Copyright and Fair Use

After reading the sites, there is so much to be aware of about copyright and fair use. Fair use can be just and appropriate. It is important to think of your intended purpose and intended use when planning a lesson and using items with copyright. When using things in the classroom, we must think of how we are incorporating them for a one time use or a copy for each student. It makes a difference as to who gets the copy and how many and of course the purpose again is important. One thing I did not realize is that there were technology application TEKS which address the copyright issues. This was a new thing for me. This will be how we can incorporate cybersafety and netiquette into the lesson. I do want the students to be safe when on the internet. It is our job as teachers to make them aware of "strangers" on the internet. We need to share with them the importance of not giving out personal information on the internet. Nettiquette is simply "manners online". Everyone needs to follow the Golden Rule. And remember, people can not interpret our voice and tone through typing like they can if we are in person. I would hope that children do not have to face bullying online, but I can't be that naive. There is too much bullying still going on in schools today and to think it could be much worse online because they are not face to face so they might be willing to feel braver and say worse things feeling that there is no consequence. We just need to teach children to be aware of these issues. No matter where the kids go, they need to feel safe. When taking something off the internet or lining up at the copy machine always give it a second thought and look at the cheat sheet our professor gave us to copy for a reference.