Tonight we talked about copyright laws. We got into a great discussion about a site, Teachers Pay Teachers and Utah Administrative Rules. According to R277-111-3 F, it states that, "Public educators can not sell curriculum materials." This site breaks this law. Interesting. I like Teachers Pay Teachers, there is a lot of great free materials that has been posted on this site, so if teachers are not making money off of it, it does not break the law. On the other hand, teachers are paid low wages, and would love to make some extra money, using their teaching/curriculum talents. Hmmm, interesting and conflicting debate! I can see both sides.
OER Commons, Open Educational Resources. What a great site for resources. This site is great for creating, and giving back to other educators. The education community has great ideas, and if we share, we only become better educators. We did a speed website, like speed dating, and shared about our websites that we were assigned. I found out about some really great copyright websites websites. My favorite was probably the Library of Congress and Sounzabound. I will definitely be using Soundszabound in my classroom with GarageBand and iMovie.
We learned how to create a Creative Commons license for ourselves. Directions were to upload what ever you have made or taken. Go to link 22 on Edcanvas. Choose a license, and embed code. Now I am going to try it.
Copyright, parodies are ok! Fractured fairy tales are a great way to get around the Copyright Laws. Copy Right is an actual law. When used for educational purposes, you go through Fair Use. It is a guideline, a thought process that one goes through to make it their own. There is a Fair Use Checklist. It asks: Purpose (why are you using it), Nature (what are you doing with it), Amount (how much of the work are you using), and Effect(are you taking money away from the creator-give them credit). This is a great checklist to go thorough to make sure you are following the Fair Use. With the use of Fair Use, you have to remember to give credit.
We spent the last part of class talking about Kidblog. This is such a great thing to use in the classroom. We use it for reading groups, journal discussions, thoughts, class discussions, and anything else you can imagine. This is a great way to grade writing and writing conventions, which is common core for fourth grade. I love that I have to approve the students posts. I can also edit the posts before I allow the post to post. I LOVE Kidblog, no email needed, and its a great outlet for those rambunctious ones, and it allows my shy kids to get talking by blogging.
OER Commons, Open Educational Resources. What a great site for resources. This site is great for creating, and giving back to other educators. The education community has great ideas, and if we share, we only become better educators. We did a speed website, like speed dating, and shared about our websites that we were assigned. I found out about some really great copyright websites websites. My favorite was probably the Library of Congress and Sounzabound. I will definitely be using Soundszabound in my classroom with GarageBand and iMovie.
We learned how to create a Creative Commons license for ourselves. Directions were to upload what ever you have made or taken. Go to link 22 on Edcanvas. Choose a license, and embed code. Now I am going to try it.
Copyright, parodies are ok! Fractured fairy tales are a great way to get around the Copyright Laws. Copy Right is an actual law. When used for educational purposes, you go through Fair Use. It is a guideline, a thought process that one goes through to make it their own. There is a Fair Use Checklist. It asks: Purpose (why are you using it), Nature (what are you doing with it), Amount (how much of the work are you using), and Effect(are you taking money away from the creator-give them credit). This is a great checklist to go thorough to make sure you are following the Fair Use. With the use of Fair Use, you have to remember to give credit.
We spent the last part of class talking about Kidblog. This is such a great thing to use in the classroom. We use it for reading groups, journal discussions, thoughts, class discussions, and anything else you can imagine. This is a great way to grade writing and writing conventions, which is common core for fourth grade. I love that I have to approve the students posts. I can also edit the posts before I allow the post to post. I LOVE Kidblog, no email needed, and its a great outlet for those rambunctious ones, and it allows my shy kids to get talking by blogging.