We are currently working on our Digital Story assignments that we will use during our Field Work experience.This week we spent our time in class learning about the different copyright laws that our country has, and how they have evolved as our world has changed.
So What?
In our world right now there are millions of resources available at our fingertips. It we are wanting more information on any topic all we have to do is log onto the world wide web, search for info, and almost instantly it is there before our eyes. Not only do we need to learn how to discriminate between what is true and false, but we need to know how to correctly credit the source of the information we find. Our class today taught me a lot of information I did not know about various copyright laws. Our exploration and collaboration taught me things that will be extremely helpful not only right now as I am working on my digital story, but it will be helpful later on when I am looking for sources and things to use as I am a teacher.
Now What?
I did not realize that so many copyright existed, and because I was not aware I believe that many of my future students will not be aware of the laws either. Because I plan to use projects where students get information from the internet and make it into something new, I think that it is important that I teach these copyright laws to my students. We live in such an amazing collaborative time period, and I want my students to be apart of that environment legally. If students do not understand the laws it is more likely that they will unintentionally not follow them. Having this new information about the laws will not only help me make sure that my students are not breaking the copyright laws, but I will be able to help my colleagues make sure they are not breaking them as well.
I did not realize that so many copyright existed, and because I was not aware I believe that many of my future students will not be aware of the laws either. Because I plan to use projects where students get information from the internet and make it into something new, I think that it is important that I teach these copyright laws to my students. We live in such an amazing collaborative time period, and I want my students to be apart of that environment legally. If students do not understand the laws it is more likely that they will unintentionally not follow them. Having this new information about the laws will not only help me make sure that my students are not breaking the copyright laws, but I will be able to help my colleagues make sure they are not breaking them as well.
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