Post #2 Copy Rights and Fair Use & Chapter 11

I have used Microsoft Word since I first started high school and I would say that was about seven years ago. I had to write book reports and papers on various topics through out my four years in high school but I did not use it too much. To get into college, I had to write three or four different application essays on various subjects to attach to my application and submit. Then after getting into college and starting my freshman year at Florida State, I used Microsoft Word for almost every one of my classes. I write much more than I did in high school and I am very familiar with MS Word as I am in my junior year of classes. As far as my professors, I have seen a few pull up MS Word and use it on the lecture screen and show us how to do something like how to cite properly or how to number our pages. But as far as that, I haven't seen any use MS Word in class besides all the syllabi that they hand out at the beginning of the semesters.

Before reading through the code of best practices on Fair Use and Copy Rights, I had little knowledge on how any of the legal laws worked for use in the classroom. My experience with copyright and fair use of materials in an educational environment is using photos from the internet in power points and in papers. I have also used music in power points and cut out photos from a magazine to make projects in high school. But I would say I use photos from the internet for power points more than any other form of content from the web. As a future teacher, I would familiarize my self with the copy right and fair use laws and act as if everything I pull from sources is copy righted, just in case. I would also enlist the help of other experienced teachers to ask them their experience with copy rights and fair use and see what their advice would be.

A few of the issues and concerns mentioned in Chapter 11 include cyber bullying, preparing students to be good digital citizens and ensuring that each and every student has an opportunity to use technology. Cyber bullying has become a popular trend with students using technology at a younger age than ever before. All students are connected in some way on Facebook or group chats or other platforms of social media and it is easy to hide behind technology and criticize someone without consequences. In my classroom, we will remember to show kindness in ALL aspects of life including on how we treat others on and off line. As far as preparing my students to be good digital citizens, the integration of technology is crucial to prepare these kids for the next chapter in their life. As I moved into college, I am grateful that I had the chance to use and learn about the technology to prepare myself to use those tools and succeed in college with the use of tech. I hope to prepare my students by using tech to teach and having them use technology and they can grow their knowledge and build on it as they move to the next stage in their life academically. Lastly, making sure every one of my students has the opportunity to use technology is vital, especially if the student does not have access at home. We will use as much tech in the classroom as we can to make sure that when my students go home they are able to grow their knowledge and practice at home and for those who do not have the opportunity to do so.