12. A student tries to digitize the shower scene from a rented copy of Psycho into a "History of Horror" report. Her computer won't do it. The movie happens to be on an NBC station that week, so the teacher tapes it and then digitizes it on the computer for her. This is fair use.
This makes me mad it is just splitting hairs. In the end it is the same material that they are using. I don't see how a rented copy is any different then one that is copied. I almost think that the rented copy is more fair because at least the person paid for it.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Copyright and Fair Use SR
2. A technology coordinator installs the one copy of Photoshop the school owns on a central server so students are able to access it from their classroom workstations. This is a violation of copyright law.
- I didn't really see why this is fair but making copies of a cd-rom is not fair. It is the same senario just a different way of accessing the material.
4. The state mandates technology proficiency for all high school students but adds no money to schools' software budgets. To ensure equity, public schools are allowed to buy what software they can afford and copy the rest.
- I understand that copying the material is not fair; however, it also makes me angry that there would be a mandate that schools cannot complete because there isn't enough money.
6. A middle school science class studying ocean ecosystems must gather material for multimedia projects. The teacher downloads pictures and information on marine life from various commercial and noncommercial sites to store in a folder for students to access. This is fair use.
-This did not surprise.
7. An elementary school designs a password-protected Web site for families and faculty only. It's OK for teachers to post student work there, even when it uses copyright material without permission.
- I like this idea.
10. A teacher gets clip art and music from popular file-sharing sites, then creates a lesson plan and posts it on the school Web site to share with other teachers. This is permissible.
-This surprises me because clip art is so common now that I would not think twice about using it. I can see the music copyright law though.
12. A student tries to digitize the shower scene from a rented copy of Psycho into a "History of Horror" report. Her computer won't do it. The movie happens to be on an NBC station that week, so the teacher tapes it and then digitizes it on the computer for her. This is fair use.
- This makes me mad it is just splitting hairs.
14. On Back-to-School night, an elementary school offers child care for students' younger siblings. They put the kids in the library and show them Disney VHS tapes bought by the PTA. This is permissible.
-I don't like this because no one is profiting from showing it so it should not be wrong for them to watch it.
19. A high school video class produces a DVD yearbook that includes the year's top ten music hits as background music. This is fair use.
- This didn't surprise me because I worked on Yearbook my highschool year.
- I didn't really see why this is fair but making copies of a cd-rom is not fair. It is the same senario just a different way of accessing the material.
4. The state mandates technology proficiency for all high school students but adds no money to schools' software budgets. To ensure equity, public schools are allowed to buy what software they can afford and copy the rest.
- I understand that copying the material is not fair; however, it also makes me angry that there would be a mandate that schools cannot complete because there isn't enough money.
6. A middle school science class studying ocean ecosystems must gather material for multimedia projects. The teacher downloads pictures and information on marine life from various commercial and noncommercial sites to store in a folder for students to access. This is fair use.
-This did not surprise.
7. An elementary school designs a password-protected Web site for families and faculty only. It's OK for teachers to post student work there, even when it uses copyright material without permission.
- I like this idea.
10. A teacher gets clip art and music from popular file-sharing sites, then creates a lesson plan and posts it on the school Web site to share with other teachers. This is permissible.
-This surprises me because clip art is so common now that I would not think twice about using it. I can see the music copyright law though.
12. A student tries to digitize the shower scene from a rented copy of Psycho into a "History of Horror" report. Her computer won't do it. The movie happens to be on an NBC station that week, so the teacher tapes it and then digitizes it on the computer for her. This is fair use.
- This makes me mad it is just splitting hairs.
14. On Back-to-School night, an elementary school offers child care for students' younger siblings. They put the kids in the library and show them Disney VHS tapes bought by the PTA. This is permissible.
-I don't like this because no one is profiting from showing it so it should not be wrong for them to watch it.
19. A high school video class produces a DVD yearbook that includes the year's top ten music hits as background music. This is fair use.
- This didn't surprise me because I worked on Yearbook my highschool year.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Creativity Exercise
In it tell what you did to exercise your right brain and explain (based on the reading and on the activity) how it helped (or had the potential to help) your creativity. Then tell what you did for each of the other three areas (left brain, humor, inspiration) and how your activity helped your creativity (based on the reading and on the activity).
The exercise that I did for my right brain was answer a question about how an architect could build a house with windows on each wall that all had a southern exposer. I had many answers and I am still coming up with them my favorite being that the house could turn. The left brain activity was to answer a math question about socks; i still don't have the answer. For humor I acutally watched a funny movie and I suppose that could be counted as a right brain activity also. For inspiration I read a John Kennedy quote:
"When written in Chinese the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger, and the other represents opportunity."John Kennedy
The exercise that I did for my right brain was answer a question about how an architect could build a house with windows on each wall that all had a southern exposer. I had many answers and I am still coming up with them my favorite being that the house could turn. The left brain activity was to answer a math question about socks; i still don't have the answer. For humor I acutally watched a funny movie and I suppose that could be counted as a right brain activity also. For inspiration I read a John Kennedy quote:
"When written in Chinese the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger, and the other represents opportunity."John Kennedy
Sunday, February 10, 2008
How to Help Someone Use a Computer
One thing I have to tell myself is that "[I've]forgotten what it's like to be a beginner."
One important rule that I need to remember is "Don't take the keyboard [or mouse]. Let them do all the typing, even if it's slower that way, and even if you have to point them to every key they need to type. That's the only way they're going to learn from the interaction."
Both of these statments remind me of when I am trying to show my mother how to do something on a computer. Sometimes I just don't understand why she doesn't know this like I do, and I also get a little frustrated and use the all to common "here let me do it".
This is going to be interesting to use in the presentation considering that the software allows someone to "take over" another persons computer.
This information comes from http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/how-to-help.html
One important rule that I need to remember is "Don't take the keyboard [or mouse]. Let them do all the typing, even if it's slower that way, and even if you have to point them to every key they need to type. That's the only way they're going to learn from the interaction."
Both of these statments remind me of when I am trying to show my mother how to do something on a computer. Sometimes I just don't understand why she doesn't know this like I do, and I also get a little frustrated and use the all to common "here let me do it".
This is going to be interesting to use in the presentation considering that the software allows someone to "take over" another persons computer.
This information comes from http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/how-to-help.html
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