Reflection- What is your school’s policy on copyright, fair use, & technology? What do you teach your students about intellectual property? How would you rate your personal adherence to copyright law? As you learn more about fair use, can you think of changes you might make?
According to a section of GPS Technology Use:
C. Users must obey the rules of copyright and fair use. They must respect all legal issues regarding software, information and attributions of authorship. Commercial software may not be installed/downloaded on the technology systems without going through the software review and acquisition process and/or approval by the curriculum director and Director of Educational Technology.
Because I am an English teacher and we do a lot of writing in class, I constantly talk about proper citations and giving credit where it's due. I don't, however, discuss copying/pasting images from websites, etc. After reading through some of our contract, I was a little nervous about this, especially in regards to our recent work on Pinterest.com. I'm relieved, though, because all of the images on Pinterest are attached to URL addresses, so I think I'm in the clear with that one. I will say that because of the new CCSS, there is much more emphasis on non-fiction reading/writing, so these conversations need to be more prevalent across thedisciplines; not just in English classes.
I would rate my own adherence to be fair, like a 6/10. I've never been one to steal music. I like to own the songs on the "cloud" so that I have them forever. I also never got into Napster or anything like it. BUT! I LOVE using sites, such as Pinterest and Facebook. And I sometimes (shh) copy and paste images to use elsewhere. I never thought anything of it until now. I most certainly do not want; nor can I afford to be fined for anything regarding copyright. Going forward, I will certainly put more citations on worksheets where I "borrow" images from the Internet. I believe that is a good place to start and it will be good modeling for my students, as they are going to have to do the same.
According to a section of GPS Technology Use:
C. Users must obey the rules of copyright and fair use. They must respect all legal issues regarding software, information and attributions of authorship. Commercial software may not be installed/downloaded on the technology systems without going through the software review and acquisition process and/or approval by the curriculum director and Director of Educational Technology.
Because I am an English teacher and we do a lot of writing in class, I constantly talk about proper citations and giving credit where it's due. I don't, however, discuss copying/pasting images from websites, etc. After reading through some of our contract, I was a little nervous about this, especially in regards to our recent work on Pinterest.com. I'm relieved, though, because all of the images on Pinterest are attached to URL addresses, so I think I'm in the clear with that one. I will say that because of the new CCSS, there is much more emphasis on non-fiction reading/writing, so these conversations need to be more prevalent across thedisciplines; not just in English classes.
I would rate my own adherence to be fair, like a 6/10. I've never been one to steal music. I like to own the songs on the "cloud" so that I have them forever. I also never got into Napster or anything like it. BUT! I LOVE using sites, such as Pinterest and Facebook. And I sometimes (shh) copy and paste images to use elsewhere. I never thought anything of it until now. I most certainly do not want; nor can I afford to be fined for anything regarding copyright. Going forward, I will certainly put more citations on worksheets where I "borrow" images from the Internet. I believe that is a good place to start and it will be good modeling for my students, as they are going to have to do the same.
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