Ed Tech

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What laws should teachers be aware of?
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○ What should we educate parents about?
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Partners
● Copyright: Katie & Will
● Fair Use: Allison & Sheridan
● Creative Commons: Ben, Ellie, & Stephen
● COPPA: Heidi & Edie
● CIPA: Audrey & Maddy
● FERPA: Andrew & Hannah
● eRate: Michelle, Tau, & Jess
Public Domain
● Anything available for public use that is not subject to copyright.
● Teachers shouldn’t use information or resources that are not public domain without citing them, it’s not a good example for
our students
● Students should know what public domain is in order to use sources responsibly and with all the information they need to
understand what they can use
Copyright
● Copyright is a form of protection granted by law for authors of original works. This covers published and unpublished
works.

● As teachers it is important to know when creating information that our work is copyrighted or protected upon creation with a machine
or device, it also important to know what the usages guidelines are for copyrighted material that we might use in the class or share with
students and if they are fair usage or not and how to locate that information.

● It is most important to teach our students the importance of copyrights and when it is ok to use information and when it is
not. Students should be aware that this is a legal issue so if something is copyrighted then proper citations need to be used
to give the author credit.

● We should make parents aware of the importance of understanding when something is copyrighted and when it is public
domain so they can help their children with research at home. It is also important for the parents to understand why they
may or may not have access to certain information if it is under copyright or not.
Fair Use
➔ Definition: The reuse of something copyrighted in a general and limited purpose without permission.
➔ For Teachers: Teachers need to know what qualifies as fair use and that crediting owner of work doesn’t
count as such.
➔ For Students: Our students need to know what extent that they can use and what they can’t use. Making
them aware of what they use and how that use is fair and what use is too much that it clashes with the
copyright laws.
➔ For Parents: As a teacher we may give a resource page to help them understand what fair use is and how
to manage it with their student and how to manage it themselves.
Creative Commons:
“Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that helps overcome legal obstacles to the sharing of
knowledge and creativity to address the world’s pressing challenges.”

○ What should we know as teachers?

● Teachers can obtain copyright permission for creative and academic work, which broadens access to materials for
teaching and learning.
● Teachers can also make sure that the information they are using is legally acceptable under copyright laws
○ What should we teach to our students?
● Students should be able to use Creative Commons to copyright their public works.
● Students need to be aware of Creative Commons and how to find the information they can freely use.
● Students should also be shown how to use materials in a legal and ethical way.
○ What should we educate parents about?
● Educate parents about how their students can use Creative Commons, and how tools like CC search can help
them access openly licensed material.
● Let parents know their student’s rights to copy and distribute openly licensed material.
● We should inform parents on the concept of CC licenses, and how they give students a simple way to offer their
permission to share their own work online.
What is COPPA?
Children’s
Definition: COPPA imposes
Online certain requirements on operators of
websites or online services directed
to children under 13 years of age,
What do we need to teach
Privacy and on operators of other websites students?
● Their privacy is important to us!
or online services that have actual ● What the policies protect them from and potential
knowledge that they are collecting dangers of not having policies in place.
Protection personal information online from a
child under 13 years of age.
Rule
What do parents need to know?
● We need their consent before accessing data from their
What do teachers need to know? students.
● They can have confidence in their students privacy.
● Need parental consent from parents before collecting ● The names of the system their using for gathering
information from kids information.
● What the privacy policy has for kids under 13 years old
in their privacy agreement.
COPPA Continued
Noteworthy:

● In May of 2020 Senators Called on the Federal Trade Commission to Investigate Ed Tech, Advertising Aimed at Children. EPIC
said the FTC should : (1) maintain the strong safeguards for children's data, (2) reject the "school official exception", (3) the FTC define
the term "commercial purpose" and ensure that children's personal data collected in schools is not transferred to EdTech companies;
and (4) the FTC require notification within forty-eight hours of a data breach of children's data by a company subject to COPPA.
● In 2019 Senators Call for FTC to Investigate Amazon Echo for Kids: new evidence of Amazon violations of the
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) with an Amazon device targeted to children.
● In 2019 TikTok settled with the FTC for $5.7 million over allegations that the Chinese video app company violated the
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting personal information from kids without parental consent.
● In 2019 Facebook engaged in unfair and deceptive practices and violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act after court
documents from a 2012 class action lawsuit revealed that Facebook encouraged children to make credit card purchases on
Facebook's platform.
● In 2018 FTC Strengthens Safeguards for Kids' Data in Gaming Industry
CIPA:
● What is CIPA?
○ An act passed by Congress in attempts to limit children’s exposure to explicit content (Children’s
Internet Protection Act)
● What should we know as teachers?
○ Schools are legally obligated to provide a safe online learning environment for students, this includes
all CIPA requirements. Teachers need to consider what students have access to in the classroom and
what needs to be regulated according to CIPA regulations.
● What should we teach to our students?
○ That they are protected by CIPA when they are in a school or library, so they have a safe learning
environment when using the internet. Also explaining to them the tools and sources they will have
access to and why- adhering to the CIPA guidelines
● What should we educate parents about?
○ Parents should be aware of the regulations present in schools in order to understand what their children
have access to, and who is responsible for protecting them.
FERPA
● Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
● Regulates how educational institutions can and cannot share their students’ data
○ Parents and Students have a right to access their education records
○ Parents and Students have a right to request errors in those records are corrected
○ Schools need consent to release educational records to outside corporations
○ Schools can release “Directory” information without consent
■ Name, email, phone number, birthday, place of birth, awards & honors, dates of
attendance.
■ Only if it is not paired with education records
■ Must notify parents & students and they can revoke this permission
○ Once a student is 18, their parents need consent to access records
■ Unless they’re a dependant student at a post-secondary institution
 eRate
Define: A program that provides discounts for telecommunications, Internet access, and internal connections to eligible
schools and libraries. Recently, a second form of funding has come out related to COVID-19 and remote learning.

Teachers: Allows for teachers and schools to have affordable advanced telecommunications and information services. Teachers can use
this to give students schoolwork online without worrying about the cost of internet. Discounts range from 20%-90% depending on the
poverty level and the urban/rural status of the population.

Students: Students have better access to the internet within their school or library so that they have access to school work or other things
they need without having to pay anything.

Parents: With the pandemic, low income families can be provided technology to help their students access the internet since many
schools are only online.