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Ms Gold

Introduction to Object Oriented Programming

Lesson Plan 17

WikiLeaks

Marshfield High School - 21st Century Information Media, and Technology Skills Rubric

Standard 1:

Access and Evaluate Information
- Exceeds Expectations - Accesses many technological resources. Selects a technological resource appropriate for topic. Evaluates information source critically.
- Meets Expectations - Accesses some technological resources. Selects a technological resource appropriate for topic Evaluates information source competently.
- Needs Improvement - Accesses a limited selection of technological resources. Difficulty selecting a technological resource appropriate for topic. Limited evaluation of information source.
- Does NOT Meet Expectations - Accesses only a single technological resource. Does not select a technological resource appropriate for topic. No evaluation of information source.

Standard 2:

Use of Information
- Exceeds Expectations -Uses information with exceptional accuracy and creativity. Applies a strong understanding of ethical and legal issues surrounding access and use of information.
- Meets Expectations -Uses information with accuracy and creativity. Applies an adequate understanding of ethical and legal issues surrounding access and use of information.
- Needs Improvement - Uses information with limited accuracy and creativity. Demonstrates little attention to ethical and legal issues surrounding access and use of information.
- Does NOT Meet Expectations - Uses information with little or no accuracy and creativity. Disregards ethical and legal issues and use of information.

Standard 3:

Analyze Media
- Exceeds Expectations - Demonstrates insight into the construction and purpose of media message. Displays a high level of awareness of the underlying bias used to influence beliefs and behaviors.
- Meets Expectations - Demonstrates understanding of construction and purpose of media message. Recognizes underlying bias used to influence beliefs and behaviors.
- Needs Improvement - Demonstrates a limited understanding of construction and purpose of media message. Displays a limited awareness of underlying bias used to influence and behaviors.
- Does NOT Meet Expectations - Fails to demonstrate an understanding of construction and purpose of media message. Overlooks underlying bias used to influence beliefs and behaviors.

Standard 4:

Create and Apply Media and Technology
- Exceeds Expectations - Demonstrates understanding of a variety of digital creation tools. Applies technology and networking tools innovatively.
- Meets Expectations - Demonstrates understanding of a variety of digital creation tools. Applies technology and networking tools adequately.
- Needs Improvement - Demonstrates understanding of a limited selection of digital creation tools. Applies technology and networking tools with difficulty.
- Does NOT Meet Expectations - Fails to demonstrate and understanding of digital creation tools. Does not apply technology and networking tools effectively.

Learning Objective: To look deeply into what the new world of world of communication means or will mean for the future. To use the opportunity of the watershed moment of the WikiLeaks event to start to understand the profound effect that open and almost instance internet activity will mean for the future.

Learning Experience:

Introduction to WikiLeaks Assignment

Students are to read the following statement:

Program or Be Programmed, Ten Commands for a Digital Age by Douglas Rushoff

"Digital networks were built for the purpose of sharing computing resources by people who were themselves sharing resources, technologies, and credit in order to create it. This is why digital technology is biased in favor of openness and sharing. Because we are not used to operating in a realm with these biases, however, we often exploit the openness of others or end up exploiting ourselves. By learning the difference between sharing and stealing, we can promote openness without succumbing to selfishness."

Start thinking about the implications of the preceding quote based on what is happening today with WikiLeaks.
Students are broken into the following five research groups:

Research Questions
Save your research findings, and resources in a word document. Use a number of resources to ensure that your research is balanced and fair.
While you are researching keep a list of what you think are the bigger digital issues. We will expand on the Bigger Digital Issues next.

WikiLeak General Research

Background of (How did it start, What was it's purpose.)

Current Events (What has recently happened and where do we stand today. Make a calendar of events)

The Future Events (Who is going to do what?)

World Wide Web Research

Background (Who started it, What was it's purpose. Who funded the project)

How it is architected? ( Can you bring down the Internet?)

Research Digital Rights Organization such as the Electronic_Frontier_Foundation

what do they say about WikiLeaks

Research our Governments/Securities Concern Background

How security leaks were handled before the Internet. Daniel Ellsberg case)

Security with online material pre-9/11- What has changed?

Research how secure can online information ever be?

How do hackers hack?

Students are to Create a WikiLeaks folder in their OO folder
Each student writes up their individual research findings and saves their finds in a document in the WikiLeaks folder. (For specifics refer to rubric )
The document should include:
- A number of online sources site urls. Try to find sources that represent different viewpoints when appropriate.
- Information should be indepth, accurate, and timely. (If you are short of information ask me for help.)
Groups Give their WikiLeaks Presentations
Review and finish up documents and place updated documents in two places. First save document in your WikiLeaks folder on the H drive. In addition, save your document onto the S (Student Drive) into the S:/OO/WikiLeaks directory into the appropriate folder according to your assigned topic. The files on the Student drive is for the whole class to read, in order to answer the next set of questions.

Evaluation of Material - based on your research and the rest of thee classes documents answer the following questions with what do you think. Save the document on your H drive in the WikiLeaks folder and name it FinalWikiLeaks.doc.

From all the information that you have read do you think that the information was presented from different viewpoints. Give examples to support your arguments.

What are the ethical and legal issues surrounding WikiLeaks use and access of information.

What is WikiLeaks underlying bias? Do they use this bias to influence beliefs and behaviors.

How do you think WikiLeaks has influenced the media in reference to the sharing of digital media in the future? Is this good, bad, or both?

Summation is a Writing Across the Curriculum - Students are to write on the following statement

The current WikiLeaks incident has brought to light the many unresolved issues and yet uncharted territory surrounding the big questions of digital media and digital life. Government, for-profit and non-profit organizations, and individuals have been storing, sharing, securing, and disseminating information on the internet without long-range plans for security, privacy, or even personal freedom. The process has been ad hoc leaving us with security leaks, a vibrant hacker community thriving on easy access, personal information is just a cookie away, even the stability of the internet has been questioned by recent hacker attacks. While all of this is going on around us life continues, and we continue to play our games and buy our iPods and iPads. The digital revolution will continue to unfold with or without your participation. The challenge for students is yours for the taking. Are you ready for the challenge?

Please write to this challenge and include the types of information, knowledge, and background you think you need to be ready for the future.