Rights and Responsibilities

I'm passionate about giving people (especially young people) opportunity to grasp the online media available to them, in doing what they do best; creating, inventing, thinking in ways previously unshared. Everything can now be shared, and over endless platforms. There is a possibility also, to "get rich quick" also. Our reality is, that this is not to be taken in "gold rush", or ponzi terms, but in all truth of our times.

Teens and young adults are getting notoriety overnight for any range of talent, imagery, lifestyle, blogs, consumerism, thoughts and engagement, etc., shared on a platform. This leaves doors open to exploitation. This is a role that educators would be amiss, if not also pursuing to (at least try) matching the speed at which new information is coming out, in order to help protect others, as they launch into what can actually prove life- altering in users online engagement in their path of learning.

I believe many rights are present, while many are removed, by print/ terms so fine, that many (especially) young people have little to no awareness, to the world they reach, when unintended. I will describe from an adult/ educators point of view, that it is our responsibility to stay on top of things, if we expect them to connect with us, in providing information on access that they could very easily, pick up on way faster than us. It is our responsibility to educate on not only what they should not do- but in what all others do not have the right to do to them (likeness, personal information & habits, original material, etc.). Then- should misuse/ abuses occur, the options and process they have to pursue, should be made understood, and available, in self- protection, preservation of original ideas.

Some of my thoughts are aligned with/ give credit to Wendy L. on her post as well. It is always pertinent to give refreshers in copyright, rights and responsibility information to users, but this should be done, not in a way that overlooks a course of action, when those same standards are not upheld towards the user. As they are ready to produce in ways we have not yet seem, and it is lack of information to access and rights, that may be the one key that if missing, could hold them back; the great inventors of our tomorrow!