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Copyright for Administrators

• Copyright Primer
  
• Copyright Guide

CyberSmart! Curriculum for Teachers

The CyberSmart! Curriculum provides educators free access to professionally created lessons on safe, responsible and effective technology use for K-8 students.

SIIA has partnered with CyberSmart! to bring you lesson plans and activity sheets on the following topics:

• Computer Ethics:
  "Is this yours?" (K-1)
• Computer Ethics:
  "Whose property is this?" (Grades 2-3)
• Computer Ethics:
  "Do the Right Thing" (Grades 4-5)
• Computer Ethics:
  "Tell it to the Judge" (Grades 6-8)
• Respecting the Law:
  "Whose is it, anyway?" (Grades 4-5)
• Respecting the Law:
  "Considering Copying" (Grades 6-8)
• Cyber Citizenship:
  "Understand Your Acceptable Use Policy" (Grades 4-5)

Computer Ethics Online Resources

• Institute for Global Ethics promotes and educates about ethical decision-making both on and off the Internet. http://www.globalethics.org/default.html

• Internet Security Reading Room, a site developed by the SANS (System Administration, Networking, and Security) Institute, provides many articles about computer crime and security, including computer hacking. http://www.sans.org/infosecFAQ/hackers/hackers_list.htm

• Right and Wrong Online, developed by The National PTA, provides guidelines for parents about teaching their children ethical online behavior. http://www.pta.org/programs/ftright.htm

• Cyberethics for Kids is a site by the U.S. Department of Justice's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section. It provides adults, children and teens information on how to use the Internet safely and responsibly. http://www.cybercrime.gov/rules/kidinternet.htm

• The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics, developed by Computer Ethics Institute, provides ten important rules to keep in mind when using the computer. http://www.brook.edu/its/cei/cei_hp.htm

• Copyright Crash Course is intended for members of the University of Texas system, but provides helpful information for anyone curious about copyright law and fair use, including how the laws apply to electronic resources. http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/IntellectualProperty/cprtindx.htm

• Cybercitizenship.org provides approaches for teaching children about "Cyber Ethics." This site also includes sets of links for adults and children to gain a better understanding of the Internet. http://www.cybercitizenship.org/index.html

• Cybercrime.gov is a site by the U.S. Department of Justice. It contains information, and up-to-date news about cyber crimes. http://www.cybercrime.gov/

• United States Copyright Office provides up-to-date news about copyright issues, as well as explaining the basics of copyright law. http://www.loc.gov/copyright/

• Center for Democracy & Technology provides up-to-date information about Internet public policy issues such as privacy, cyber-crime, censorship, and security. http://www.cdt.org/

• Choosing Not To Go Down the Not-so-good Cyberstreets is a background paper written for the National Academy of Sciences Committee workshop on "Non-Technical Strategies to Protect Youth from Inappropriate Material on the Internet." http://netizen.uoregon.edu/documents/nwnas.html

• Computer Learning Foundation: Use Technology Responsibly describes the efforts of parents and educators to promote responsible computing. http://www.computerlearning.org/RespComp.htm

• Legal and Ethical Issues Related to the Use of the Internet in K-12 Schools provides an in-depth discussion of privacy, school liability, plagiarism, copyright, and free speech in the school community. http://netizen.uoregon.edu/documents/leicontent.html

• Project Vote Smart uses the Internet to encourage the discussion of issues during political campaigns by providing voters with information about candidates positions. http://www.vote-smart.org/

• Responsible Netizen Model Internet Use Policy provides a template that can be used by K-12 schools to prepare policies ensuring appropriate use of the Internet. http://netizen.uoregon.edu/templates/model_policy.html

• Stop Hate, developed by the Anti-Defamation League®, provides an overview of "Internet Hate." http://www.adl.org/hate-patrol/internet_hate.html

• The CyberPilot's License includes several links to Web sites designed to help students become responsible "netizens." http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~burniske/cpl/