Teaching Ethics in the Class

After the activity I learned a lot. I was unaware that things on the Internet had copyright and could not be shared with multiple people at one time. I also learned that copyright applies to the students work as well and it is important to protect them as well. Along with these lessons I brushed up on when to request permission to show a film in the classroom. I knew you needed permission but I was unaware that it too need to be related to the curriculum. With a little bit of knowledge and paying attention to where and how you acquire information will help ensure that I follow all copyright laws.

Teaching copyright to the students can be difficult but the article was correct leading by example is always a great way to ensure the students are learning about the laws. A clever lesson would to allow each student to draw a picture have them not write their name on the picture then have the students place their pictures on a table, every student is to grab a new picture they did not draw. They take this new picture to their desk and write their name on it and turn it in to the teacher. The teacher then leads a discussion about how the students felt about turning someone else's work in. Did they think it was fair after all the work they did that someone else got to turn it in? Questions that will lead the students to feel how unfair it is to take someone else's work. Another idea would be a resource scavenger hunt. Students are given videos, films, pictures, articles, books and websites. It is there job to find the source of these works and give them proper credit before the time runs out or before another students finds all of their resources. These are fun lessons that drive home the idea or copyright, academic honesty, and resources of multiple medias.

Proper Use of Digital Media

I believe in the use of digital media within the classroom. Along the lines of education, sometimes we do not have the time, money or resources to get a hold of certain information but the internet has these resources and we can share those with the students. Virtual field trips, images of certain scientific things the students would not be able to see without the internet. As long as it is educational and is not stealing from someone else or passing off someone else's work as your own. Be sure to provide sources or the proper links to the students so they can revisit them or use them again.

What I already know...

I believe that using electronic text, images and videos in the classroom are an important aspect of education. By using these in the classroom students are more interested in the topic at hand and can help make topics like cells, and things that are hard to imagine can be easier to understand. By providing students with visuals of things they have never seen they can better learn the topic. Videos are also helpful by assisting in the learning process. Students are growing up in a time where television and Internet are where they are getting all of their information. So by using the same visual entertainment to use as educational sources. Also teaching them where there is educational sources to get information. 

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