage positive rewarding learning in this area (Australian Government, n.d.).
This site also contains much research on safe practices when on the internet (Australian Government, n.d.).
Bonnie Meltzer website on ethics when using photo manipulation.
Doug Johnson website that explores photo manipulation with integrity.
Smartcopying is the official guide for copyright issues in Australian schools.
This pdf file explains the Education Queensland Smart Classrooms policy and includes many contacts websites and information to assist teachers when planning and teaching in the classroom.
Education Queensland provides and encourages teachers and the school community with technological tools to assist students until they have reached a level of proficiency to enable them to work autonomously with safe, legal and ethical practices (Education Queensland, 2011).
Educators are responsible for ensuring students can navigate suitable, ethical material using technology with correct citing within set parameters which allows for opportunities to accomplish worthwhile authentic learning using digital technologies.
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eSmart is a web site that explains and encourages cyber safety as the norm to empower students to make safe, responsible choices when using digital technologies (eSmart, 2010).
Cybersmart is another Australian Government website that explores safe usage of the internet. It contains resources for all stakeholders including professional development for teachers and challenging activities for students to encourage positive rewarding learning in this area (Australian Government, n.d.).
This site also contains much research on safe practices when on the internet (Australian Government, n.d.).
Bonnie Meltzer website on ethics when using photo manipulation.
Doug Johnson website that explores photo manipulation with integrity.
Smartcopying is the official guide for copyright issues in Australian schools.
This pdf file explains the Education Queensland Smart Classrooms policy and includes many contacts websites and information to assist teachers when planning and teaching in the classroom.
Education Queensland provides and encourages teachers and the school community with technological tools to assist students until they have reached a level of proficiency to enable them to work autonomously with safe, legal and ethical practices (Education Queensland, 2011).
Educators are responsible for ensuring students can navigate suitable, ethical material using technology with correct citing within set parameters which allows for opportunities to accomplish worthwhile authentic learning using digital technologies.
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