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
CoTaughtby:JasmineElJourbagyandJaneWatson
Title/Topic

Duration
FRIT 7739 Digital Citizenship
90minutes

CopyorNottoCopy???
GPSStandard/Element

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ISTEStandards

Standard5:DigitalCitizenshipStudentsunderstandhuman,
BMAIBT2
cultural,andsocietalissuesrelatedtotechnologyandpracticelegal
2.2Demonstrate
andethicalbehavior.
ethicalandlegal
A. Advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible
actionswithregards
use of information and technology
toplagiarism,fair
B. Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology
use,andcopyright
that supports collaboration, learning, and
laws.
productivity.
C. Demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong
learning.
D. Exhibit leadership for digital citizenship

Opening/Lesson

1. PreTestKahootonCopyright.
2. Videooncopyright:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk862BbjWx4
Questionstudentsduringvideooverimportanceofcopyright
laws.
3. Overviewfrominstructoroncopyright.(Havestudentstake
asheetofpaper,havethemfoldithotdogstyle,ononeside
beforeanyreviewtakesplacehavethestudentswritedown
whattheythinkcopyright,fairuseandplagiarismoncethey
arefinishedcoverthetopicsasaclassdiscussion.Students
willthenwritehowtheywereeitherrightorwrongonce
teachersdiscussionisdone.)
4. Brainstormonpolleverywheretogether.Studentswill
createawordcloud.
theprivatecitizen'sperspective
therecordingartistoractor'sperspective
5. Roleplaying.Teacherwillpassoutslipscontainingdifferent