Tuesday, 29 March 2016
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Journal #8: Digital Law
What I found most surprising about this unit is all the ways you can remove unwanted pictures/ videos from the internet, I didn't think it was possible. For some reason I always thought that once something was already posted it couldn't be removed again unless you remove it yourself or report it. In this unit the only things I found difficult to locate were some of the answers to the Copyright Copy-wrong questions, other than that everything else was pretty simple. In my opinion the Copyright manual is very helpful especially for students because it gives us information on everything we need to know about copyright. The manual tells us when we can copy things and the rules to copying things. The copyright manual is an excellent resource for students when they are unsure about copyright because, like I said, it has everything you need to know about copyright. The website NeedHelpNow.com seems to be an excellent resource for young people looking for information or help on cyber bullying. It's an excellent resource because it gives you information on all sorts of things and gives you options on what you can do. I think the biggest issue for young people when it comes to copying is the copying itself. Copying is so easy to do now with all the technology. Many students tend to get lazy and when the work is right in front of them they copy because it's so easy. Many students would much rather just take a paper offline and take the risk, rather than spend time doing it themselves. Copying happens a lot now and it's a growing issue for young people. I think the biggest issue for young people when it comes to cyber bullying is that many people don't report it or want to speak up. It happens so often now with all of our technology we have and many people don't even consider themselves bullying or being bullied. Most people behind a screen don't even think things over before they say stuff, they become a whole new person. Some people are not aware of the consequences and they think they're doing no harm. A lot of people don't know where or how to report these cyber bullying issues. If the websites and places to report them got out there more, cyber bullying might be easier to catch and be stopped.
Wednesday, 16 March 2016
Assignment #2: Cyber bullying and Privacy.
1. Two actions that can violate someone's privacy is Non-Consensual distribution of an intimate image and voyeurism. Non- Consensual distribution of an intimate image is if someone has a sexual picture/video of you that was sent privately and that person knowingly posts it online or shares it with someone else knowing that you would not consent to that, the person could be charged. Voyeurism is secretly recording or observing a person who reasonable believes his/her actions are private and:
- who is in a place where the person might be expected to change or remove clothing.
- Who is all or partially naked or engaged in sexual activity at the time or,
- Where the recording is done for sexual reasons.
2. Two other laws in Canada are acts that make others feel unsafe and unwanted or illegal sexual content. Some examples of acts that would make others feel unsafe are harassment, Blackmail, uttering threats, intimidation, and counselling to commit suicide. Examples of unwanted illegal sexual content are online luring, making sexually explicit material available to a person under 18, sexual exploitation and invitation to sexual touching.
3. Examples on how you can report a potential crime is police and cybertip.ca. Options other than reporting are speak to a safe adult, contact kids help phone or talk to a close friend.
4. Removing pictures/videos is a good section on NeedHelpNow.ca. This section tells us how to remove unwanted pictures/ videos of yourself. When reporting a photo from Facebook for example you include your age, say that you are the person in the photo/video,say that you did not post the pic/vid, did not agree to it being posted and want it removed, let them know if you sent the picture/video to someone else. The section in Dealing with Peers tells us how to gain control. Some helpful steps in regaining control are Do not respond, delete the bully on social networks, block the bully from contacting you, review and adjust your privacy settings, change your accounts, save the messages or tell someone.
5. Something I found interesting is how much cyber bullying goes on in peoples everyday lives.
6. A change I could make is by sending messages of hope and letting people know they can talk to me if they need to.
5. Something I found interesting is how much cyber bullying goes on in peoples everyday lives.
6. A change I could make is by sending messages of hope and letting people know they can talk to me if they need to.
Tuesday, 15 March 2016
Assignment #1: Copyright and Copy-wrong
1. Purposes "Fair Dealings" protect a person when using others' materials are The Copyright Act provides that it is not an infringement of copyright
to deal with a work for the purposes of research, private study,
criticism, review, news reporting, education, satire, and parody, provided the dealing is "fair".
2. Under fair dealings up to 10% of a copyright-protected work (including a literary work, musical score, sound recording and and audiovisual work) can be copied. Other things that can be copied under fair dealings are one chapter from a book, a single article from a periodical, an entire artistic work from a copyright-protected work containing other artistic works, an entire newspaper article or page, an entire single poem or musical score from a copyright-protected work containing other poems or musical scores, and an entire entry from an encyclopedia, annotated bibliography, dictionary, or similar reference work.
3. Copying multiple short excerpts from the same copyright- protected work with the intention of copying or communicating substantially the entire work is prohibited. If copying something exceeds the limits it may be referred to a supervisor or other person designated by the educational institution for evaluation an evaluation of whether it is permitted under fair dealing will be made based on all relevant circumstances.
4. Yes a fee can be charged by a place when providing other's copyrighted work without permission. The article said that any fee charged by the educational institution for copying something from a copyright- protected work must be intended to cover only the costs of the institution, including overhead costs.
5. Teachers can copy in order to display a work protected by copyright, also teachers can copy, translate, communicate electronically, show, or play any copyright protected work for a test or examination.
6. Educational institutions may not make a large-print book for a student with a perceptual disability without permission from the copyright owner.
7. Yes, you can play sound recordings and turn on televisions and radios in the classroom, subject to all of the following conditions:
• it must take place on the premises of an educational institution;
• it must be for educational or training purposes;
• it must not be for profit;
• it must take place before an audience consisting primarily of students of the educational institution, persons acting under its authority, or any person who is directly responsible for setting a curriculum for the educational institution; and
• it must not involve a “motive of gain".
This users’ right does not apply to recorded radio and television programs, but only to playing radio and television programs while they are being transmitted (over-the-air broadcast, cable, satellite, or over the Internet).
8. Yes students at school can perform a play that is copyrighted. An example is the performance of a play in a drama class. The same five conditions as those cited for playing sound recordings, listening to the radio, or watching television listed in the answer to the previous question must be met before this users’ right applies. Also The Copyright Act permits educational institutions to perform music, whether recorded or live, without payment or permission from the owner of the copyright
9. No schools can't legally play music at their own dances and sporting events without getting permission from SOCAN.
10. Questions to consider when determining whether music use requires permission would be:
• Did the music use occur during school hours?
• Will the student be graded on the activity involving the music use?
• Does the music use involve a demonstration by a student or teacher for other students, teachers, assessors, or parents?
• Is it reasonable to consider the music use to be for educational purposes? The phrase “educational purposes” is not defined in the Copyright Act but can be described as an activity that is planned and where the objective is for students to meet one or more subject or program outcomes.
• Was the music used on school premises?
• If admission was controlled, was it free?
• Was the music use for a non-profit purpose?
11. The Copyright Act contains a users’ right permitting anyone, not just students and teachers, to use copyright-protected works to create new works. The following conditions apply to the creation of non-commercial user-generated content:
1. It can only be used for non-commercial purposes.
2. The original source must be mentioned, if it is reasonable to do so.
3. The original work used to generate the content must have been acquired legally.
4. The resulting user-generated content does not have a “substantial adverse effect” on the market for the original work.
12. The Copyright Act permits showing an audiovisual work such as a DVD or video as long as the work is not an infringing copy or the person responsible for the showing has no reasonable grounds to believe it is an infringing copy.
13. No. Teachers or students cannot copy a dvd or show at home and then show it in the classroom.
14. Owners of legal copies of computer programs may make a single reproduction of these programs in only two situations:
1. An owner of a legitimate copy of a computer program may make one backup copy of that program. The person must be able to prove that the backup copy is erased as soon as he or she ceases to be the owner of the copy of the computer program from which the backup was made.
2. An owner of a legitimate copy of a computer program may also make a single copy of that program by adapting, modifying, or converting the computer program or translating it into another computer language.
15. Yes teachers and students can copy from the internet, the only rule is teachers and students are required to site the source of the internet materials they use.
16. Any original work I create is copyright protected. Knowing this, I feel safer about what I am creating, being aware that it is protected online, and made illegal to be copied. Although, it does make me wonder how this is effective, because I do know it is quite simple to copy a persons work, without anyone really noticing if the persons work is not popular. Therefore, I wonder how my work being protected is relevant, if there is nothing actually done in the situation that is copied.
17. Stewart, M. (2016). Demystifying Copyright: A day in the life of Kenzie and Jaime. Blackville: Canadian BBT writing.
2. Under fair dealings up to 10% of a copyright-protected work (including a literary work, musical score, sound recording and and audiovisual work) can be copied. Other things that can be copied under fair dealings are one chapter from a book, a single article from a periodical, an entire artistic work from a copyright-protected work containing other artistic works, an entire newspaper article or page, an entire single poem or musical score from a copyright-protected work containing other poems or musical scores, and an entire entry from an encyclopedia, annotated bibliography, dictionary, or similar reference work.
3. Copying multiple short excerpts from the same copyright- protected work with the intention of copying or communicating substantially the entire work is prohibited. If copying something exceeds the limits it may be referred to a supervisor or other person designated by the educational institution for evaluation an evaluation of whether it is permitted under fair dealing will be made based on all relevant circumstances.
4. Yes a fee can be charged by a place when providing other's copyrighted work without permission. The article said that any fee charged by the educational institution for copying something from a copyright- protected work must be intended to cover only the costs of the institution, including overhead costs.
5. Teachers can copy in order to display a work protected by copyright, also teachers can copy, translate, communicate electronically, show, or play any copyright protected work for a test or examination.
6. Educational institutions may not make a large-print book for a student with a perceptual disability without permission from the copyright owner.
7. Yes, you can play sound recordings and turn on televisions and radios in the classroom, subject to all of the following conditions:
• it must take place on the premises of an educational institution;
• it must be for educational or training purposes;
• it must not be for profit;
• it must take place before an audience consisting primarily of students of the educational institution, persons acting under its authority, or any person who is directly responsible for setting a curriculum for the educational institution; and
• it must not involve a “motive of gain".
This users’ right does not apply to recorded radio and television programs, but only to playing radio and television programs while they are being transmitted (over-the-air broadcast, cable, satellite, or over the Internet).
8. Yes students at school can perform a play that is copyrighted. An example is the performance of a play in a drama class. The same five conditions as those cited for playing sound recordings, listening to the radio, or watching television listed in the answer to the previous question must be met before this users’ right applies. Also The Copyright Act permits educational institutions to perform music, whether recorded or live, without payment or permission from the owner of the copyright
9. No schools can't legally play music at their own dances and sporting events without getting permission from SOCAN.
10. Questions to consider when determining whether music use requires permission would be:
• Did the music use occur during school hours?
• Will the student be graded on the activity involving the music use?
• Does the music use involve a demonstration by a student or teacher for other students, teachers, assessors, or parents?
• Is it reasonable to consider the music use to be for educational purposes? The phrase “educational purposes” is not defined in the Copyright Act but can be described as an activity that is planned and where the objective is for students to meet one or more subject or program outcomes.
• Was the music used on school premises?
• If admission was controlled, was it free?
• Was the music use for a non-profit purpose?
11. The Copyright Act contains a users’ right permitting anyone, not just students and teachers, to use copyright-protected works to create new works. The following conditions apply to the creation of non-commercial user-generated content:
1. It can only be used for non-commercial purposes.
2. The original source must be mentioned, if it is reasonable to do so.
3. The original work used to generate the content must have been acquired legally.
4. The resulting user-generated content does not have a “substantial adverse effect” on the market for the original work.
12. The Copyright Act permits showing an audiovisual work such as a DVD or video as long as the work is not an infringing copy or the person responsible for the showing has no reasonable grounds to believe it is an infringing copy.
13. No. Teachers or students cannot copy a dvd or show at home and then show it in the classroom.
14. Owners of legal copies of computer programs may make a single reproduction of these programs in only two situations:
1. An owner of a legitimate copy of a computer program may make one backup copy of that program. The person must be able to prove that the backup copy is erased as soon as he or she ceases to be the owner of the copy of the computer program from which the backup was made.
2. An owner of a legitimate copy of a computer program may also make a single copy of that program by adapting, modifying, or converting the computer program or translating it into another computer language.
15. Yes teachers and students can copy from the internet, the only rule is teachers and students are required to site the source of the internet materials they use.
16. Any original work I create is copyright protected. Knowing this, I feel safer about what I am creating, being aware that it is protected online, and made illegal to be copied. Although, it does make me wonder how this is effective, because I do know it is quite simple to copy a persons work, without anyone really noticing if the persons work is not popular. Therefore, I wonder how my work being protected is relevant, if there is nothing actually done in the situation that is copied.
17. Stewart, M. (2016). Demystifying Copyright: A day in the life of Kenzie and Jaime. Blackville: Canadian BBT writing.
Thursday, 3 March 2016
Journal #7: Digital Access
What I found most surprising about this unit was that small communities are getting more of an advantage to high-speed internet than very big cities are getting. The only thing I found that was difficult was finding three positives and negatives for situations that were given to us. I found it difficult because some things were quite similar or I just couldn't think of anything but it wasn't overly challenging. I think everyone should have reliable fast access to the internet because it gets frustrating if you don't and so businesses won't threaten to leave because of the challenges posed by sluggish internet. I am sometimes concerned about my privacy when it comes to sharing information online especially if it's a website not known about, I always worry about being hacked or something, however, I worry most when putting billing information in to order something online because i'm scared of them taking all my money or something. Ways I can prevent my privacy from being invaded online would be to make my accounts private and make sure they aren't scams, also not to sign up for random websites. I rarely worry that what I post as a younger person will come back and cause me trouble because most things I post online aren't inappropriate or anything because I have family members and things that view my stuff online so I keep that in mind when posting. The biggest issue for young people when it comes to digital access and privacy is some of them don't think or care about what they post, also some don't make their accounts private and anybody at anytime can get their information.
Tuesday, 1 March 2016
Assignment #2: Privacy Please
- Schools in 2020 should be closed and teachers and students should begin learning in virtual classrooms using digital technology at home.
Positive:
- Wouldn't have to worry about transportation.
- Wouldn't matter if you were sick could still teach right at home or give assignments.
- Don't have to worry about snow days.
Negative:
- Attendance may be a problem.
- Students may sleep in
- poor connection or internet is down or disconnected.
2. Our medical records should be all digitally stored online for all medical professionals to access within the hospital when needed.
Positive:
- Easy to find, could find them yourself.
- Less chance of them being lost.
- Any nurse or doctor could get them easily.
Negative:
- Hackers can get your information.
- If the internet or program is down then your records can't be found.
- Medical records could get erased.
3.Digital textbooks should replace entirely paper textbooks by 2020 in New Brunswick.
Positive:
- Won't have to buy costly textbooks.
- Won't have to worry about pages being ripped our or people drawing on them.
- easily accessed.
Negative:
- Every student may not have an electronic device.
- It could get expensive if the school had to provide devices for the textbooks.
- Parents may not approve.
Assignment #1: Fast Internet Speeds in Small Towns
Rural communities have fast internet because they have high-throughput fibre-optic cables deployed directly into homes and businesses, enabling the quickest-yet speeds of up to 1,000 megabits, or one gigabit, per second. These communities are getting faster internet speeds than what is even being offered by Canadian Telecom companies like Bell, Rogers, or Shaw because they are installing their own high-speed fibre-optic cables, or are benefiting as local companies do it- setting up homes and businesses with the fastest the internet has to offer. According to Hope Reidt the community of Harrison is fortunate because their owners are very forward- thinking, so they're way ahead of the curve in terms of wanting to provide the best technology available. The community of Olds decided to build their own fibre network because some businesses were threatening to leave town because of the challenges posed by its once sluggish internet. The community paid for it by using government grants and loans connecting every home along the way and residents can sign up for gigabit home internet access for $120 a month (or lower speeds for less money). In Stratford when the community installed its own fibre-optic network they blanketed neighbors with Wifi access points and the University of Waterloo opened a campus there, and Royal Bank opened a $400- million data center, however Stratford didn't hold any grudges, quite the opposite actually. Bell installed fibre optics to more than a million premises in Atlantic Canada, and also to Northern Ontario. Small towns and communities need high speed internet more than ever to keep employers and residents from fleeing to hooked-up cities. The Federal government has supplied $305 million subsidy to ensure nearly every household in the country has at least minimal, five megabit-per-second broadband.
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