Before you start teaching students with any type of technology it is important that you begin to learn the laws and other ethical issues of them. A big topic would be the copyright laws in which we all are aware of, but few actually have taken the time to get to know and learn. According to Dictionary.com and “Education World” Copyright is "the legal right granted to an author, a composer, a playwright, a publisher, or a distributor to exclusive publication, production, sale, or distribution of a literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work." A copyright law basically makes it to where nobody can use his/her exact work, but they can change it into their own words and make beneficial use out of it to educate others or to make more ‘creative’ use of it. No fact is copyrightable, so you will never have to worry about that while teaching anything like that. A good example would be a research paper. Summarize what is in the article you read and if you use any exact quotes from it give credit where it is due.
“Education World” says that “not every Internet resource can be related to a corresponding print resource. Erroneously posting copyrighted material to your own Web site carries even greater risks than innocently using copyrighted material in your classroom.” That means don’t just go through websites and clicking copy and paste. You should always remember that just because its online doesn’t mean that is there legally and it also may not even be the original copyrighter’s webpage. Even though you may not get into any trouble because of any of this, you may just be accused of ‘bad manners’ as “Education World” says. Copyright laws are about money for the most part and this means that something as minor as you copy and pasting a link or using a graphic from their page wouldn’t be worth any bother for them, for they would most likely has no financial gain from that. Another good thing to keep in mind is that you cannot copy any type of discs or types of programs. This is illegal and you may only use one disc per computer normally.
Starr, Linda. "The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use." www.education-world.com. 17/12/2004. 7 Sep 2009
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Very interesting! I enjoyed the way you did your powerpoint. The personal communication is there. With the upbringing of technology, sometimes we forget about about copyrighted material. As a new generation, it is particularly important for us to keep up with copyright rules especially relating to technology.
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