What surprised me most about copyright law were all the gray areas! You'd think that something that had its beginnings in the Constitution would have been more clearly defined by now. Still, in class we discussed examples that went against legal precedent and found that copyright law in the classroom is reduced in some cases to "don't ask don't tell." I can remember watching Air Bud (a movie about a basketball playing dog) in a middle school classroom...and it wasn't gym. So I was surprised by our discussion of movies' relevance to curriculum; that it's not ok to show a movie for entertainment if it can't be justified as part of the curriculum.
I definitely think it's part of my job as a teacher to educate learners on copyright law, not only to protect them from infringing on the rights of others but also to educate them on how to protect their own work. The NETS-S standards concerning Digital Citizenship (5), especially 5a. advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology and 5b. exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity, address copyright issues.
Educause Chapter 7
I was not surprised by the breakdown of hours spent on different activities. I expected to see schoolwork and email at near the top and creating web pages and video near the bottom. I think, though, as video and web publishing tools become more integrated into education, we might see an increase there. I was surprised when the chapter got into student preferences. I expected to see a high preference for IT in the classroom and was relieved to see that students still value person to person instruction.
Your don't ask don't tell comment made me think of the military and how the courts just changed policy, of course this has nothing to do with copyrights, but as you can see this is just the way I think, Thank you
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