BY CONTESSA RUSHING
ED 505
TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION
 Network Etiquette –
Set of Rules for Behaving Properly Online.
 Words communicate your meaning.
 Follow the same behavior online that you follow in real
life.
 Be ethical.
 Do not waste people’s time.
Avoid typing in all caps
Avoid f lamewars
Avoid spam
Communicate clearly
Use appropriate language
Be brief
Forward email messages you receive
Remember you are not anonymous
Consider others
Obey copyright laws
Cite others’ work you use
Do not send spam
Do not forward chain letters
 Section 107 of Copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code) states
The purpose and character of the use, including
whether such use is of commercial nature or is for
non-profit educational purposes.
2. The nature of the copyrighted work.
3. The amount of substantiality of the portion used in
relation to the copyrighted work as a whole.
4. The effect of the use upon the potential market for,
or value of the copyrighted work.
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 FAIR USE –
A limitation and exception to the exclusive right granted
by copyright law to the author of creative work without
acquiring permission from the rights holder.
 Copyright – a property right attached to an original
work of art or literature. Wrongful use gives the owner
the right to seek and recover compensation in a court
of law.
 Chapter from a book.
 Article from a periodical or newspaper, short story,
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essay or poem.
Chart, graph, diagram, cartoon or picture from a book,
periodical or newspaper.
Poetry – 250 words or less that exist on 2 pages or less
or 250 words from a longer poem
Copies of an article, story or short essay 2500 words or
less.
Charts, graphs, diagrams, drawings, cartoons in a book
or periodical issue.
 Multiple copies of different works that could substitute
for purchase of books, publishers, reprints or
periodicals.
 Copying and using the same work from semester to
semester
 Copying and using the same material for several
different courses at the same or different institutions.
 Copying more than 9 separate times in a single
semester.
 Merriam-Webster Online
Dictionary
Steal and pass off ideas or
words of another as one’s
own.
To use another’s production
without crediting the
source.
To commit literary theft.
To present as new and
original an idea or product
derived from an existing
source.
 Turning in someone’s work as your own.
 Copying words or ideas from someone without giving
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credit.
Failing to put quotation marks.
Giving incorrect information about the source of a
quotation.
Changing words by copying sentence structure of a
source without giving credit.
Copying so many words or ideas from a source it
makes up the majority of your work whether you give
credit or not.
Great website for information about safety on the
web:
http://www.websafety4kids.org
 Do not give out personal information
 Students should inform teachers or parents of any
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information they feel they do not understand or if it
makes then feel uncomfortable.
Never meet someone face to face.
Never send a photograph.
Choose passwords that no one could guess.
Have family meeting to set rules.
Never give out password.
Do not do anything that cost money without parental
permission.
1 in 7 child internet users have receive unwanted messages
1 in 17 children reported being threatened or harassed while
using the internet
 Use antivirus software and keep it up-to-date.
 Install security patches.
 Use a firewall.
 Secure your browser.
 Take control of your email.
 Treat Instant Messages suspiciously.
 Keep abreast of internet scams
 Don’t fall victim to virus hoaxes.
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Don’t save your log on information.
2. Don’t leave the computer unattended with
sensitive information on the screen.
3. Erase your tracks.
4. Watch for over the shoulder snoops.
5. Do not enter sensitive information into a public
computer.
 http://www.microsoft.com
 http://www.albion.com/netiquette/netiquiz.html
 http://www.albion.com/netiquette
 http://www.studygs.net/netiquette.htm
 http://www.copyright.gov/fls/f1102.html
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki.Fair_use
 http://home.earthlink.net/cnew/research.htm
 http://www.umuc.edu/library/copy.shtml
 http://plagiarism.org/plag_article_what_is_plagiarism.html
 http://antivirus.about.com/od/securitytips/a/safetytrips.htm
 http://www.websafety4kids.org/