Blog Post 3
Copyright is the right given to an author, creator, or originator to publish their material. Fair Use are the guidelines put in place to help enable people to use those copyrighted materials for academic purposes. As a teacher, it is important to know that students and teachers may display copyrighted work but may not reproduce or distribute it.
With the rising era of technology, there are many technology implementation issues. One of which is academic dishonesty. Internet access that is readily available poses a problem for cheating and plagiarism. To combat this, teachers should use the website TurnItIn.com, which enables educators to see whether or not something was plagiarized. Another issue technology presents is the issue of decreased productivity. Students may easily get distracted and want to play games on whatever device they are using. One solution for this that was implemented in my middle school was setting up gaming blockers, in which students were unable to access games.
I learned a lot from working on the Newsletter design, especially since I had never made one. I learned about formatting as well as how to make a banner. In the future, I could improve my newsletter by including more details about how exactly technology would be used in the classroom. I am glad this assignment was given to us because I now am aware of how to design a newsletter.
Hi Amelia,
ReplyDeleteI agree with your description of copyrights and Fair use terms. I like that you used the example of iturnItIn as a forms of technology tools to help monitor cheating and plagiarism and suggested to illuminate directions is using game blockers. Lastly, I loved the work you did for your newsletter its a creative and esthetically pleasing format. Great work!