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Chapter 3: Downloading content
CHAPTER 3
Downloading content
LEARNING INTENTION
Explore the morality and legality of downloading content from the internet.
CHAPTER OVERVIEW
As the internet gives us unlimited access to content, it is important to be careful about how and where we download this content from while using the internet. It is very easy for internet savvy people to illegally download or torrent any content including videos, films, music, books and TV shows. This is called digital piracy. In this chapter students will debate the ethical and legal issues around downloading music and video content from the internet.
LEARNING OUTCOME
1.3 Debate the ethical and legal issues around downloading music and video content from the internet. SAMPLE
MATERIALS
Digital devices with internet access eLearning platform: Microsoft Teams, Google Classroom School email address Microsoft PowerPoint
Mentimeter: mentimeter.com Washington post article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/09/08/ game-of-thrones-was-pirated-more-than-a-billion-times-far-more-than-it-was-watched-legally/ YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZm8vNHBSU
ACTIVE LEARNING METHODOLOGIES
Mentimeter voting Practical: sending emails, PowerPoint presentation Debate Think-pair-share Reflection journal
OBJECTIVES
By the end of this chapter students will be able to:
Define
Digital piracy
Describe Moral arguments for digital piracy Moral arguments against digital piracy
Debate Do the internet’s advantages out weight its risks?
Explain The legality of digital piracy in Ireland and the USA
Evaluate If the internet’s advantages outweigh its’ risks
Create Emails PowerPoint presentation Reflection journal SAMPLE
ACTIVITY 1: VOTE Using mentimeter.com, students will do an anonymous class vote on whether they have: 1. Downloaded or streamed any copyrighted content from the internet.
2. Uploaded any copyrighted content to the internet.
Uploading, downloading or watching such contents, is a breach of copyright law. People debate the morality of the Piracy. Morality means knowing the difference between right and wrong.
ACTIVITY 2: PIRACY IN THE USA Students will read the following quote from President Barack Obama on digital piracy. They could write a formal email to a friend discussing Obama’s statement. “We’re going to aggressively protect our intellectual property […] Our single greatest asset is the innovation and the ingenuity and creativity of the American people […] It is essential to our prosperity. But it’s only a competitive advantage if our companies know that someone else can’t just steal that idea and duplicate it. There’s nothing wrong with other people using our technologies, we welcome it. We just want to make sure that it’s licensed, and that American businesses are getting paid appropriately.” - Barack Obama SAMPLE
TUTORIAL: HOW TO SEND AN EMAIL Students should set up an email address that they will only use for schoolwork. Students may have an email provided by the school. If they do, then they can skip this step.
How to write a
formal e-mail
DIGITAL MEDIA LITERACY
for Secondary Students www.4schools.ie
ACTIVITY 3: CASE STUDY: GAME OF THRONES Students will read the article and discuss the questions. [Think, Pair, Share]
https://vimeo.com/578084165/0ad909644e
Scan the QR Code to watch the video
www.washingtonpost.com/news/ morning-mix/ wp/2017/09/08/gameof-thrones-was-piratedmore-than-a-billiontimes-far-more-than-itwas-watched-legally
SAMPLE
Scan the QR Code to read the article
ACTIVITY 4: DEBATING AND POWERPOINT In groups of four, students will create a PowerPoint presentation on their groups stance on whether digital piracy is morally right or wrong.
TUTORIAL: MICROSOFT POWERPOINT Follow the tutorial below and use your own copy of Microsoft PowerPoint to familiarize yourself about where the different buttons are located. How to create a PowerPoint presentationSAMPLE
DIGITAL MEDIA LITERACY
for Secondary Students www.4schools.ie
ACTIVITY 5: REFLECTION JOURNAL Students can watch the video linked below. On their eLearning website, they can add opinion on the legal side and ethical side of digital piracy into their reflection journal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZm8vNHBSU Scan the QR Code to watch the video SAMPLE
