4A Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of safe, ethical, and legal practices related to digital information and technology, including, but not limited to respect for copyright and intellectual property and practices relating to the appropriate documentation of sources;

4A Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of safe, ethical, and legal practices related to digital information and technology, including, but not limited to respect for copyright and intellectual property and practices relating to the appropriate documentation of sources;


I model citing sources within my Haiku postings. for example, when I copy a reading assignment from a newspaper source, ie; The New York Times, I include the web address as a hot link allowing students to see the source of the reading assignment. Additionally, I often will draw student awareness to the included source within my Haiku reading Karabaic Newa/Necap reading tests, by asking a question about the source of the article. Through Modeling source documentation, discussing it, and focusing student awarness about citation of sources, they learn of source documentation importance.

Additionally, I instruct students on the importance of and the need for paraphrasing and summarizing information in their own words, rather than copying or pasting sentences, phrases, into a document as their own.Students are taught that someone else’s words are not their words and therefore cannot be “taken” at will.

In addition, I post my own copyright on my Haiku site and have students read this over with me. We discuss why I placed this on my site. We discussed my words take a great amount of time to develop and design curriculum on my site has taken probably a thousand hours to create. I asked them if they spent almost a thousand hours on something and someone took it from them. How would they feel? In this way I not only teach them why it is not right to copy someone else's work but it is actually criminal. 

here is my posting of my own personal copyright notice: 

https://lebanon.haikulearning.com/skarabaic/ms.karabaicsreadingsupportclass/cms_page/view/1329597

When it comes to the safety aspect of the internet, I really feel that this is essential instruction to give students. I discuss how you would never invite a stranger into your home to live. Why would you then ever invite someone to 'chat' on line or as a facebook friend? It is virtually the same thing. People can pose behind the invisible wires on the internet saying they are one thing, convincing you they are someone they are not. Caution, can and should be taught so students will understand that there are not only cyber bullies but cyber predators. Knowledge can be powerful, but they have to be taught about these things first.