Bringing Digital Media into the Classroom
Teaching Terms of Service for E-mail
Has anyone tried teaching their students how to read the Terms of Service that we all have to agree to before opening an e-mail account? I am trying to teach my 8th graders the very basics of e-mail, and in order to open an account, they need to agree to the terms. I'm not doing right by media literacy if I tell them to just "click OK" and move on, but there are 16 pages of legalese to wade through! I thought I could have partners dissect just one page, and then report out to the class, but even one page will be a nightmare for most of my kids. Any ideas? Here are Google's terms, for starters. And here is the Program Policy. And here is the Privacy Policy.
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Permalink Reply by Mary Lynn Bryan on -
I can see this as one of those great ideas that goes bad quickly. I wonder if you could talk about how impt. it is to know what you are signing before you do but if you were to be honest- I am guessing that you would have to say that most of us don't read those (not that that is an excuse)... I am rambling but I think I might help them to understand that " if you sign this, you are bound to its terms" and what kinds of things might come up.
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Permalink Reply by Laura Bradley on -
I found some examples online where people violated the terms and had their accounts disabled. I thought I might share those. But I also discovered some interesting things in the terms that the kids need to know... many adults probably should, too. But I really do think it's a part of media literacy that I shouldn't ignore. So I guess I'll rewrite the terms so they will understand.
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