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Homework for 11/14/11

I looked up my name and found no hits of myself on the internet. People can create an appropriate digital footprint by communicating in a social but cautious manner. For example, while on social networking sites, it is not wise to give out all of your information. This creates and enormous digital footprint of information that other people can use to their advantage. Instead, people should know their limits and carefully sort through a comment before posting it in order to give out as little data as possible. This will lessen the impact of your digital footprint, and keep you safer in the long run.

PSA PLAN worksheet

1. What issue/ topic did you choose? Digital Rights and Responsibilities

2. Why is this important? It is important to understand your rights in order to know when your rights are being violated and how to stop the instigators.

3. Who do you want to reach? (target audience) I want to inform my classmates in 6A.

4. What is the behavior your looking to change? I am looking to inform people on their Digital rights and responsibilities.

5. Why doesn’t the audience already engage in this behavior? They either don't know their rights on the internet or do not adhere to their responsibilities.

6. What emotional appeal can you make? I can create a feeling of anger and unfairness in the audience.

7. Belonging; Power/Control; Fun: Safety; Your control of the internet.

8. Put your audience in a situation/scenario where the issue would come up in their lives.

Someone has posted onto their blog their distaste of the government and what he would do differently if he was president. This comment is taken as a threat against the government and is taken down, and results in the man's arrest.

9. Where are they? (setting) In the man's office, A government officials office, jail cell.

10. Who is there? (characters) The man, government official, jailer

11. What’s’ going on around them?  ( ambient sound) People are working and talking around the characters.

12. What are they saying? (dialogue)

Man: Grrrrr... I am so angry with the way our government is run! I know! I'll post a complaint on my blog!

(Types in message saying the president should be killed and communism should be the law of the land.)

Government Official: Good Lord! This lunatic is trying to overthrow the government! I'll put a stop to that!

(Government Official goes and arrests man)

Man: What are you doing?! You can't do this to me! I have the right to freedom of speech!

13. Who is message brought to you by? ( Station; organization)

Electronic Frontier Foundation

10 Facts On Digital Rights and Responsibilities

1. People have the right to find out about their local officials running for a position in the government without any restrictions. Source
2. We have the right to free and uncensored personal communication without governmental or other interventions. Source
3. We have the right to not have our personal information taken public by the government or online businesses. Source
4. We have the right to affordable and quality digital access. Source  
5. Cyberbullying, sexting, being an online predator, and taking people's information on social sites are examples of violations of the Digital Rights and Responsibilities. Source
6. Digital Censoring is a violation of these rights, no matter what is online. Source
7. Adults are commonly given more rights than children are. Source
8. It is actually proven that children with open access to the internet are safer because they can encounter the dangers themselves and learn to avoid them. Source
9. There is no proof of Digital Rights being protected under the United States Government. Source
10. Many websites do not adhere to the Digital Rights, restricting users right to freedom of speech or freedom of access. Source

Progress:
I have finished researching the sources that will be needed to create my PSA. I have noticed that the main goal of my PSA will be to inform people on the issue rather than change a behavior. The next part of my project creation will be to plan out the video through a storyboard.

INVESTIGATION Day 1

I have chosen to complete my project on Digital Rights and Responsibilities. From my research, I have found that this topic deals with the rights that all people have concerning the internet and technology, and the responsibilities that come with this power. This topic is extremely important to understand because if these rights are violated or if responsibilities are shirked, then many people could be affected by the mistake. Since I cannot change people's views on this topic, I will try my best to inform the public using a PSA video.

Vocabulary For 10/24/11

• Etiquette: Every person should know how to practice good etiquette.

• Conduct: People who have bad conduct usually end up in jail.

• Courtesy: Parents must teach their children common courtesy.

• Flame: Many websites I have seen have had people flaming others through comments.

• Troll: A lot of great information on the web has been downplayed because trolls have claimed the articles "fake."

• Anonymous: Just because you are anonymous on the internet, does not mean that you have a right to be rude.

• Emoticon: Many internet users now use emoticons to express their feelings.

• Obvious: It was so obvious that he was lying about doing his homework.

• Tone: By the tone of his voice, I could tell she was angry.

• SMS: The SMS, or Systems Management Server, manages all of the PCs in a local area.

• Ethical: Someone who does good deeds is considered an ethical person.

• Unethical: Unfortunately, many people in today's society can be considered unethical.

• Legal: Anything that is accepted by the law is legal.

• Boolean Search: An example of a boolean search wouls be "decorating" and "catering."

• URL: URLs can be helpful when citing resources for a project.

IA Part 2

1) My learning of the design cycle will help the community by preparing me for the real world and all the obstacles I will have to overcome. It will give me a process to follow in order to complete assignments given to me during everyday activities such as jobs. Knowing this will help me to become a productive member of society, therefore helping the community as a whole. I could also share my knowledge with others to help the community.

2) My future projects could become better if I would spend more time to go into details and improve on little mistakes that I might have done. I have noticed errors on my projects before, but felt that if I tried to fix it, the entire project could mess up. I could also try to come up with more creative ideas that would demonstrate the topic better. I feel that sometimes my ideas are not the best I can think up of, but I go through with them anyway. There are many things I can do to improve future projects, but I felt that those two were the most important out of them.

3) From this project, I have learned that I am cautious and somewhat apprehensive when using the computer. I must get rid of that fear and try to accomplish more challenging things. I will do this because I want to be better than average, and go above and beyond in everything I do. I will also try to avoid procrastination and get things done earlier, while they are fresh in my mind. This is because sometimes I get sidetracked and actually forget to do the assigned task until I remember it the day before the assignment is due. I would like to avoid that and make my life less stressfull.

4) I feel that my final product is an adequate learning tool that will be benificial to young audiences everywhere. For the Investigate Stage, I rate myself a 4. I was able to research two options and rate them on a rubric of my design. I did not grade myself higher because I felt that the rubric I created did not cover all of the criterion that should have been covered. In the Design stage, I gave myself a 5. I created three designs, and made a specific design specification. I made sure to cover all the bases and choose the right design from those points. The reason I didn't score myself higher was because there might have been more points I could have added to better my design specification. On the Plan stage, I gave myself a 4. This is because, while my plan was straightforward and easy to follow, it was very vague. This made it easy to get sidetracked. For the Create stage, I gave myself a 5. I was focused and was able to create a quality product that was within my time limit. I worked hard to make sure it was a professionally made quiz and not a poor product. It turned out just as I hoped it would, except for one thing. It was a tad bit confusing to answer, but I explained this to my recipients. On the Evaluate stage, I gave myself a 4. While the survey I made was simple and related to the topic, I wasn't sure if I gave the kids the questions that they would remember from taking my quiz. I didn't want for them to get the survey wrong because they couldn't remember the question. Finally, on Attitudes in Technology, I would rate myself a 5 because I was constantly motivated and dedicated to completing the project to the best of my ability.

5) If I could do my planning differently, I would make the plan more detailed in order to know exactly what I'm doing at a certain time. I would also put more emphasis on the time, in order to not get so distracted and focus on the task at hand. I would make sure to put due dates in my planner and mark them so as to notice them better. As for the execution, I would not change a thing. I felt I was efficient and motivated during the creation of my product, and I was able to finish it with time to spare.