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= =  Middle School Science Wikis You have several seventh grade science classes collaborating on wikis. Students are divided into groups and are collecting information on each of the kingdoms of living organisms. The wikis are used to present the information, including some slide presentations and graphics your students have created. Your Monera kingdom group has been doing extremely creative work and has created an impressive presentation on bacteria. The group has received a request by a teacher to use some of their graphics on bacteria cell structure for a project at a school in a nearby state. The students who created the work would get credit for their contribution, and the request is for two graphics out of over a dozen in the presentation. How do you advise your students?

=** First Response Checklist (Natalie) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ **=


 * 1) Do a quick happy dance! Congratulate yourself for making a real-world connection!
 * 2) Check legitimacy of teacher making request. If school email was used, check the school's website for his/her name on faculty list.
 * If **yes**, proceed through First Response checklist before replying to teacher.
 * If **no**, alert your Principal or Technology Coordinator and check #2-4 below.
 * 1) Check your wiki to be sure that your students' identity is protected (no last names, no personal emails visible)
 * If **yes**, proceed through checklist.
 * If **no**, remove personal information from the wiki.
 * 1) Check your Wikispaces Permissions. Did you intend to make your class project open to the public?
 * If **yes**, proceed through checklist. Note the Wikispaces Creative Commonspolicy.
 * If **no**, change Wiki Permissions now, and respond to the teacher (thank you, but the site is private.)
 * 1) Check your Parent Permission Agreement. Did you communicate to parents that the wiki would be public, and did all parents sign?
 * If **yes**, proceed through checklist.
 * If **no**, add "Write/Amend Parent Permission Letter?" on your To-Do List.
 * 1) Check your students' project space to be sure the two graphics in question are original.
 * If **yes**, proceed through checklist.
 * If **no,** respond to the teacher (thank you, and the graphics can be accessed from....) and see Student Response Checklist #2 below.
 * 1) Check your district's Acceptable Use Policy and current Fair Use guidelines, as well as Wikispaces' :
 * Example of [|Acceptable Use Policy]
 * [|Fair Use] See Section 5 in particular. It appears that the teacher's request is a courtesy, since Fair Use guidelines apply.
 * 1) Outline your intended response. Consider:
 * How will you celebrate this invitation to share the group's original work?
 * How will you inform the group, their parents, other students in your classes, the school community?
 * Can you establish a partnership with the other teacher? Could your students make a vodcast presentation or a Skype shared classroom?
 * Is this an public relations opportunity? School newsletter, community newspaper, etc?
 * 1) Check with your Principal and Technology Coordinator. Before sharing information with students or parents, send an email summarizing the request and outlining your intended plan. Once you receive their response:
 * If **yes**, respond to teacher and proceed to Parent Response Checklist.
 * If **no**, add "Make Case for Open Classroom Model?" on your To-Do List.
 * 1) Respond to teacher, inviting further discussion and attempting to establish a partnership.

= = = Parent Response Checklist (Natalie) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ = = =
 * 1) Write a note or email to parents of the group members informing them of the invitation to share their children's work. Include the plan your Principal and Tech Coordinator approved.
 * 2) Check To-Do List: Write/Amend Parent Permission Letter?
 * Write Parent Permission Letter (better late than never)
 * Fortunately, you will be creating a Parent Permission Letter this week for this class! Here are some additional resources to check:
 * [|Keeping Kids Safer on the Internet: Tips for Parents and Guardians]
 * Follow "Great Links" on [|NetFamilyNews: Kid-Tech News for Parents]
 * Amend Parent Permission Letter
 * If necessary, clarify the conditions for Wikispaces Permissions and [|Fair Use] in your file. Include the pertinent information in #1 above in the note or email. Send to all parents.
 * 1) Include copies to parents of all public relations notices generated (#6 under First Response).

= Teacher Response Checklist (Natalie/Patti) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ =
 * 1) Inform students of the interest in their work--celebrate!
 * 2) If students have borrowed graphics without attribution, create or reinforce a lesson about the need to cite sources.
 * Students must learn that copy and paste is an unacceptable practice and cannot be inserted into their work without permission.
 * 1) Share your implementation plan of sharing student work online and the rationale behind it. Once students have had their questions answered:
 * Hand out Parent Permission Letters (or Amendment Note) for signature.
 * Alternately, send mass email to parents and ask for reply to confirm approval.
 * 1) To reach a broader audience, you should set up a [|Creative Commons] license for your classroom to publish the best work from all your groups.
 * [|Flickr Creative Commons] would be an safe, appropriate site for sharing graphics. There are other sites as well to publish work.

= = = Make Case for Open Classroom Model (Natalie/Patti) ++++++++++++++++++++++ = Introducing this assignment, Module 7-C states, "For students to grow their online networks, their content needs to be able to be found online. Technology is available to give your students a worldwide audience, but that audience has to be able to find them first. When we talk about making students 'clickable,' we mean making them accessible to search engines and making it easier for people to find them and their work. It’s much more difficult for students to build their learning networks if no one else can find them (or at least their content). In this topic, we will also talk about teaching students how to respond once they are found by others."

Open classrooms should have the students' safety in mind first. If students are going to publish on the read-write web, the parent and school permission should have been taken care of long before this scenario arises. Teachers, the technology team, the principal, parents, and students need to have a clear, common understanding. The students should have been protected through instruction on online safety. They should have already had their anonymity in place before ever posting any work online. There should also be a policy in place already for this particular situation. If students are going to place real work online, their work will be found and used both illegally and legally. That is the nature of the internet. Teachers should teach students how to publish work to be used by others using Flikr Creative Commons, or another online publishing site. Educators must be proactive in the classroom if their students are going to be publishing online. This situation should be an exciting event to celebrate, not a crisis to be handled after the situation arises.

Response Desiree- My initial impression would be to make contact with the teacher in the other state to see what her intentions are for using the material. I would check with my students, and the parents of the students, to ensure they did not mind their work being used by another teacher/group. I feel it is also important that the students review their work to make sure they cited information appropriately and that the work is original work. Before giving the teacher in the other state permission to use the information I would also ask my principal if it is ok to do or if any other measures need to be taken before moving forward. Overall, I think it would be a good experience for the students to see their work being used by someone else. It should give them a sense of pride.

= Resources (Patti) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ =

Creative Commons (2012). Creative Common Attribution Inc., Retrieved March 3, 2012 from []

[|Fair Use] (2012). Center for Social Media. Retrieved March 3, 2012 from []

[|Flikr Creative Commons] (2012). Yahoo, Inc. Retrieved March 3, 2012 from []

Magid, L. (2009). //The national center for missing and exploited children//. Retrieved from http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=3601. Retrieved March 3, 2012 from []

Sabbagh, D. (2010). //Creative commons//. [0]. Retrieved from []

[|Wikispaces Creative Commons] (2012). Tangient LLC. Retrieved March 3, 2012 from http://www.wikispaces.com/Creative+Commons

Wikispaces Permissions (2012). Tangient LLC. Retrieved March 3, 2012 from http://help.wikispaces.com/Privacy+and+Permissions