Week 10 · Theme 2, Lesson 3 Using ICT Tools in a Healthy and Ethical Way · 3 lessons
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Credit the source
ICT P4 Term 1, Theme 2: pp. 54–57
GoalCredit the sources of my information, respect the law and ask before visiting a new site.
New words
credit · to say where information, a picture or an idea came fromlaw · rules that everyone in a country must followpiracy · copying or sharing someone’s songs, films or work without permission
Explanation
When you use information that someone else found or made, you credit the source. This means you tell your readers where it came from, for example “from a school science book”. Crediting is fair, because the person worked hard, and it helps readers to check the facts. In a presentation, put your sources on the last slide or the last page. We also respect the law. Copying and sharing, or selling, someone’s songs, films or work without permission is called piracy, and it is not allowed. Some websites are banned because they may be harmful. Ask a teacher or a family member before you visit a new site.
I used…
Do I credit it?
a fact from a book
yes: name the book
a picture someone else made
yes: say who made it
my own idea
no, it is mine
what I saw myself
no, I saw it
Worked examples
Marwan writes about the Nile. He reads a fact in a school book: the Nile flows north. On his last page he writes: “Facts from my geography book.” This is crediting.
Mariam’s uncle took a photo of a sunset. Mariam wants it for her slide. She asks him, and writes under the picture: “Photo by my uncle.”
Farida finds a song on a website that does not belong to her. Copying it to share with the whole class without permission is piracy. She shares the name of the song instead.
Class activity
Credit it! Choose a fact from your science book and write a short two-line note about it. Under it, write the credit: “From my science book, page …”. Then draw a picture yourself and write “Drawing by me”. Explain to a partner why you wrote the credit.
Practice
1
What does it mean to credit a source?
To say where the information, picture or idea came from.
2
Nour makes a presentation. She uses: (a) a number from a book, (b) her own opinion, (c) a photo her cousin took, (d) something she saw herself. Which need a credit?
(a) and (c). Her opinion and what she saw are her own.
3
What is piracy?
Copying or sharing someone’s songs, films or work without permission.
