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 * Digital Citizenship vs. Piracy **

**INTRODUCTION ** Every single day a huge group of people around the world invest a lot of time, money, intellectual knowledge and human talent to develop, design or modify hardware and software to make our life easier. Some of them work in big companies, other ones do it by themselves. However, their work is at risk to be copied illegally and if this happens, they won’t receive the benefits from their work. The question is… **//Who can be affected when piracy in technology appears?//** **//Is it possible stop piracy in technology? How?//** **TASK ** Working in groups of three you must: · **Team work: ** Prepare a variety of information that will be distributed electronically to your friends. Also you will collaborate to enrich this Wiki by adding as much information as possible to cover all roles point of view. You must select one role:  Þ **Anthropologist: **You will focus on social impact, you are thinking in consequences for humanity as a group. Using **[|Livebinders.com]**, you will prepare and share **//a digital collection of evidences//** (web sources, images, videos, news, current events, statistics, etc.) about the impact of piracy in technology for our society. Based on your research you should write a blogg article about "Piracy in Technology and it's social impact".  Þ **Lawyer: **You will focus on legal issues, you are interested in protecting author’s rights and punishing those who take advantage of other people’s work. Using **[|Mixbook.com]**, you will design **a digital illustrated magazine** to promote copyrights emphasizing legal punishment in Mexico and USA.  Þ **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Communications specialist: **<span style="color: #001e82; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">You will focus on informing people, you are sure that eliminating ignorance about copyright will reduce the piracy problem. You must select between [|**Bitstrips.com**] **(digital comic strip)** or **[|Kerpoof.com](digital animated story)** to design **//two digital comics/stories//** informing the //"10 tips about copyrights that everyone should know".// One strip for USA laws, it should be done in English and other for Mexican laws, it should be in Spanish. ** · ****<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Individual: **<span style="color: #001e82; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Write a MLA written report to establish your hypothesis about one possible piracy situation presented in the movie “Pirates of Silicon Valley” (TNT, 1999). Establish if it was a piracy issue or not from your role point of view. Justify (legal, social, ethical and moral point of view) **//<span style="color: #001e82; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Note: //**//<span style="color: #001e82; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">[|“Pirates of Silicon Valley”] (TNT, 1999) is based in the book “Fire in the Valley” (Freiberger & Swained, 1999). All the ideas presented in the movie are responsibility of it’s authors. // **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">PROCEDURE: **

<span style="color: #001e82; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">**1.** Define roles and responsibilities. <span style="color: #001e82; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">**2.** Pay attention to the movie //“Pirates of Silicon Valley”// (TNT, 1999), specially in each of the follow situation: Þ <span style="color: #001e82; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Origin of the first personal computer. Þ <span style="color: #001e82; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Origin of the first operating system for PC and compatible (DOS). Þ <span style="color: #001e82; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Origin of the first mouse and GUI (Graphic User Interface). Þ <span style="color: #001e82; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Origin of the first Windows.

<span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #001e82; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">**3. After each session** you will post your comments and replay someone else in our wiki disscussion board answering the follow questions: Þ <span style="color: #001e82; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Why this situation is or not a piracy issue? Justify. Þ <span style="color: #001e82; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Who is the affected side and what should you do if you were in this situation? Explain. **<span style="color: #001e82; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">4. **<span style="color: #001e82; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Prepare your individual material according with your role focusing in our essential question: <span style="color: #001e82; display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">**//<span style="color: #001e82; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Who can be affected when piracy in technology appears? //** <span style="color: #001e82; display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">**Is it possible stop piracy in technology? How?** <span style="color: #001e82; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">**5.** Go back to our discussion board answering the main essential questions. This time you must base your opinion on your research and role point of view.

** Now you are an important piece of our learning community... Well done!!! ** **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Other recommended material ****//<span style="color: #001e82; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">.- //**<span style="color: #001e82; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">[|The Social Network (2010)] available on teathers right now!!! **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Timeline ** <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Feb. 25th || <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Feb. 17th – <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Feb. 25th || <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Recent Changes section || <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 8.1pt; text-indent: -8.1pt;">- Your individual work must be finished and published in the wiki in your assigned page. <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 8.1pt; text-indent: -8.1pt;">- Your Blog article final version must be published in our Piracy Project Blog. ||
 * **<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Activity ** || **<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">8A ** || **<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">8B ** || **<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Evidence ** ||
 * <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Finishing the movie || <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Feb. 14th || <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Feb. 11th || <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Discussion board posting – Four situations ||
 * <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Choosing team members and responsibilities || <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Feb. 14th || <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Feb. 17th || <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Worksheet ||
 * <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Research and individual work begin || <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Feb. 15th || <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Feb. 17th || <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Sharing your URL or embed code in your role page (in process) ||
 * <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Constructing the wiki. You must add a piece of interesting and useful information to our wiki every single class. It could be in Resources, Glossary or your role page. || <span style="color: #002060; display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Feb. 15th–
 * **<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Final product ** |||| **<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Feb. 25th ** || <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 12.6pt; text-indent: -12.6pt;">- Wiki should show a variety of information about copyrights and intellectual property. (All students MUST collaborate)

**<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Team members **
 * || **<span style="color: #10253f; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Anthropologist **  ||  **<span style="color: #10253f; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Lawyer **  ||   ||  **<span style="color: #10253f; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Communications specialist **  ||
 * <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Team1 || <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Alberto (leader) || <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Daniel || 8-9 USA Laws || <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Patrick ||
 * <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Team2 || <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Ana R. || <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Arantza (leader) || 2-3 Mex Laws || <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Camila ||
 * <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Team3 || <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Julian (leader) || <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Fernando || 10-11 USA Consecuences || <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Roberto ||
 * <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Team4 || <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Jalil || <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">María || 2-3 Mex laws || <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Sergio (leader) ||
 * <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Team5 || <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Majo || <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Vicky (leader) || 4-5 Mex Consecuences || <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">José M. ||
 * <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Team6 || <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Haeryon || <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Soo Jung (leader) || 12- 13 USA Examples || <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Hyun Ch./Jose A. ||
 * <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Team7 || <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Meche (leader) || <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Ursula || 6-7 Examples || <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Sofía ||
 * <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Team8 || <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Sebastian || <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Jorge (leader) ||  || <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Alfonso Rdz. ||
 * <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Team9 || <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Andres || <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Judith (leader) ||  || <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Chavarria ||
 * <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Team10 || <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Susana || <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Ana Sofi ||  || <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Gerardo (leader)/Fer ||
 * <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Team11 || <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Monica || <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Liz (leader) ||  || <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Madian ||
 * <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Team12 || <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Alfonso (leader) || <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Adolfo ||  || <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Lorenzo /Armando ||
 * Team 13 || Diego || Rebeca ||  || Diana ||