PURPOSE: By participating in the dis
cussion forums you will be exposed to appropriate experiences interacting with your peers and your instructors. You are supposed to discuss ideas together. A discussion forum is only effective if you respond to others and properly engage in constructive conversation.
ASSIGNMENT: Create a discussion question that prompts your peers and instructors to react or respond using proper digital etiquette. Reply to one of your peer's topics.
STEPS TO COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENT: (review how to post and reply in "Communication Module" if needed)
Class Participation:
- Groups of 3-4 will be assigned one topic to read and report to the class on a current controversial topic as it relates to your rights and responsibilities in our digital society.
- Read/view the required resource.
- Within your team, discuss both "sides" to the topic.
- Report to the class a summary of the resource, and be prepared to share a position for the group, and individuals within the group.
Individual Participation:
- Go to the "Communications" tab at the top and select "Discussion Board" then "Online Awareness Topics"
- Post a topic referencing one of the resources discussed in class.
- Reply to one or more of your peer's posts, remembering to use proper digital etiquette.
Web Links:
1.
Dating app landed a teen on the sex offender list
Zach Anderson is 19 and a typical teenager. He’s into computers and wants to build a career around his love for electronics. But those plans and any semblance of a normal life are for now out the window. Under court order, he can’t access the Internet, go to a mall or linger near a school or playground. His parents say because he has a 15-year-old brother, he can’t even live at home any longer.
2.
Kids Are Cyberbullying Their Teachers
The notion of imposing criminal sanctions on a minor for something like posting an unaltered image of a teacher online (which states consider unlawful) is controversial. If legislation seems like an overly severe preventative measure, then perhaps the answer is education. What do you think?
5.
Teachers on front lines of sexting problems
Is sexting a home problem? A school problem? Or both? This article gets you thinking about whose ultimately responsible for the education of this topic? What are your thoughts?
6.
When oversharing online can get you arrested
When and how online activity becomes a crime. "People have always said foolish things," Rozelle said, "but now they have the ability to say it louder and to more people." Should law enforcement have the right to use online activity as evidence in a criminal case?
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