W3C1 Rights and Safety

Class discussion

Create a Google account (choose a login and password that is different from your university ones, and send your gmail address to hrdswon@gmail.com). The topic of online right and safety is thorny. Issues related can impact any individual and workplace substantially, and you will see many powerful arguments and evidence for using web 2.0 tools as well as against it. I believe, debates on whether the Web is safe for kids, or whether one should participate in Facebook or not, or whether companies must ban or monitor can completely miss the point. Any workplace must proactively plan, manage, evaluate, and improve practices of profiling/privacy and fair use/copyright when using web technologies. Don't forget to complete the reaction paper on trends and issues by 2/05 Su midnight by checking the next post.

1. Be aware online filter bubbles (Eli Pariser, TED 9 min)
2. In Defense of Open, Online Communication in Education by Jason Welker
3. The Online Amplification Effect by Margaret Soltan (many examples that show how stories can spread rapidly and affect individuals and workplaces)
4. Copyright-Friendly and Copyleft Images and Sound (Mostly!) for Use in Media Projects and Web Pages, Blogs, Wikis, etc. by joycevalenza - as an IDT major, if you want to share your work more with others or like to use their work properly, you must read this and also check the video on the top (3 min video)
5. Recut, Reframe,Recycle by the Center for Social Media at American University - Did you ever wonder about whether you can use commercial work in your video or school project? Check the short video on fair use (about 4-5 min)
6. Time to Get Scared, People? by Tony Hirst. Be sure to read the comments as well. (Google has an app that synchronizes friendship/network from several different applications.

Further resources

• Best practices for managing your online identity by claimID
• The complete guide to building a digital footprint by David Truss
• Unmasking the Digital Truth, a wiki by Wesley Fryer (exemplary laws/rules that administrators must know)
• Creative Commons & Educause’s 7 Things You Should Know About Creative Commons
• The Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Next Vista for Learning (free educational videos on various subjects)
• Firesheep should get your ATTENTION: Open Public Wifi Dangers are REAL by Wesley Fryer (includes laws and rules more than CIPA mentioned by Richardson)
• Nicole McClure and Joe Madaus will share with us the use of technology for universal design in instruction
• Admissions of Guilt by Terry Calhoun