Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Re: Parent Education Series

Lisa,

isa Sjogren <lisa.sjogren@srsmn.org> writes:
>This year I started a parent education program aimed at teaching our
>parents about technology.
I would check with Vinnie Vrotny -- He did a moodle for parent education last year.
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>I have been asked by the teachers to prepare a presentation about
>digital ethics, particularly plagiarism. Does any one know of a
>program that could help teach this?
I would approach this from a creative commons perspective. Creative Commons has a series of videos, comics, and other media on their web site in the about section. You could also use Lessig's book, Free Culture which has been remixed in many different
formats. By introducing faculty to Creative Commons, you introduce the concept of re-mixing and legally using information on the Internet. From there, you can discuss traditional copyright and plagiarism from a positive lens.

Hope this helps.

- Alex

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>Thanks!
>Lisa
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>Lisa Sjogren
>Director of Technology
>St. Raphael's Catholic School
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>763-504-9450, ext. 311
>763-504-9460, fax
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>lisa.sjogren@srsmn.org
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Alex Ragone
Director of Technology
Collegiate School
New York, NY
212-812-8695

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