Thanks for sharing this, Jeff Le 3 sept. 2012 à 19:39, Jeff Reynolds a écrit :
> Tim, > > sorry to hear this about your son. I went back and taught at my old high > school in the early 2000s when mp3 were hitting the fan and copying on the > computer was getting rampant and just the thing kids growing up with as > normal. I was teaching multimedia and since i was also producing it myself i > really tried to talk the kids through the issue in a number of ways and i set > rules what could be done int he lab inside educational guidelines on > copyright and personal stuff. At first the kids thought i was just a dumb > adult, but an interesting thing happened over the course of the year. when i > took the job my aim was to integrate the multimedia into a lot of their > standard assignments so they would be getting a twofer of doing standard > assignments in more fun and different ways and learning good computer and > design skills while doing their regular work. worked swimmingly and the kids > were all producing their own content on a pretty continuous basis. I slowly > saw them change their tune on copying/pirating. Once they got a sense of > doing their own work they mellowed a lot about it and actually started to see > the other side of the coin. it didnt stop all of it, but it was very > heartening to see them listen when we would discuss it and not dismiss me as > a dumb old adult. some came totally around and it was great to see in general > a really good set of ethics being formed. most of the rest at least seemed to > walk away with an internal battle going on about this. not totally set up yet > ethically, but at least the seed was planted and they could not just ignore > their own experience in the computation. > > i think that sense of creation of something is not felt by many out there in > society. without it the notion that you should be able to get something for > doing that just is to intangible for them to build a good ethical structure > around. While few of the students were true talents in creating stuff, all of > them really enjoyed the process when given the chance, the tools, > encouragement, and some instruction and produced much better product and had > a much better understanding of the lessons than they did doing the standard > writing papers and such. but the real thing i realized they got out of the > process was that aha moment of seeing their own creation come to life. thats > powerful and missing a lot in our culture and really helpful in being able to > see the other side of the coin in these ethical issues. walking in the other > guys shoes is really one of the basic parts of the ethical process. > > cheers > > jeff > > On Sep 3, 2012, at 1:00 PM, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: > >> When people find hundred dollar bills lying around outdoors, with no >> apparent explanation, how many will turn the money over to authorities, >> pending identification of the rightful owner? For that matter, how many of >> us would do that? >> >> My 24 year old son has a normal conscience -- he is not mean or selfish in >> other ways. He does not hesitate to download pirated music, he's got many >> gigs of it, and he's figured out some way to download a pirated version of >> almost any book he wants, to read on his Kindle. He would not hesitate to >> use pirated software, though he doesn't know how. His conscience is entirely >> silent on these topics. He thinks I'm weird because I prefer to pay for the >> music I listen to. >> >> By comparison, I once tried to publish a commercial application and I'm the >> author of a copyrighted book for which I received well-earned royalties. >> >> My son's behavior gives me pain. Yet he seems unable to conceive of the >> possibility that his actions are immoral or harmful. He seems to think I am >> an old-fashioned fuss-budget about copyrights. He is dismissive about the >> possibility that authors might stop writing or musicians might stop >> recording. Everyone he knows has the same point of view, except me and his >> Mom. > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- Pierre Sahores mobile : 06 03 95 77 70 www.sahores-conseil.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
