Standard 4.2 - Safe, Healthy, Legal & Ethical Use
Candidates model and facilitate the safe, healthy, legal, and ethical uses of digital information and technologies. (PSC 4.2/ISTE 5b)
Artifact - Copyright Presentation - How not to get sued!
Reflection
My PowerPoint presentation “How Not to Get Sued” represents an example of modeling the legal and ethical use of the Internet and technology. I created this project to share with teachers at Centennial Academy as a reminder of education-related copyright rules as they assign projects that require students to use complete create original work based on Internet research.
Being cognizant of my role as media specialist in modeling and facilitating the safe, healthy, legal, and ethical uses of digital information, I was especially careful to use copyright-free images and accurately cite sources. I referred to information from several different sources to ensure the information was completely accurate. I also provided resources in the presentation that teachers will be able to use for student instruction, and gave them sources of copyright-free material for images and sound files, which are among the most frequent areas of misuse and copyright infringement.
Even though most teachers strive to maintain a culture of ethical use of the Internet, it is easy to become complacent in following appropriate guidelines and not be as careful as we should. In order to effectively instruct students in using the Internet, it is important that teachers fully understand copyright laws that pertain to education so we can model and facilitate our students’ ethical and legal Internet use.
As I completed “How Not to Get Sued” I was able to review my own understanding of copyright law relative to education. Over the years even I have become less vigilant when supervising students, and new technologies mean that it is not always completely clear which uses are acceptable and which are not. I have learned that my basic knowledge is still fairly accurate, but I will stress the importance of erring on the side of caution, insisting students request permission to use information they find on the Internet. I will also likely rework this presentation to be more engaging and visually interesting, and provide it in a podcast format on my library website.
This presentation will contribute to student learning and school improvement in the 2014-15 school year because it can be used to remind teachers of our shared responsibility for training students the ethical, legal ways to use digital media in support of project-based learning. Additionally, by focusing technology and library media instruction on safe, healthy, legal, and ethical uses of digital information at the beginning of the school year we can help students build an ethical foundation for technology use.
My PowerPoint presentation “How Not to Get Sued” represents an example of modeling the legal and ethical use of the Internet and technology. I created this project to share with teachers at Centennial Academy as a reminder of education-related copyright rules as they assign projects that require students to use complete create original work based on Internet research.
Being cognizant of my role as media specialist in modeling and facilitating the safe, healthy, legal, and ethical uses of digital information, I was especially careful to use copyright-free images and accurately cite sources. I referred to information from several different sources to ensure the information was completely accurate. I also provided resources in the presentation that teachers will be able to use for student instruction, and gave them sources of copyright-free material for images and sound files, which are among the most frequent areas of misuse and copyright infringement.
Even though most teachers strive to maintain a culture of ethical use of the Internet, it is easy to become complacent in following appropriate guidelines and not be as careful as we should. In order to effectively instruct students in using the Internet, it is important that teachers fully understand copyright laws that pertain to education so we can model and facilitate our students’ ethical and legal Internet use.
As I completed “How Not to Get Sued” I was able to review my own understanding of copyright law relative to education. Over the years even I have become less vigilant when supervising students, and new technologies mean that it is not always completely clear which uses are acceptable and which are not. I have learned that my basic knowledge is still fairly accurate, but I will stress the importance of erring on the side of caution, insisting students request permission to use information they find on the Internet. I will also likely rework this presentation to be more engaging and visually interesting, and provide it in a podcast format on my library website.
This presentation will contribute to student learning and school improvement in the 2014-15 school year because it can be used to remind teachers of our shared responsibility for training students the ethical, legal ways to use digital media in support of project-based learning. Additionally, by focusing technology and library media instruction on safe, healthy, legal, and ethical uses of digital information at the beginning of the school year we can help students build an ethical foundation for technology use.