Blog #3

 

    Copy right and Fair Use are very important concepts. Copy Rights mean that a persons original creation is their own and no one can take it to use it with the guise of it being their own work. Fair Use is a way to use someone's copy righted work but only are able to use a portion of it within certain guidelines. As a teacher it is very important to know the difference and to be able to help students navigate the internet to find the material they are needing to complete their project. One helpful place to search called "Public Domain" would have been very useful to me while I was in high school. As a teacher I feel that it would be beneficial for my students to understand the three concepts that I have just learned. It was very helpful. Having to create my own material is much easier knowing the "How to" aspect to safely come up with ideas or projects that will be safe to use and as original as I possibly can. For my students I would share the method in which I was able to create my material the best way possible, to ensure the success of my students project. 

    Two issues on Technology Implementation Issues that I want to discuss is Academic dishonesty and Student Productivity. I would handle Academic dishonesty in a serious manner however, with a light consequence. I believe that a student would make the correction on their own and would make the better choice to be honest in the future. I wouldn't give them credit on that particular assignment, but I wouldn't kick them from the class. I believe, that there is a root issue as to why they decided to cheat on an assignment or project. As with student productivity. I would try and keep that class interesting as well and stay engaged with the students. In my experience with substituting at the high school, students react much different with a sub that interacts with the students. I cover most of this ground just with taking roll. As I take roll, students start to see my personality and light heartedness. They become more attentive to what the assignment might be. However, there were still those students that didn't do their assignments but they didn't disrupt the class either. There have been times that with a little motivation and encouragement, students have started to work on their assignment. Students I believe need to have a connection to the teacher. I have had one student tell me that they weren't going to do the work given by the teacher based solely on the fact that they didn't like the teacher. My wife has had students in her class tell her that the only reason they do their work in her class is because they like her. So with those two narratives, I have concluded that if a student likes the teacher and the teacher is engaged with their students, the productivity in the classroom will stay consistent.  

    The Newsletter was a fun (yet slightly tedious) assignment. I learned how to do different art and text box entry type things. Setting the format to column made it a lot easier to do the assignment. I haven't had to use Microsoft Word in this type of setting in a long time. Normally I use it for essays and things like that. Moving forward, I feel more comfortable going into the next assignment having to use MS.