Developing Ethical Direction

Developing Ethical Direction was about how to teach students what is right and wrong when it comes to using technology. Many students cut and paste things from the internet and use it in their papers because they think it is an ok thing to do. This article uses a compass metaphor to teach about proper use of technology and misuse.

I liked this article because if teachers use these kinds of activities in their classrooms then our students will be much more informed about how to behave when using technology. I can remember one of my teachers explaining that copying and pasting from the internet is wrong because someone else took a lot of time writing that. She taught our class to take notes on what see read on the computer screen, and then come up with our own sentences. The digital compass activity would be great to use in the classroom because it covers so many different kinds of technology use; messaging, plagiarism, hacking into the teacher’s computer, texting during class, etc. While some of the subject such as hacking onto the teacher’s computer may seem extreme it would still be a good exercise for the students. And you never know, maybe one of your students actually knows how to hack computers!