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= Welcome to this wiki about the legal, social, and the ethical issues of technology use. = =Over the past decade there has been a steady drumbeat for equal access to computers across gender and ethnic lines. This is an important but well publicized concern. Consequently, I will defer considerations of it, and turn instead to several other urgent issues that are of more recent vintage. These issues, all relating to technology applications in school still emerging and amorphous, and have not been fully aired. = = = =What is ethical issues for safety and security? = ** Computers have occupied a prominent place in our schools and homes. They are, for example, the only major technology that was pushed from the home and community into the schools. The growing massive infusion of computers and the resources they require, however, has created some newly emerging issues that require urgent attentio n. " ** Computer ethics is concerned with standards of conduct as they pertain to computers" ( http://library.thinkquest.org/26658/account.html). = = =What is Digital Divide? = This is the idea that only those who have money will have access to the intern et. The question of where do students who are income-challenged gain the skills to use technology in the workplace arise. G ender, socio economic status, race, resource equity, and teacher bias all contribute to inequity in the school and because of this some students may not have equal access in schools.

=**What is the Legal use of Digital Media?** = There are many vital resources available for teachers to use to help educate their students, yet teachers need to be made well aware copyright laws. The copyright protections that we normally associate with print also govern the use of audio, video, images, and text on the Internet and the World Wide <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;">Web. If teachers are knowledgable about this information then they could implement such technologies in to their curriculum and lessons.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;">media type="youtube" key="4V9dPSyHets" height="349" width="560" =The need for technology in the classroom is vital just as this video states, yet the importance of becoming aware of the issues described on this page is highly important in integrating it into the classroom.=