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Learning Right from Wrong in the Digital Age: An Ethics Guide for Parents, Teachers, Librarians, and Others Who Care About Computer-Using Young People
Doug A. Johnson
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Description for Learning Right from Wrong in the Digital Age: An Ethics Guide for Parents, Teachers, Librarians, and Others Who Care About Computer-Using Young People
paperback. This thoughtful and carefully written book helps adults -- and students -- understand today's information technology ethics, from downloading explicit pictures to guessing passwords, to respect for privacy, property and the law. Num Pages: 175 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: UBJ; UBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 7. Weight in Grams: 325.
When students start using computers and networks, they start operating in a new, virtual world. Suddenly, behavioral lines blur: is it OK to download text from a website right into a term paper? What should you say about computer chat rooms or copying software programs? This new thoughtful and carefully written book helps you—and your students—understand today’s information technology ethics, from downloading explicit pictures to guessing passwords to respect for privacy, property, and the law.
• Help students explore the ethics of digital technology
• Includes the Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics with key moral imperatives for students of all ages
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Linworth United States
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
Number of Pages
175
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781586831318
SKU
V9781586831318
Shipping Time
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About Doug A. Johnson
Doug Johnson is director of Media and Technology at I.S.D. 77 Mankato Public Schools in Minnesota.
Reviews for Learning Right from Wrong in the Digital Age: An Ethics Guide for Parents, Teachers, Librarians, and Others Who Care About Computer-Using Young People
"Johnson’s guide should be required reading. It makes elementary what is often unclear and ambiguous and provides analogies of situations to point out how stealing is stealing whether it’s in a store or in a virtual situation. His approach is to entice discussion and allow the students to discover the answer to the ethics question in a variety of settings. ... Read more