"Cyber Ethics: The New Frontier", by Baum, J. highlights the importance of addressing the issues revolving around the use of technology or more so the internet in classrooms and schools. The issues revolve around ethics and how students view moral principles in relation to the Internet as opposed to moral principles aside from technology.
According to Baum, "49% of juveniles do not consider hacking to be a crime" and "25 percent of post-secondary students surveyed said they had "cut and pasted" from online sources without a citation" (Baum, J., p.54). The issue of plagiarism is a large one when dealing with cyber ethics in the classroom. Students can actually go to a website and download a paper to claim as their own! This is like stealing something and a student wouldn’t normally try to pass a book off as their writing but can justify it if it is downloaded off the Internet.
Buam is making the suggestion with this article that teachers can help students be more responsible with the internet and part of the curriculum should be set aside to teach ethics and responsibilities of using the Internet. The same moral principles that are valued in reality should be applied to technology and students should learn this at a young age so they respect the use of cyber tools.
At what age do you think we should introduce cyber ethics as a lesson in the classroom and teach the moral judgments that should be practiced when using the Internet for school?
According to Baum, "49% of juveniles do not consider hacking to be a crime" and "25 percent of post-secondary students surveyed said they had "cut and pasted" from online sources without a citation" (Baum, J., p.54). The issue of plagiarism is a large one when dealing with cyber ethics in the classroom. Students can actually go to a website and download a paper to claim as their own! This is like stealing something and a student wouldn’t normally try to pass a book off as their writing but can justify it if it is downloaded off the Internet.
Buam is making the suggestion with this article that teachers can help students be more responsible with the internet and part of the curriculum should be set aside to teach ethics and responsibilities of using the Internet. The same moral principles that are valued in reality should be applied to technology and students should learn this at a young age so they respect the use of cyber tools.
At what age do you think we should introduce cyber ethics as a lesson in the classroom and teach the moral judgments that should be practiced when using the Internet for school?
By Ashley
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Reference: Baum, J. (2005) Cyber Ethics: The New Frontier. TechTrends, Vol.49, Issue 6, pp.54-55.
3 comments:
In my opinion, I believe cyber ethics should be introduced to students as early as possible. Students need to be made aware of the harmful side effects of cyber space. Also, if parents are explaining the potential effects to children at home, it will be good for them to be reminded of this in the classroom. There are many issues with cyber space that children definitely need to be made aware of. The earlier this is done, the better!
Oops, that was Cara!!!!!
I think you raise a very good point about the parents teaching it at home as well. This is what we hope for as educators but bringing it into the classroom will demonstrate to parents that the issue of cyber ethics is there and they should be as aware and involved at home as teachers should be at school.
ashley
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