Learning Objectives: Learn about a method that uses realistic scenarios and an online discussion format to teach students to be responsible online citizens. Topics covered include intellectual property rights, appropriate interpersonal online communication, privacy rights, and free speech rights.

Description: Access to pornography on the Internet doesn't tell the whole story. Kids can find themselves in all sorts of ethical hot water when they go online, whether they are instant messaging, e-mailing, or file sharing, Learn about a method that uses realistic scenarios and an online discussion format to teach students to be responsible online citizens. Topics covered include intellectual property rights, appropriate interpersonal online communication, privacy rights, and free speech rights.

Frances Jacobson Harris is the Librarian at University Laboratory High School, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She team teaches a required computer literacy course for eighth grade students, which includes information literacy and Internet ethics components (http://www.uni.uiuc.edu/library/computerlit). Frances has presented and published on topics related to young adults, Internet ethics, and digital information. She serves on the editorial board of School Library Media Research..

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