JMU Partnership for 21st Century Skills

NETS*T Standard VI:  Social, Ethical, Legal, and Human Issues

Rubric VI.A elaborated:
 Teachers model and teach legal and ethical practice related to technology use.
 

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Following must be included to achieve “meets” on all criteria.
□ An instance cited that demonstrates or advocates for appropriate legal and ethical behavior with respect to technology and information access among those in school community
□ An example of a student activity that as a whole or in part provides information to students about legal and ethical practices.
   
 
Criterion Meets

Model legal and ethical practice

Demonstrates or advocates for legal and ethical behaviors among those in school community regarding the use of technology and information.

   
 
Key Words and Phrases to Include and Address in Reflections:
1. Legal – specific issues that affect school and classroom including but not limited to copyright infringement (use of images, sounds, video), plagiarism, computer security violations, media piracy
2. Ethical – specific issues that affect school and classroom including but not limited to appropriate access, cyber safety, privacy, netiquette
   
Tips
1. Provide evidence of a specific way you have modeled or advocated for appropriate behavior with respect to legal and ethical issues among school community members (students, teachers, administration, staff, parents, visitors (including “virtual” visitors through website), business partners, and others.)
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Reflections should demonstrate an understanding of the issues. Describe the circumstances and how behavior demonstrated models appropriate action.
   
Examples of content for reflection:

1.

 Teacher cites source of graphic used in Powerpoint presentation. Reflection describes how this models appropriate behavior with respect to intellectual property rights.
2. High School teacher refuses to allow student to incorporate a popular song in its entirety into an iMovie he creates for a class assignment and shows student the law that prohibits this. Reflection elaborates on situation and the law that protects artists in this respect.
3. Teacher asks PTA to purchase a special video permission license in order to be able to show a recent Disney-released movie at a PTA family night. Reflection shows how this action advocates for appropriate legal behavior, elaborating on the  violation and the proposed solution.
 
Criterion Meets

Teach legal and ethical practice

Teaching activity fosters student understanding of legal and ethical issues.

   
 
Key Words and Phrases to Include and Address in Reflections:
1. Legal – specific issues that affect school and classroom including but not limited to copyright infringement (use of images, sounds, video), plagiarism, computer security violations, media piracy
2. Ethical – specific issues that affect school and classroom including but not limited to appropriate access, cyber safety, privacy, password security, netiquette
   
Tips
1. Provide an example where delivering information to students about legal and ethical issues was a component of the lesson or activity.
2. The accompanying reflections should discuss the legal or ethical focus of the lesson.
   
Examples of content for reflection:

1.

 In a lab activity, students visit a website about cybersafety then participate in a classroom discussion about the content at the site. Reflection elaborates on the lesson, describing the critical components emphasized to students about maintaining a safe online environment.
2. Students are given e-mail accounts. Reflection describes the various ethical issues discussed with students pertaining to e-mail etiquette including replying, punctuation, spelling, abbreviations, flaming, attachments, as well as legal issues illustrated through various court cases, such as e-mail privacy in the workplace.