Chapter 4 Part 1 - Student Notes

Chapter 4 - Legal and Ethical Issues
October 28, 2010

Social Contexts for Computers in Education
All types of people use computers
- Students with special needs

Special Needs “Normal”                 Gifted
/_______________/______________/

Definition for Special Needs:
o Learning, physical, cognitive, emotional or socially disabled
o Culturally and linguistically challenged
o Talented and Gifted
Code 42 - is severe behaviour problems
Code 80 - is a gifted student

Students with Disabilities
Computers or technology (Assisted of Adaptive Technology) can help meet the needs of these students
- PUF grants - grants to help students get the resources they need to succeed
- IEP/IPP – educational plans

• Plans that set out how a child with special needs will have their curriculum or instruction modified

Talented and Gifted
Talented and gifted kids are at as much risk as kids that are learning disabled.
- That they are bored
- They are not challenged
- They are not recognized

Intellectual Property

• ICT F3 - Students will demonstrate a moral and ethical approach to the use of technology.
• Intellectual Property (IP) - “something conceived in the mind of an individual and made available to other individuals”
• Includes- copyright, trademarks (tm), and patents or trade secrets
• Intangible Assets:
• *music, literary, artistic (copyrights)
• *Words, phrases (trademark)
• *Discoveries, inventions (patents)

Copyright = financial interests of the intellectual property owner

Thanks to Oriana for these notes.