Netiquette

Scenario #1 – A student sends a harassing e-mail to another student. The receiving student
retaliates with a “flaming e-mail.” Is this the appropriate response? If not, what would be?
That is not the appropriate response. An appropriate response would be block his emails and possibly notify a teacher about what he is doing.


Scenario #2 – When hanging out with friends, one of the students makes a call on their cellphone and carries on a conversation while still within the group. Is this ok? Why or why not?
It is not ok. If he is with his friends then he should be talking to his friends and not to somebody on the phone. It would be rude to ignore them if your hanging out with them.


Scenario #3 – A student logs on to a free file sharing website and downloads a song they just heard on the radio. Is this ok? Why or why not?
It is ok as long the music they are downloading is going onto their computer, and not a school or library computer. If the music is free, then I don't think it would be illegal to be downloading the music.


Scenario #4 – A student follows a questionable link to a website and downloads a malicious script which releases a Trojan Horse virus on to the school network. Is the student to blame? Why or why not?
The student is to blame because he shouldn't be following any questionable links. There is nobody else to blame for it. It is common sense that you can get viruses on your computer for certain websites, so the student should have been more careful.


Scenario #5 – An hour before class, a student remembers that a writing assignment is due. The student goes to the library, logs on to a website, and copies/pastes the information. Is this ok? Why or why not?
It is not ok. That is called plagiarism and it is illegal. The student should be doing his own work.


Scenario #6 – At home, a student uses a software package to copy movies and games from DVD’s for his or her friends. Is this within fair-use laws? Explain.
It is not within fair-use of the laws. It is illegal to be burning DvDs or Video Games onto to disc. The student should get arrested.


Scenario #7 – A student logs into the school website to download the syllabus they lost. Are they breaking any rules or laws? Explain.
They are not breaking any rules or laws because they are not trying to download something like a video game or song, it is just something to help him with school and it allowed.


Scenario #8 – Students spend a good amount of time in class creating a web page for a school sponsored fundraiser. However, there website is not usable by certain individuals with disabilities. Was this disrespectful or wrong of them?
This is disrespectful of the student because that is being biased to people with disabilties. If they make a website, it should be accessible either by everybody, or by nobody, not just by certain people who don't have disabilities.


Scenario #9-Why do you think netiquette is important? Why are we using part of our class time for this? 
Netiquette is important because if you are good at it it can help keep you out of trouble, and it is "polite". If you don't have netiquette, somebody could get offended. We are using part of our class time to learn about it so that we can be more "professional" while posting things on blogs or using the internet.