Netiquette

Scenario #1 – A student sends a harassing e-mail to another student. The receiving student
retaliates with a “flaming e-mail.” Is this the appropriate response? If not, what would be?

No it is not appropriate.  The right thing to do would be to tell a parent or teacher and let them deal with it.
Scenario #2 – When hanging out with friends, one of the students makes a call on their cellphone and carries on a conversation while still within the group. Is this ok? Why or why not?

No because it isn't polite.  You should say something like "Hey guys I have to talk to someone, it's urgent" and be polite about it.

Scenario #3 – A student logs on to a free file sharing website and downloads a song they just heard on the radio. Is this ok? Why or why not?

No because he/she should pay for the song because it's stealing if you don't pay for a copyrighted song.

Scenario #4 – A student follows a questionable link to a website and downloads a malicious script which releases a Trojan Horse virus on to the school network. Is the student to blame? Why or why not?

Yes, I thin he is to blame because he knew it was questionable and should have as someone first.

Scenario #5 – An hour before class, a student remembers that a writing assignment is due. The student goes to the library, logs on to a website, and copies/pastes the information. Is this ok? Why or why not?

No because that's plagiarism and should have done the work on his own time and not an hour before class.

Scenario #6 – At home, a student uses a software package to copy movies and games from DVD’s for his or her friends. Is this within fair-use laws? Explain.

No it is not within the laws because he is basically giving away pirated discs which are illegal. 

Scenario #7 – A student logs into the school website to download the syllabus they lost. Are they breaking any rules or laws? Explain.

No they aren't because if the school put the syllabus online they put it up there for the use of the children.

Scenario #8 – Students spend a good amount of time in class creating a web page for a school sponsored fundraiser. However, there website is not usable by certain individuals with disabilities. Was this disrespectful or wrong of them?

Well it wouldn't be disrespectful if they didn't do it on purpose, but if they did then yes it was very disrespectful because they didn't include everyone.

Why do you think netiquette is important? Why are we suing part of our class time for this?

I think it is important because it helps people be more polite with others.  We are suing part of this class to mae sure that we are being polite and using correct manners.