Research, Rights and Reliability

Topics Year 4/5

Objectives

Computing

  • Be responsible, competent, confident and creative users of information and communication technology.
  • Evaluate and apply information technology, including new or unfamiliar technologies, analytically to solve problems.

Lesson Planning

Understand the implications of copyright and fair dealing for images and text online; spot reliable and unreliable websites.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To understand the terms copyright, plagiarism and fair dealing.
  • To know the features of reliable and unreliable websites.

Children will:

  • Understand that online copyright laws protect intelligent property (their own and others).
  • Know copyright, plagiarism and fair dealing rules.
  • Identify features of a reliable and unreliable website.

Provided Resources

  • Three sample texts
  • Photo scenarios
  • Wikipedia challenge

You Will Need

You do not need any particular resources for this session.