What is Intellectual Property, and why should we as private persons respect such properties??

On World Interlecual Property Organisations home page i found this explanation on intellectual property:


Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce:IP is divided into two categories: Industrial property, which includes inventions (patents), trademarks, industrial designs, and geographic indications of source; and Copyright, which includes literary and artistic works such as novels, poems and plays, films, musical works, artistic works such as drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures, and architectural designs. Rights related to copyright include those of performing artists in their performances, producers of phonograms in their recordings, and those of broadcasters in their radio and television programs.

Today it is very common to copy music or other artistic works, and post it on the internet. In this way, anyone can load it down and use it without paying anything to the artist.

The pillar of the copyright, the originator's exclusive right to work, applies worldwide. The exclusive rights ensures the originator the opportunity for a dividend of efforts.

This is the core of why we should respect the right of intellectual property.
When a musician, a writer, a photographer, or other performers of artistic works receive the economic benefits of their product , it gives them the opportunity to work on their creativity. They get the finances to develop themselves and their products so that we as the public can enjoy more and more new musical works, books, art, computer programs, photos, and more.
An increased supply of knowledge and cultural expression, gains the whole community.

Do the students need knowledge and attidudes about Information privacy and Data retention??

An example from real life:
(Clip from the campaign "You Decide")

Silly Pictures became serious

Kristine and Synne is sitting in the girls room and dreams
about being models. The two 13-year-olds is snapping pictures of
each other, joking and giggling. In the last pictures they take,
are they just string panties. Afterwards, they add the photos out
on their private Piczo page. The images are only intended the two girls, and to view the images you must have the password.
After a few years they forget the whole page. Until sudenly one day someone
sends Synne the photos to her
MSN. Some have also printed the pictures and hung them
up at her old school. Synne dare not go
out for a whole week! Today she is still afraid that
images shall appear. She did not believe that something like that
could happen when she stood on the pink girls room and
giggled in front of the camera.
Source: VG

 

More examples on which consequences inability of privacy  can lead to

hese are examples of how careless exposure of private life can lead to difficulties in both short and long term.

What might that have for theudent's privacy now and in the future?

If the student thinks it is no problem of exposing their private life on the internet at 6th grade, and build up habits and attitudes about this who follow him until he gets older, this may lead to more difficult situations later in life.

What might the consequences be if parents and school do not manage to cooperate to give the students the knowledge and attitudes about privacy so that they are able to make deliberate choices that do not conflict with their desire and need for privacy?

Now it's very common for employees conducting research employees conducting research on the net on the net before job seekers meet to job interviews.

And not only employees want to know things about you... 

In the work with information privacy and data retention in my class, we have participated in the campaign: "You decide", published by the Data Inspectorate, the Centre for Technology in Education and Technology Council, as a start point of the work with raising awareness by students and collaboration with parents.
We are just now going through the booklet in the class, and we have worked with the book parent meeting in the class.

Through this work I have learned that there are very many students who seem to have very good knowledge and attitudes to privacy on the Internet. But it also seems that there is some students who need more discipline and attitudes than the school and parents so far have managed to provide.

You deside

Do all schools manage to meet the requirements in the Curriculum 06 about digital literacy in school.

In Curriculum 06  (Kunnskapsløftet) is digital literacy one of the basic skills in all subjects.

Therefore all the textbooks puts up to the extensive use of ICT.

Most of them have websites where students can read and do exciting work in relation to the themes. Look here for examples.  Gaia natural and social science ,  God i ord.

Some have websites that are adapted to the smart board. (For example "Grunntall")

Many of the tasks in the books intends to the students to use the internet to find information. This often requires that one must have several computers available.

 

It is not just in the theoretical subjects the students shall acquire digital skills.

                                                                  

The requirements for the use of basic skills in physical education include:

Being able to use digital tools in physical education is important when one is to gather information for planning activities, document and report.

The requirements for the use of basic skills in arts and crafts include:

Being able to use digital tools in art and craft is important to seek information and even to produce information in text and pictures. Production of digital images is central to pupils' work with photography, scanning, animation, film and video. In this context, includes attitudes toward source criticism, privacy, and knowledge of copyright laws. Multimedia are included in the presentation of their own and others' work. Knowledge of esthetic and digital instruments are essential for conscious communication. 

Many of the new learning methods also ads up to extensive use of ICT, such as portfolio assessment and Trageton’s reading and writing pedagogy. Even in elementary school, it is now common for schools working with LMS.
In this study I have of course discovered the immense possibilities of life-like acquisition of knowledge and skills for students, but in my daily work as a teacher at my school, I have the opportunity to make use of very little of this and wonder if we are the only school that has it this way.

At our school there are about 150 pupils in 1. - 6. class who have classroom at the primary school. For these are 10 laptops available. Some of the classrooms have a desktop PC, a few students have their own machines. We also have two portable projectors, one digital camera and no smart board. Net access is variable, and the school has no LMS. Most, but far from all students have access to a computer or internet at home.

There are also many teachers who do not feel that they manage ICT.

The administration wants to prioritize data, but the tight economic framework in the community means that it takes time to build up a good system of computer equipment in schools.

Is it only we who have it this way?

Do the requirements go too far and too fast in relation to what the schools are able to prioritize?

- And may the development towards a life permeated by data make the next generation distant  from real life?