University of the Philippines Open

University

IS 201

IT Ethics Project:
Computer Ethics for Teachers

Student: Fernando B. Enad

Due date: Saturday 24th November, 2018
Total Number of Pages: 16
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I. LESSON PLAN

Computer Ethics for Teachers

Duration of Session 3 hours

Key Understandings Teachers take on responsibilities in the proper utilization of

to be developed computer and internet resources based on existing laws and
ethical standards.
Learning Objectives At the end of the session, the participants are expected to have:
1. shared with and learned from each other the current
practices in the utilization of computer and internet
resources;
2. gained functional understanding about computer ethics;
3. inferred the relevance of computer ethics to the profession;
4. developed an action plan to initiate/replicate/integrate
ethical standards in the utilization of computer and internet
resources.
Resources a. Handouts
b. PowerPoint Presentations
c. Videos
d. Manila Papers, Markers
e. Projector, Laptop
Introductory Activity Video Presentation on Digital Piracy

(This served as a motivation to arouse interest of the participants.)

Activity World Café Tour Activity
1. The participants will be divided into 3 groups.
2. From each of the groups formed, three members will be
selected to be the Tourist to tour to the other Cafés.
3. Each tourist will be bringing along specific questions to ask to
all the members of each group to brainstorm. They (members
of the group) will write their answers on the manila paper to
each of the specific question asked.
4. After 10 minutes, the Tourist will then transfer to another
Café until he/she has visited all Cafés.
5. After the tour, the reporter from each of the group will report
to the class their summarized responses.

Questions:
1. What are your considerations and practices when
utilizing digital and internet resources as instructional
materials?

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2. What are your considerations and practices when asking
for projects which involves utilization of digital and
internet resources?
3. What are your considerations and practices when
utilizing digital and internet resources in your personal
and professional needs?

(This will allow the participants to recall and share their own experience
related to utilization of digital and internet sources in the different aspect
of their profession. )
Analysis Using the participants’ inputs, highlight the following:
1. What are your basis for coming up such consideration and
practice?
2. Have you considered the existing laws and the ethical
standards in coming up such consideration and practice?
3. What is Computer Ethics?

(This will allow the participants to contemplate whether their current

practices related to the use of existing digital resources are in line with
existing ethical standards and laws.)
Abstraction/ PowerPoint Presentation:
Generalization 1. Computer Ethics
 Definition of Ethics
 Definition of Computer Ethics
 Common Computer Ethical Issues
2. Major Areas Under the Umbrella of Computer Ethics
 Copyright and Intellectual Property
 10 Netiquette Rules
 Day to Day Ethics
3. Computer Ethics for Teachers
 Code of Ethics for Teachers
 Copyright Laws on Educational Pursuit

(The topics are carefully selected and tailor-fitted to the teaching

profession.)
Application Let’s Check Activity (On Fair Use):
Common scenarios flashed on screen for the participants to
answer whether such manifests fair use or not.
• Question 1: Computers and Software Category
Q: A geography teacher has more students and
computers than software. He uses a CD burner to make
several copies of a copyright interactive CD-ROM so each
student can use an individual copy in class. This is fair
use. (True or False, Why?)
• Question 2: Internet Category

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Q: A teacher gets clip art and music from popular file-
sharing sites, then creates a lesson plan and posts it on
the school Web site to share with other teachers. This is
permissible. (True or False, Why?)
• Question 3: Video Category
Q: A history class videotapes a Holocaust survivor who
lives in the community. The students digitally compress
the interview, and, with the interviewee's permission,
post it on the Web. Another school discovers the
interview online and uses it in their History Day project.
This is fair use. (True or False, Why?)
• Question 4: Multimedia Category
Q: Last year, a school's science fair multimedia CD-ROM
was so popular everyone wanted a copy of it. Everything
in it was copied under fair use guidelines. It's
permissible for the school to sell copies to recover the
costs of reproduction. (True or False, Why?)

(This is done to check if the participants already have a grasp on the

content/topic.)

Action Planning Activity:

• Same grouping from the previous activity.
• Come up with an action plan for the following:
• Group 1: When utilizing existing digital media in
lesson preparation.
• Group 2: When requiring projects from students
involving the use of existing digital media.
• Group 3: When utilizing existing digital media for
personal and professional needs.
• A reporter will present their group’s output to the class.

(This allows the participants to be part in the action plan/ policy making
in the utilization of existing digital media .)
Concluding Activity Takeaway:
 As a superior/subordinate, how can you make the
implementation of your action plans to be successful and
meaningful?
 What will I START, STOP, and CONTINUE doing?

Miscellaneous:
 Present the PowerPoint presentation on UP Open
University Course Offerings for Teachers

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II. DOCUMENTATION
a. Pictures

Day 1 (October 23, 2018 @ 3:30PM to 5:00PM)

The seminar started at 3:30 in the afternoon of October 23, 2018.

Introductory Activity. Showing of the Digital Piracy Advocacy Video

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I presented the objectives of the seminar.

Group 1 performing Activity 1: World Café Tour

Group 2 performing Activity 1: World Café Tour

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Group 1 reporting their summarized responses for Activity 1.

Group 2 reporting their summarized responses for Activity 1.

Group 3 reporting their summarized responses for Activity 1.

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Day 2 (October 24, 2018 @ 8:30AM to 10:30AM)

Starting the second day.

Application Activity. Action Planning Session

Group 1 performing Activity 2: Action Planning

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Group 2 performing Activity 2: Action Planning

Group 3 performing Activity 2: Action Planning

Action Planning Activity

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Reporting of outputs for Activity 2: Action Planning

Group 1 output for Activity 2: Action Planning

Group 2 output for Activity 2: Action Planning

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Group 3 output for Activity 2: Action Planning

b. List of Participants

Day 1 Participants

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Day 2 Participants

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c. Venue

The INSET was conducted the Function Room, Sagbayan Municipal Hall.

d. Program of Activities

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e. Certificate of Recognition

III. EVALUATION REPORT

The aforementioned seminar was conducted during the In-Service Training for
Secondary School Teachers in the District of Sagbayan as one of the sessions due to its timely
relevance to the teaching profession. This was after I pitched in the idea during the planning
session while we were still crafting the training design of the 5-day INSET. It was fortunate
that the training manager together with the committee members (to which I am also a
member of) gave out a nod for the inclusion of the Computer Ethics for Teachers seminar.
Per the crafted training design, the Computer Ethics for Teachers seminar was
originally planned out to be conducted on the third day, however, since the prior sessions
were completed ahead of time, my seminar was pushed earlier and it took place around 3:30
in the afternoon of the second day (of INSET) and from 8:00 to 10:00 in the morning of the
third day (of INSET).
The Day 1 activities started with the showing of my Ethics Advocacy project (Digital
Piracy) to arouse the participants’ interest letting them be curious in the process of what is
in store for them. After the video was presented, participants were asked if they have had a
similar scenario in the past and in unison responded yes. In fact, one of the participants
shared that he didn’t know that performing such is illegal. The Day 1 activities covered the
World Café Tour activity (carried out to determine the current practices of the teachers in the
utilization of existing digital media when preparing their lessons, asking their students for
projects, and when their professional needs require). This was done to further determine
whether their current practices were in consonance with laws and social norms. Afterwhich,
the reporting of the summarized responses of the participants followed.
After the World Café Tour activity, the seminar/lecture followed with me delivering
the contents using PowerPoint presentations on topics such Computer Ethics (covering
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Definition of Ethics, Definition of Computer Ethics, and Common Ethical Issues), Major Areas
Under the Umbrella of the Computer Ethics (covering Copyright and Intellectual Property, 10
Netiquette Rules, and Day to Day Ethics) and Computer Ethics for Teachers (covering Code
of Ethics for Teachers and Copyright Laws on Educational Pursuit). During the delivery of the
contents, the participants were observed to have been so interested as they were so
participative during the content delivery, open forum and the QA.
During Day 2, a recap which was conducted through a game was done to check if the
participants still have the grasp of the concepts from the previous meeting. After everyone
was settled, the Day 2 activities followed. Day 2 activities was all about action planning and
the same grouping from the previous day was utilized. Each of the group was given a situation
and were asked to create an action plan utilizing the concepts they’ve learned during the
seminar duration. The reporting of the output then followed where after a group was done
reporting, an open forum followed- crowdsourcing for ideas and inputs if the action plan
items the group has presented, is acceptable or not and if not, suggested with modifications.
After all groups were done reporting, the participants were asked of takeaway questions such
as on how will they be able to implement successfully their action plans and as to what will
they stop, start and continue doing. Afterwhich, the run-through on the University of the
Philippines Open University program offerings for teachers were presented to give them the
idea that UPOU exists to cater their professional needs.
After the conduct of the seminar, an online evaluation (using a likert-scale of 1-
Strongly Disagree, 2-Disagree, 3-Agree, 4-Strongly Agree) for sessions and facilitators (using
Google Forms) was ran and after the responses were collated, Table 1 shows the over-all
result.

Table 1. Results of the Session

N-63

EVALUATION SESSIONS AND FACILITATORS

Session Rating Description
Session started on time 3.54 Strongly Agree
Session ended on time 3.50 Strongly Agree
Topic was relevant to our work 3.63 Strongly Agree
3.56 Strongly Agree
Facilitator
Facilitator exhibited mastery of the topic 3.63 Strongly Agree
Facilitator expressed ideas clearly 3.63 Strongly Agree
Facilitator asked stimulating questions 3.63 Strongly Agree
3.63 Strongly Agree

Results showed that the participants agreed that the session topic was related to their
profession and that whatever they’ve learned will help them on their work as teachers (as
what one of the survey comments stated). The conduct of the seminar turned out to be a
fruitful and a learning one and with the results above, I can say to myself that I have done
what needs to be done.

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