MALET Issues

A summary of 4 key findings regarding technology use in the US. Survey results and their implications are discussed as well as highlights on states that are successful in these areas.

An in-depth look at how and why privacy training needs to improve for school personnel

A critique about the lack of privacy training for teachers regarding student data

A look into how we ensure that teachers have the knowledge to make decisions regarding student privacy and follow best security practices?

Different ways for educators to protect student privacy when using online sources

Even with reports that Google stores and uses data in ways the violates student privacy, this article looks into why schools turn a blind eye to these violations and use it as the main LMS

A look into how school public pages, specifically Facebook, can violate student privacy and concerns/values of privacy for families.

The author ayalyzes the rise of music mash-ups in relation to access to technology.

The author explore how artists can protect the copyright of their work in VR, and who has the right to place that art into Virtual Reality worlds. Are the programmers who create the code for the work to appear collaborators with the artists?

the use of trademarked material in "virtual realism" is a new legal and ethics issue that US Trademark law has begun to consider. The author discusses the problem of trademarks being used without permission in virtual reality.

Can original creations in AR be copyrighted? Since it is a programmer who creates the code that makes an artist's AR work possible, who should own the copyright to the work? The author examines the history of computer copyright to help draw conclusions.

This article discusses the law and ethics of copyright as it pertains to virtual reality, and the objects created within virtual reality.

A series of disparities evident in a research study of several professional associations results in potential ethical issues and the authors provide solutions to this dilemma.

Freedman pays homage to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and recognizes the triumph that it has produced for many with disabilities. However, now she believes there needs to be major reform to educating all students with disabilities in the 21st century.

The importance of including how to properly and ethically use student data, in the digital education world, in postsecondary education programs