Australia

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You have entered the cyber-region of Australia and your job, //if you accept it//, is to locate and complete enough activities within the cyber-countries listed below to solve the mystery surrounding Respecting Creative Work  within Australia. You will earn **American Dollars** for each activity you complete on your mission.

Below you will find a image of the three cyber-countries within Australia. Click on an image and begin your journey to solve the mystery and complete as many activites as you can so you can move on to the next cyber-region and earn big American Bucks.

Don't forget to complete the "**Covert Opersations**" that may be available and **log** your travels within your page under the discussion forum for each topic.

Learning Overview and Objectives
In this mission you will learn about today’s youth who are 21st-century creative artists. Whether they are developing impressive visual aids for school presentations, uploading home videos, or designing personal blogs, teens seem well aware that the digital world is theirs to shape. Words like //remix//, //mash-up//, //tag//, //meme//, and //tweet// have become a part of their everyday vocabulary. But what about terms like //copyright//, //fair use//, and //public domain//?

Our culture of digital creation and online sharing is vibrant, but the ease with which teens can access, copy, and distribute creative content means that they might use online material without thinking about where it comes from or to whom it belongs.

In this unit, you will consider your rights and responsibilities as users and owners of creative work in a digital world. You will think critically about appropriation, or the use of someone else’s work to make something new //(sometimes without permission)//, by taking on the perspectives of various stakeholders.

The following lessons will guide you to be aware of the resources and regulations associated with protecting online creative material, encouraging you to positively shape the creative digital culture of which you are a part.

Head on down to the cyber-countries below to start your last leg of "Intellegence Activities" Don't forget to look for Covert Operations along the way!

=Victoria=

=Western Australia=

=Queensland=

Alignment with Standards -- National Educational Technology Standards for Students© 2007
Source: International Society for Technology in Education, 2007 **1. Creativity and Innovation** c. use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues d. identify trends and forecast possibilities <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**2. Communication and Collaboration** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a. interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">and media <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">d. contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**3. Research and Information Literacy** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a. plan strategies to guide inquiry <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">b. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">and media <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">d. use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a. identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">c. collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**5. Digital Citizenship** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a. advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">b. exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">c. demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learningd. use multiple processes and diverse perspectives <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">to explore alternative solutions