Blog Post #3

    When it comes to copyright and fair use, I would deal with these very strictly as a teacher. I would only use the allowed materials by the school when it comes to lesson plans, such as official textbooks and things that were procured by the school I am in. When students create their own work, they don’t always know how to avoid plagiarizing another work. I will properly inform them on how to do so and make sure they always have a works cited page. If they turn in an assignment without such materials, I will promptly give them another chance to submit with them attached, or I will dock points. I have learned something new about copyright: a person can not always use a work, even if it is cited, for their assignments. It is always best to have permission. I don’t have any lingering questions about the topic at the moment, but I will feel free to search or ask my instructors.

Technology implementation issues are very serious. I believe the most serious one to be cyberbullying. Many people don’t believe it to be important, and I feel that is because they have never seen the effects of it. People are too honest on the internet. If they hate something, they are not shy to comment or post about it, especially when it’s other people. Hating on others is a universal crime, even if it’s unconscious. There’s always that moment when your brain may go, “I don’t like her shoes.” The difference between this internal dislike and this online dislike is that people online will really tell the person directly that their shoes are ugly. This anonymity gets to people’s heads, and they become brave. Bullying in schools, as it was before, has more of an outlet when students have access to technology. Letting children use apps like TikTok, Instagram, or even YouTube can lead them to experience online hatred or do it to others. To prevent this, schools have already blocked sites, but I believe that is not a good enough solution. In my classroom, I will monitor the children on their devices with a sharp eye, but that alone won’t stop the problem. Limiting them to a certain amount of in-school screen time a day will keep them off sites. If students have too much time on something like iReady, they will stray from their work and start to go to unwanted sites. Limiting their use of technology will help prevent excessive wavering. There is never a true way to stop online bullying, as it is something that is not only done in the classroom but at home, too. Because of this, I will try to get parents to moderate their students as best they can. Protecting children is a team effort and shouldn’t be dismissed.

I definitely acquired skills from the newsletter design assignment. I learned how to connect a link and an email. This will benefit me in the long run to help parents be able to contact me more effectively when needed. I believe that even though I liked what my newsletter was, it still needs more work. I can definitely have a better and nicer-looking layout. Once I do them enough, I will get to a point where I  find my newsletter niche. The skills I have learned from this assignment will help me in the future when I need to send out information to parents. Parents should always be in the know.