Jasmine El-Jourbagy

FRIT 7739 Digital Citizenship

CollaborativeUnitonDigitalCitizenship

GeneralAudience
Theprimaryaudienceconsistsofhighschoolstudentsagesfourteenthrougheighteen,in
IntroductiontoBusinessandTechnologyandPhysicalScience.Theprimaryaudienceistobe
taughtandgainknowledgefromawidevarietyofdigitalcitizenshiptopics.Thebroadrangeof
topicsinthecourseallowsforstudentstobeinterestedinmanyofthetopicsthroughoutthe
course.Alsoifthestudentsweretotransfertoanotherschoolsystemthecourseworkwould
havethesamelookandfeelbecauseofstandardizationthroughoutthestateandnationfollowing
CommonCoreprinciples.
ProblemIdentification
Studentsneverrealizetheimportanceofknowingcopyrightlaw.Theytakeforgrantedthat
someoneisprotectingtheirownworksofart.ManystudentswillsearchtheInternetforimages,
musicandvideotouseintheirprojectsandpresentations.Theydonotfirstrealizetheimpact
theyaremakingonthemarketandhowlegalactioncancomedownonthem.Byprovidinga
coursethathelpsstudentsunderstandtheirglobalimpactandunderstandCopyrightlaw,they
becomemoreawareoftheirsocietalimpact.

InstructionalGoals

StudentswillbeabletoknowtheimportanceofCopyrightLaw.
StudentswillbeabletonavigatethewebtofindFairUsefiles.
Studentswillbeabletoproducecopyrightfreeassignments.
PartII:LearnerAnalysis

Introduction
Thelearnersinthis9thto12thgradeclassaremadeupof42%girlsand58%boys,37%
White/nonHispanic,45%Black/nonHispanic,and18%Asian.Fiftypercentofstudentsare
labeledaseconomicallydisadvantaged,andonly10%arestudentswithdisabilities.The
demographicinformationforthislearneranalysiswasobtainedbyusingtheGeorgiaDepartment
ofEducationWebsite.TheGDoE(GeorgiaDepartmentofEducation)alsoprovides
demographicsofstudentsthroughouttheentireschool.Inordertoobtaintheneededinformation
forthesehighschoolstudentstestscoreswereaccessedthroughacademictranscriptsonInfinite
Campus,whichistheschoolsdatabaseofallstudents.Teacherobservationsandinterviewswere
alsoconductedinanattemptthegaininformationforthelearneranalysis.

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EntryCharacteristics:
Prerequisiteskill&knowledge:
Masteryofabilitytoaccessacomputer.
MosthaveheardofCopyrightbefore.
Abletoaccessandnavigateadesktopcomputer.
Mostlearnerscanresearchandaccessinformation.
PriorExperience:
Recognizetheimportanceofnavigatingacomputer.
UnderstandpersonalEthics.
Retrieveinformationthroughresearchingtheweb.
Althoughmanylearnershaveheardofcopyrightbefore,few,ifanyhaveactuallyimplemented
orevengiventhoughttotheimportanceoftheprincipalfortheirownfuture.Manyalsomay
havenocluehowtoproperlynavigateonlinecontentandhowtoproperlycitetheuseofimages
andmusic..
AttitudesTowardContentandAcademicMotivation
Whenasked43%ofstudentsagreedthatmanycoursesdidnotteachthemmuchaboutCopyright
Law,PlagiarismandEthics.Thestudentsrecognizedtheimportanceoftheanalysisofdataand
knewthattheymustbegintoimplementproperDigitalCitizenshipskillsintotheirdailylife.
Whenaskedoftheircomfortlevelthedataanalysisshowedthatover70%ofstudentsrated
themselvesasfeelingasthoughtheygainedimportantknowledgefromthecourse.Theseresults
weregatheredthroughtheuseofasurvey,whichwasadministeredattheendofthecourse.
GeneralLearningPreference
Thelearnersexpressedpreferencetoonlinepresentationsversushavingreadingassignments
everyweek.Theypreferredtoworkanddiscussissuesthroughonlineboardsversushavingto
submitoneanswertotheprofessorforreview.Thisinformationwasgatheredthroughastudent
surveyandteacherinterview.
AttitudeTowardsTeachersandSchool
Studentsexpressedastrongsenseofrespectfortheirteachersandunderstoodtheeffortsand
participationthatgointocreatingaworkingthroughacourse.AsfortheAcademy,manyofthe
studentsexpressedanextremeloveforattendingtheschool.Theylikedthewaytheschool
offeredmorecoursesthentheirtraditionalschoolandhowtheycouldalsoparticipateinonline
courses.

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PotentialMisconceptions

Studentshavenotrealizedtheimportanceofprotectingthemselveswhileusingthe
Internet.
StudentswilllearnthedifferentconceptsthatgoalongwithCopyright.
Onemustreaddirectionscarefullyforhiddensteps.
Beingabletoknowhowtoproperlyformatdocumentswillhelpstudentsintocollege.

GroupCharacteristics
TheschoolislocatedsouthofAtlantainatownknownasCovingtonwherethemedianincome
isbelowthenationalaverage.About50%ofthestudentsattendingtheschoolreceivefreeor
reducelunch,whichqualifiestheirhomeschoolasaTitleIschool.Thelearnersgothroughan
applicationprocesstoattendtheNewtonCollegeandCareerAcademy.Theychecktomakesure
studentsareontrackforgraduationandappeartohavelittletonodisciplineinfractions.The
majorityofthelearnersareAfricanAmericanandallofthemspeakEnglish,eventheHispanic
leanerswhoattendtheAcademyarefluentinEnglish.Thelearnersallsubmitworkonlineina
timelymannerandcontactwiththeirprofessorthroughonlinechatoremail.

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Unit
DigitalCitizenship
Jasmine El-Jourbagy

CoTaughtby:JasmineElJourbagyandJaneWatson
Title/Topic

Duration
90minutes

CopyorNottoCopy???
GPS
Standard/Element

FRIT 7739 Digital Citizenship

ISTEStandards

Standard5:DigitalCitizenshipStudentsunderstandhuman,cultural,
BMAIBT2
2.2Demonstrate andsocietalissuesrelatedtotechnologyandpracticelegalandethical
ethicalandlegal behavior.
A. Advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible
actionswith
use of information and technology
regardsto
B. Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology
plagiarism,fair
that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity.
use,and
C. Demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong
copyrightlaws.
learning.
D. Exhibit leadership for digital citizenship

1. PreTestKahootonCopyright.
2. Videooncopyright:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk862BbjWx4
Questionstudentsduringvideooverimportanceofcopyrightlaws.
Procedure/I
nstructions

3. Overviewfrominstructoroncopyright.(Havestudentstakeasheetof
paper,havethemfoldithotdogstyle,ononesidebeforeanyreviewtakes
placehavethestudentswritedownwhattheythinkcopyright,fairuseand
plagiarismoncetheyarefinishedcoverthetopicsasaclassdiscussion.
Studentswillthenwritehowtheywereeitherrightorwrongonceteachers
discussionisdone.)
4. Brainstormonpolleverywheretogether.Studentswillcreateaword
cloud.
theprivatecitizen'sperspective
therecordingartistoractor'sperspective
5. Roleplaying.Teacherwillpassoutslipscontainingdifferentethical
situations,Studentswillvolunteerforroleplayingactivity.