The Nature of Information and Communications Technology

It is expected that students will:

• demonstrate a moral, ethical, legal, and courteous approach to the use of technology
  
  
• demonstrate self-reliance in the use of electronic research techniques to construct personal knowledge and meaning
  
  
• become discerning users of mass media and electronic information
  
  
• assess the impact of technology on their personal privacy                          
  

Lessons

Free Speech Versus the Internet - Lesson

Deconstructing Web Pages - Lesson

Photographic Truth in the Digital Era - Teachable Moment

Privacy in the Information Age - Lesson

Television Newscasts - Lesson

Teaching About Napster

The Privacy Dilemma

Propaganda Techniques on Hate Sites - Lesson

To help students analyze the social impact of electronic communications, have them review and discuss the Media Issues Section: Information Privacy and the Young Canadians in a Wired World survey results and “snapshots”

Student Tutorial (Licensed Resource)

MyWorld: A digital literacy tutorial for secondary students

Gathering and Processing

It is expected that students will:

• apply ethical standards with respect to privacy, confidentiality, piracy, plagiarism, and personal behaviour while using electronic tools to gather information
  
  
• demonstrate strategies that protect personal privacy while using the Internet

Lessons

Information Privacy

Privacy in the Information Age - Lesson

The Privacy Dilemma

How to Discourage Plagiarism

Be Web Aware

Student Tutorial (Licensed Resource)

MyWorld: A digital literacy tutorial for secondary students

New Technologies

It is expected that students will:

• explain relationships between concerns about privacy and new technologies, including “spyware” and content filtering

MyWorld: A digital literacy tutorial for secondary students