Safe,+Legal+&+Ethical


 * Safe, Legal and Ethical Expectations: **

As part of safe, legal and ethical practice the learning manager would generate a document that would require parental authorisation to participate in the learning material which ranges from the use of a blog, wikispace and webquest that contains various websites. It will include the nature of the content that will be used throughout the unit. This also provides parents the ability to control any work that may be accessed at home. Furthermore, the student would sign a contract of safe, legal and ethical behaviour that will explicitly outline the behaviour expected to support their participation in an online environment as well as consequences which would include a loss of privileges. Explanation of the contract will be provided to students and regular monitoring of student behaviour in an online environment will be conducted to ensure consistency (Department of Education & Training, 2002). The following is an example of student expectations:
 * I will only use the internet for educational purposes
 * I will respect my peers when engaging online
 * I will not download any material from school computers with the use of a universal serial Bus (USB stick) unless I have permission
 * I will report any online behaviour that is of a threat or makes me feel uncomfortable
 * I will not share any personal details of myself or others (names, addresses, phone numbers etc)
 * I will not download or publish copyright material

Considering the age of the learning cohort it would be important to illustrate examples of safe, legal and ethical behaviour. One such way would be through an educational video such as the following:

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