This book was created and published on StoryJumper™

©2015 StoryJumper, Inc.   All rights reserved.

Publish your own children's book: 

www.storyjumper.com

What I think I know about this topic...

Integrating the Internet Safely and Ethically

When using the work of others, I must give the creator credit. I try to give credit any time I use 

someone else’s work, for instance, when completing a paper or power point, I include a list of 

references. However, I have learned that I have fallen short of this commitment, as I didn’t 

realize that the pictures online are someone else’s work. Thus, I must give credit to them. I 

believe that giving credit or attribution is a very important topic that needs to be discussed 

with all students. To me, this is an issue that may be known by few but not very many. Mot of 

the time, we are only taught about citing texts and other online resources, but not pictures. 

We could be unintentionally plagiarizing. 

Integrating the Internet Safely and Ethically

Students can use aliases on the internet.   My thinking is that there no personal information 

should be included on the internet. These days, a lot of people use aliases and fake pictures in 

meeting people in chat rooms, blind dates, social media just to kidnap their victims. One could 

say that it is in the name of safety for themselves, but is this ethical? Students should be 

taught to use aliases with caution or if they don’t feel safe using their real name and photo 

then they shouldn’t be using those services. Sometimes using alias can hurt as opposed to 

help.

Digital Footprints

We can unknowingly leave a trail on the internet, which makes up our footprint. Anything 

done on the internet is always there, just because one deletes it doesn’t mean that it’s 

gone. In fact, one can trace it and everything anyone has place on the internet. This is 

our digital footprint, and in today’s society what we post can hurt us. I know that when 

search for jobs, employers check social media for the truth about the person that they 

are seeking to hire. Today, students post everything on the internet, and I believe that 

some things can cause them to not get the job that they want. So I try to tell students 

especially to be careful of what they post because it does matter; it can end their 

careers before they begin.

Integrating the Internet Safely and Ethically

I think that I now know that digital etiquette is like all other etiquette. 

I’ve used and learned about etiquette before but when eating a meal. There are rules 

for etiquette when eating for acceptable eating, just like there are rules for etiquette on 

the computer for proper use. These rules can be found in the district’s acceptable use 

policy. This policy tells users what they can and cannot do while using the technology. To 

me, these are the boundaries that users can’t cross without consequences. All users 

should become familiar with the acceptable use policy of the technology, as these are 

also ways that users can be safe while using. Many people aren’t aware that schools 

and districts have these policies, but the teachers should stress them to students: they 

are rules meant to be followed. 

             What puzzles I have...

Guidelines for Using Media in Projects

The content talked about “…For text material, you can use 10% or up to 1000 

words.” (http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf). The topic was along the 

lines of copyright infringement. The understanding that I’ve gained is that it’s 

not good to copy anyone else’s work, without giving them credit. However, it 

seems that this site is telling me that it is okay to copy one’s information up to a 

certain limit. I am confused because I don’t know if I should always give credit or 

not? This module seems to be contradictory in nature and misleading, thus it 

would be hard for me to explain this to my students. 

Integrating the Internet Safely and Ethically

On a website, where is the copyright symbol usually found? This is the first time 

that I am finding out about a copyright symbol. To my knowledge, this symbol is 

there to remind users not to copy work without giving credit to the creator. 

However, I believe that the only place that I have seen this symbol was in 

textbooks, not on the internet.  

You've previewed 7 of 12 pages.

To read more: