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.