Why do we have to respect copy rights and fair use rules? Why is that so important? How will you teach your students about this?
The obvious answer to why we respect copy right laws is easy. We need to respect the fact that someone else wrote or created this item that we are using. I know if I created something and someone else used it as their own, I would be pretty angry about it, especially if they were making money off if it. It is also unethical to pass off other's ideas as your own. When teaching my students about copy rights and fair use, because I plan to teach the younger ones, I think having a conversation much like this one would be a good way to start it. If I felt it was going to be or did become a problem in my class, I think I would plan a lesson around it by having students use other students ideas "illegally" to prove the point. When starting the lesson I would ensure that the students knew what were were doing was to prove a point and not to actually steal our friends ideas. That was just a thought that came to mind, if you all think it is a horrible idea, please let me know!
What is online safety and is it different from cyberbullying? How can we protect our students and ourselves from potential online predators?
I think the best way to protect our students from online bullying and predators is to educate them. I really liked the two website provided this week on these topics. Sometimes I feel we are living in the "old" days and use the thought, "it will never happen to me, or my kids". You can compare it to educating high school students about the dangers of drinking and driving. No, educating our students won't ALWAYS keep them safe, but it will hit home to some of the kids you never expected it to. Teaching students at a young age how to use the internet effectively is something that will help them forever in life.
What do you think about this week activities? Did you learn anything new?
I really found this week's activities to be eye openers for me. I remember when we got AOL for the first time as a kid and thought it was so cool to go to chat rooms. Looking back on that, that was the dumbest thing my parents could have let me do at 12 years old. I was not educated on the threats of the internet. Maybe back then since it was so fresh and new, there weren't as many; but there are today. I learned a lot of new things about copy rights and fair use. Many of these websites will stay on my list of helpful links as I further my career in education.
Fryer, W.A. . (2003). Tools for the teks: integrating technology in the classroom. Retrieved fromhttp://www.wtvi.com/TEKS/02_03_articles/copyright.html
National Center for Missing Children, Initials, & Boys and Girls Club of America, Initials. (2009). Netsmartz workshop. Retrieved fromhttp://www.netsmartz.org/index.aspx
