1 Computer Technology - Ethics, Rules, and Laws
Your Name and Class Period:
In this assignment, you will become acquainted with ethics, rules, and laws as related to computers and information resources. Listen and watch, then answer the questions below.
G E T T I N G R E A D Y . . .
Go to the Computer Technology Calendar for today’s date Open Ethics lesson found on the calendar
Take notes from the Ethics presentation as it presents important information about ethics, rules, and laws.
o Think about ethics that govern your own choices in life situations. o Think about rules that you follow when you use a computer.
o Think about risks you (or other people) have taken by misusing a computer system and
resources.
Did you know your actions were wrong but you carried them out anyway? Or, are you completely surprised to learn that your actions were wrong?
Resolve to become an ethical computer user who follows rules and respects laws in every situation.
G E T T I N G B U S Y . . .
Play the slide show. Click through the various slides and links to find the information needed to answer the following questions:
A. What are ethics?
1. 2. 3.
B . What ethics is not?
1. 2. 3.
C . Where do ethics come from?
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D. What might follow an unethical choice?
1. 2. 3. 4. And what other
ideas do you have?
E. What are rules?
F. What happens if rules are violated?
A C C E P T A B L E U S E P O L I C Y
Please locate the Salt Lake School District AUP for students. (A link on slide 8 will take you there.)
G. Read all 19 Prohibited Uses of the District’s computers and network. Write a key word(s) for each item in the cells below.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19.
G. Privileges and Discipline are described in our District’s AUP. Circle each correct answer: YES NO Internet use is a right
YES NO System administrators are allowed to close your account YES NO Internet violations can be referred to a police officer
YES NO Internet use is guaranteed to be private for a student user
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I. What is the most important thing to note about Privacy Information in the District AUP? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ J. Read the short section about Network Etiquette in the District AUP.
What are four words that come to your mind that would summarize these rules of etiquette?
1. 2. 3. 4.
Create a mnemonic to help you remember the four words you picked. Take the first letter from each word, then, assign each first letter to a new word that builds an easy-to-remember phrase.)
Write your mnemonic here:
(Example)
1. Clean 2. Courteous 3. Appropriate 4. Polite
“ C a n d y C a n e s A r e P e p p e r m i n t ”
k. Draw lines to match each incomplete phrase on the left with one on the right to form a complete rule about computer Security as described in the District AUP.
If a security problem is identified
should not be shared
Do not
leave without logging off
Do not
if you believe they should be filtered
Report inappropriate use of network to
demonstrate security problems to others
Reveal sites that are not filtered
should be changed frequently
Passwords
notify the teacher or system administrator
Passwords
teacher or system administrator
l. Summarize the five points of the Disclaimer.
________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________
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D I S C L O S U R E
Please locate the Disclosure (and Classroom Rules) for our Computer Technology class. (A link on Slide 8 will take you there.) Please read the section for Classroom Rules.
M. Check off each Rule in the boxes below as you read it.
N. Set a timer or look at the clock on the back wall. Get ready to count-off sixty seconds.
See how many of the rules that you just read from the disclosure that you can remember and write below during the next sixty seconds.
Get Ready . . . Get set . . . Write fast . . . Go!
Return to the PowerPoint Slide Show, Slide 10 O. What are Laws?
5 Author of the work
Q. TURN TO THE LAST PAGE OF THIS PACKET. USE THE INFORMATION IN THE SLIDES TO HELP YOU COMPLETE THE PUZZLE.
R. Write notes about each type of law in the table below. These different types of
laws exist to provide protection and punishment
NOTES ABOUT LAWS
In this column, write some details that are important for each type of law. COPYRIGHT NUISANCE OR HARASSMENT FRAUD OR PLAGIARISM VANDALISM PRIVACY
S. Finish copying the Hilton reference on Slide 33 to show the proper format for citing information taken from the Internet. After copying the reference below, draw arrows and labels to show what the different entries represent.
Hilton, Dr. Thomas, et. al.
T .
C Y D N
Consider Yourself Done Now.
Congratulations, You’re Definitely Neat. Cherry Yogurt Delights Noses.
SOFTWARE LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT PROTECTION
It’s al__________1 to share software, ___________1? ___________2! Copy___________1 laws protect the
owner. It is ___________2 to copy, share, lend, rent, or resell software unless the license agreement allows it,
or unless the owner of the software gives express permission. It’s not just __________2, it’s against the law.
Which type of software license is described in each shaded box below? Color its Code Letter in the tables to the right of the description.
CODE LETTERS: P = PUBLIC DOMAIN F = FREEWARE S = SHAREWARE R = ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
R R R R R R F R S S S S S R
R P S F P S R R S F R P P R
R P S F P S R R S R P R P R
R R R R R R F R S R P R P R
Don’t open the packets or break the seals unless you agree to the terms of the license.→
R P S F R S F S R F P P R P R P S F P R R S R F F F R F P R R S R R P S S S S S S R P F F S F F P S P F P F R S P F F S F F P S P F P F R S P F F S F F P S S S S S S R
You may install this type of software without paying for it. If you decide to keep it after a trial period, you must pay the
owner.→ P R R S R R P S P F P S R R P P P S P P P S R R R R S S S P P P P P S F S P P P R F P S F F F F P F P R S R P S P S R R R F S P R R R F R P P S R R P P P P R R F R S P
Sell it. Give it away. Copy it. It doesn’t matter. This software has no copyright restrictions.→
P S S F F F P F P F R R P S S P P P P P S F F P P P R S R F F S F F R R R P P P P R R S S F S S R R S R F F P R R R R R R R R R S F R F P R R P P F P P R R P F F R P R
A single-use license allows software to be installed on only one computer. No sharing, loaning, selling, leasing, modifying, or decompiling is allowed.→ R P F P F P R R S P F P R R R F F F F F R R S S P S S R F F F F F F F R R F F F F R R S S F S S R P F P P R R F R S S F S S R F P P R S P S R S R F R S R F P R P F F F
This type of software can be copied and shared at no cost. Use it as long as you want and you still don’t have to pay for it! However, the license remains
under the owner’s control.→ R R R F R R R R F S S S S F
S S R F R S S R S F F F F S
